Overview
Dr. Louie earned his B.A. degree in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley. He graduated medical school from Drexel University (formerly known as MCP Hahnemann University) in Philadelphia and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He subsequently completed a fellowship in rheumatology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Additional training in clinical investigation at Duke University School of Medicine earned him a master's in health sciences degree.
Dr. Louie served as Assistant Professor of Medicine in the division of rheumatology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for 6 years. There, he relished his role as a preceptor for trainees in the classroom, ambulatory and inpatient settings. Dr. Louie has published numerous articles in peer reviewed medical journals and has presented at local and national scientific meetings. He has also served as principal investigator and co-investigator in various clinical trials of new arthritis therapies. After leaving Hopkins, Dr. Louie worked in a private practice before joining ARA.
Dr. Louie treats all manner of rheumatological conditions, but has particular interest and expertise in inflammatory arthritis, including axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Louie is an active member of SPARTAN, a professional organization of North American experts in spondyloarthritis.
Dr. Louie is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Ankylosing Spondylitis, Osteoporosis, and Psoriasis.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 8 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
161 Thomas Johnson Drive Ste 250, Frederick, MD 21702
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Alan Baer graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978 and completed his post-graduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. He was a faculty member at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, from 1986 to 2007, and served there as Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Fellowship Program Director. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2007 and is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Center. Since 2015, he has been an Investigator in the Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic at the National Institutes of Health. He was Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins University Rheumatology Practice at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from 2007 to 2014. Dr. Baer is currently engaged in a number of research studies in the area of Sjogren's syndrome, both at Johns Hopkins and in the NIH Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic. He was the principal investigator of the NIH subcontract to Johns Hopkins to conduct the Sjogren's International Registry (SICCA) and enrolled 300 patients into the registry. The SICCA registry has been a rich source of clinical data and biospecimens for research that Dr. Baer is conducting with colleagues at both Hopkins and the University of California-San Francisco. He is conducting a longitudinal observational study of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Dr. Baer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.
Gabor Illei is a Rheumatologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Illei is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE), and Lupus Nephritis.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Grader-Beck is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Rheumatology Division. Dr. Grader-Beck’s clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of Sjogren's syndrome as well as inflammatory arthritis. He has a specific interest in improving quality of patient care and clinical research using state of the art information technology. He is developing innovative ways in how clinicians and researchers can leverage electronic health record systems to deliver individualized patient care and precision medicine. Dr. Grader is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Interstitial Keratitis, and Dermatomyositis.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Louie isDistinguished. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- OsteoporosisDr. Louie isDistinguished. Learn about Osteoporosis.
- PsoriasisDr. Louie isDistinguished. Learn about Psoriasis.
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)Dr. Louie isDistinguished. Learn about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
- Advanced
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Louie isAdvanced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- BursitisDr. Louie isAdvanced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)Dr. Louie isAdvanced. Learn about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).
- FibromyalgiaDr. Louie isAdvanced. Learn about Fibromyalgia.
- GoutDr. Louie isAdvanced. Learn about Gout.
- Polymyalgia RheumaticaDr. Louie isAdvanced. Learn about Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
- Experienced
- Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis with Tylosis
- ArthritisDr. Louie isExperienced. Learn about Arthritis.
- Behcet DiseaseDr. Louie isExperienced. Learn about Behcet Disease.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Louie isExperienced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- Chondrocalcinosis 2Dr. Louie isExperienced. Learn about Chondrocalcinosis 2.
- Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE)Dr. Louie isExperienced. Learn about Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).