Overview
Laura Robbins is a board-certified Physician Assistant (PA) originally from Minnesota where she completed her B.A. in Speech Pathology at the University of Minnesota. Laura graduated from PA school at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN. After graduation, she and her husband sought out a warmer climate and moved to Tucson, AZ. While in Tucson, Laura worked for an internal medicine/family medicine practice and enjoyed developing long-term patient-provider relationships. She also enjoyed volunteering for the Community Food Bank of Tucson. During the pandemic’s peak, Laura volunteered with a COVID-19 vaccine clinic and COVID-19 testing clinics.
In October 2021, she and her husband moved to Alexandria, VA, and she took on a nontraditional role as a PA at George Washington Medical Faculty Associates. In this role, she was able to work on clinical trials evaluating the use and safety of different medications for the treatment of COVID-19. During this time, she also worked on a mobile unit through an HIV Prevention Trials Network study. She and a small team helped reduce harm and prevent and manage various primary care conditions in underserved areas in Washington, DC.
Laura works with Dr. David Wolfe seeing patients at the Chevy Chase location. She also services as a clinician at ARA’s Medical Cannabis Institute.
Dr. Robbins is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Fibromyalgia, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
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Locations
5454 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Robbins isExperienced. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Robbins isExperienced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Robbins isExperienced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- DermatomyositisDr. Robbins isExperienced. Learn about Dermatomyositis.
- FibromyalgiaDr. Robbins isExperienced. Learn about Fibromyalgia.
- Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)Dr. Robbins isExperienced. Learn about Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA).