Overview
Alisha completed her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Thomas Jefferson University, which was a direct-entry program she matriculated into from her undergraduate studies. During her clinical year of PA school, she was awarded the recognition of becoming a Future Educator Fellow through the Physician Assistant Education Association. She attended the PAEA Education Forum Conference where she presented the importance of Mandatory Child Abuse Awareness and Training in Didactic PA Education.
Alisha is also an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at George Washington University. She lectures current students on spondyloarthropathies, connective tissue disease, and crystal disease. She holds a great interest in teaching and educating future physician assistants and medical professionals.
Alisha is also a current member of several professional societies, including the American College of Rheumatology, the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Pennsylvania Academy of Physician Assistants, the Physician Assistant Education Association, and the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants.
Alisha also holds an interest in the role of cannabinoids in the treatment of rheumatic conditions and is certified to authorize the medical use of cannabinoids/THC in Virginia and Maryland. She believes that the best patient care and outcomes are achieved through compassion & education.
Dr. Zaveri is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroma. Her top areas of expertise are Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Pneumoconiosis, Rheumatoid Lung Disease, and Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
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Locations
8270 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr Ste 150, Fairfax, VA 22031
14995 Shady Grove Rd, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20850
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Zaveri has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Virginia Steen is a Rheumatologist and an Allergy and Immunologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Steen is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroma. Her top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Kuru, and Scleroma.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Wigley received his M.D. degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins where he also trained in a postdoctoral fellowship program. Dr. Wigley is a physician-scientist whose specialty is Raynaud’s phenomenon and scleroderma. He founded The Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center with Robert A. Wise, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Division of Pulmonary Medicine. Dr. Wigley has been honored with two American College of Rheumatology awards over the past couple years. He received the ACR Distinguished Clinician Scholar Award in 2009 and the ACR Masters Award in 2011. Dr. Wigley is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroma. His top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Raynaud Phenomenon, and Scleroma.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Ami Shah is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Shah also serves as the Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center. Her areas of clinical expertise include rheumatology, particularly scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency training at Stanford University Hospital & Clinics and rheumatology post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins. During her fellowship training, she earned her Master of Health Science in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Shah’s clinical practice is focused on the broad spectrum of patients with scleroderma and related disorders, and her expertise includes management of complications such as Raynaud’s phenomenon, digital ischemia, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac dysfunction, myopathy, aggressive skin disease and concomitant cancer. Dr. Shah teaches post-doctoral fellows in her clinic about the evaluation and management of scleroderma. Dr. Shah’s research program has focused on the interface between cancer and autoimmunity in scleroderma, myositis and the newly emerging area of immune-related adverse events due to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. In highly collaborative studies, her group has published seminal observations linking cancer with the development of autoimmunity in scleroderma, with implications for cancer screening strategies in this population and the potential to shed insight into the pathogenesis of paraneoplastic rheumatic disease. In addition to her work in cancer and autoimmunity, Dr. Shah has an active research program in other clinical and therapeutic aspects of scleroderma, including early detection of cardiopulmonary complications and improving outcome measures and therapeutics for Raynaud's phenomenon. Dr. Shah also directs rheumatology precision medicine initiatives through the Johns Hopkins Individualized Health (inHealth) Initiative. The division’s program seeks to harness technological resources for comprehensive data collection and harmonization, strengthen novel data analytic approaches including defining unique patient subgroups, and accelerate the incorporation of discoveries into the delivery of clinical care. Dr. Shah has been a recipient of the ACR Research and Education Foundation Clinical Investigator Fellowship Award. In 2018, her research contributions were recognized at the 5th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress with receipt of the Edith Busch Prize for Young Investigators. In 2020, she was honored to receive the prestigious Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology. She is a member of the American College of Rheumatology. Dr. Shah is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroma. Her top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Scleroma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), and Scleredema.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Zaveri isAdvanced. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Zaveri isAdvanced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- FibromyalgiaDr. Zaveri isAdvanced. Learn about Fibromyalgia.
- MASS PhenotypeDr. Zaveri isAdvanced. Learn about MASS Phenotype.
- Mixed Connective Tissue DiseaseDr. Zaveri isAdvanced. Learn about Mixed Connective Tissue Disease.
- Palindromic RheumatismDr. Zaveri isAdvanced. Learn about Palindromic Rheumatism.
- Experienced
- Adult Still's DiseaseDr. Zaveri isExperienced. Learn about Adult Still's Disease.
- Behcet DiseaseDr. Zaveri isExperienced. Learn about Behcet Disease.
- BursitisDr. Zaveri isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Zaveri isExperienced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- DermatomyositisDr. Zaveri isExperienced. Learn about Dermatomyositis.
- Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis