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 an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.

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 an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Interstitial Keratitis, and Dermatomyositis.

Ashley Behrens, M.D., is the Edward St. John Professor in Ophthalmology and chief of the comprehensive ophthalmology division at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. He specializes in the medical and surgical management of cataracts and corneal diseases, including corneal transplantation techniques for Fuchs’ dystrophy and keratoconus, as well as LASIK, PRK and refractive lens exchange. Dr. Behrens received his medical degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, and completed his ophthalmology residency and fellowship training at the Francisco Risquez Hospital. He completed additional fellowships at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, where he obtained his German Doctorate with Magna Cum Laude Distinction, and then at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Behrens joined the Wilmer faculty in 2003, and served as executive medical director at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Wilmer’s affiliate hospital in Saudi Arabia, from July 2010 through August 2014. Dr. Behrens is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Cataract, Optic Nerve Atrophy, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.

Michelle Petri, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She attended medical school at Harvard University and fulfilled her internal medicine residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, she completed two fellowship programs at the University of California, San Francisco in allergy and immunology and rheumatology. Dr. Petri is the Director of the Hopkins Lupus Cohort, a longitudinal study of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus, and Co-Director of the Hopkins Lupus Pregnancy Center. Dr. Petri is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE), Tenotomy, and Osteotomy.

Dr. Antiochos sees patients in the Division of Rheumatology on the Bayview campus and conducts basic science research into the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases in the Division's laboratory. Lab website: Brendan Antiochos MD. Dr. Antiochos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Vasculitis.

Dr. Laura Cappelli is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include rheumatology and adverse effects from cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Cappelli earned her M.D. from Johns Hopkins. She completed her residency in internal medicine and performed a fellowship in rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has a MHS in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Cappelli focuses on immune related adverse events due to cancer immunotherapy and all forms of inflammatory arthritis. She co-directs the Immune-related toxicity team which provides clinical, research and educational support for immune related adverse events. Her primary research interest is inflammatory arthritis due to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. She also studies rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Cappelli is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

Meghan Berkenstock, M.D., is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. She specializes in ocular inflammatory and infectious diseases, cataract surgery, and comprehensive ophthalmology. Since joining the faculty of the Wilmer Eye Institute in 2016, she has established a research focus on risk reduction and quality assurance initiatives in the care of patients with uveitis. She has implemented several initiatives to improve laboratory monitoring and understanding barriers to care in patients on immunosuppressive medications. The bulk of her research focuses on identifying ocular adverse events (IRAE) associated with the use of immunotherapy agents in the treatment of systemic malignancies. She is a member and the only ophthalmologist on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Panel on developing guidelines to treat IRAEs. Dr. Berkenstock is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Scleritis, Episcleritis, Uveitis, Vitrectomy, and Cataract Removal.

Dr. Uzma Haque is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Arthritis Center at The Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and is actively engaged in clinical care to patients with general rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders. Dr. Haque is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Psoriasis.

Dr. Hellmann is one of Johns Hopkins best physicians, teachers, and program builders. He holds the Aliki Perroti endowed Chair, recognizing his leadership in education. Dr. Hellmann’s clinical care and research focus is on vasculitis. Over the last four years, Dr. Hellmann has evaluated over 200 patients with systemic vasculitis. Areas of interest have included granulomatosis with polyangiitis, temporal arteritis, Takayasu’s arteritis, and polyarteritis nodosa. Dr. Hellmann is director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine which promotes patient-centered care through the creative collaboration of research, teaching, and patient care programs. Dr. Hellmann is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Behcet Disease, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Takayasu Arteritis, and Juvenile Temporal Arteritis.

Dr. Antony Rosen was an Osler resident and rheumatology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins, where he was appointed a professor in 2002. He served as director of the Division of Rheumatology between 2002 and 2022, overseeing a substantial expansion in the fellowship program and building the faculty from 14 to 26, and has been the Vice Dean for Research since 2013. Dr. Rosen received his medical degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 1984 with first-class honors. After completing his internship in medicine & surgery and a year of postdoctoral study in medical biochemistry, he joined Dr. Alan Aderem at the Rockefeller University to pursue postdoctoral studies in immunology and cellular biology. Dr. Rosen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Scleroderma, and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc).

Michael Sulewski, M.D., is the James and Heather Gills Rising Professor of Ophthalmology and a cornea and cataract specialist at the Wilmer Eye Institute’s Baltimore locations at Bayview Medical Center and the Patient Access Center for the Eye at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as in White Marsh, Maryland. Dr. Sulewski is also the ophthalmology residency program director. Dr. Sulewski specializes in cataract surgery, intraocular lens complications, corneal transplantation, keratoprosthesis, refractive surgery and other medical and surgical diseases of the cornea and anterior segment of the eye. Dr. Sulewski is also a resident supervisor at the Wilmer Eye Institute Patient Center for the Eye at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Five Questions for Michael Sulewski, Johns Hopkins Medicine (Dec. 2020). Dr. Sulewski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy (APMPPE), Cogan's Syndrome, Interstitial Keratitis, and Cataract Removal.

Samuel C. Yiu, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, specializing in cornea and external eye diseases, cataracts and refractive surgery (LASIK). In addition, he is a nationally and internationally recognized specialist in ocular surface diseases and ocular surface reconstruction surgery. Dr. Yiu received his M.Sc. (applied biometry) and Ph.D. (physiology and biophysics) from the University of Southern California. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in lacrimal physiology at the Schepens Eye Institute at Harvard Medical School and went on to earn his M.D. from the University of Alberta in Canada. Dr. Yiu completed an internship and his ophthalmology residency at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at the University of Southern California’s Doheny Eye Institute. After serving as the director of Doheny’s Ocular Surface Center and co-director of Doheny’s cornea division, Dr. Yiu joined the Wilmer faculty in 2011 and spent two years as the chief of the cornea division at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Wilmer’s affiliate hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, before returning to Baltimore in 2013. Dr. Yiu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Interstitial Keratitis, Dry Eye Syndrome, and Cloudy Cornea.

Deep Dalal is a Rheumatologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Dalal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA). Dr. Dalal is currently accepting new patients.

Alex Hertzman is a Rheumatologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Hertzman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Juvenile Primary Osteoporosis, and Gout.

Arturo Betancourt is an Ophthalmologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Betancourt is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Dry Eye Syndrome, Glaucoma, Blepharitis, and Cataract Removal. Dr. Betancourt is currently accepting new patients.

Shruti Aggarwal is an Ophthalmologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Aggarwal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Cataract, Interstitial Keratitis, Dry Eye Syndrome, Tissue Biopsy, and Cataract Removal. Dr. Aggarwal is currently accepting new patients.

Pranav Patel is an Ophthalmologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Uveitis, Neuroretinitis, Glaucoma, and Cataract. Dr. Patel is currently accepting new patients.

Erinn Maury is a Rheumatologist in Millersville, Maryland. Dr. Maury is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Light Chain Deposition Disease (LCDD), IgG4-Related Disease, MAGIC Syndrome, and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus Infections. Dr. Maury is currently accepting new patients.

Melody Chung is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chung is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Scleroderma, Myositis, and Dermatomyositis.

John Miller is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Miller is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Microscopic Polyangiitis, Scleroderma, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Erythromelalgia.