Faculty

Maria Fernanda Carpintero, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Carpintero is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the division of rheumatology. She is a clinical investigator with a focus on systemic autoimmune diseases especially Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). She has participated as principal investigator in multiple clinical trials and her research focus is on identifying information that may ultimately be useful...
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Cecilia Chung, M.D., MPH

Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Cecilia Chung- pharmacogenomic and pharmacoepidemiology in rheumatic diseases. Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH, is a physician-scientist with training in rheumatology, clinical pharmacology, and pharmacoepidemiology. Her laboratory is funded by R01 awards from NIAMS and NIGMS. Following her training in Peru and Canada, she earned an M.P.H. degree from Vanderbilt University and...
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Kelly Corbitt, D.O.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Corbitt is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the division of rheumatology at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She has a passion for clinical medicine and teaching students, residents and fellows. While she treats all diseases within the field of rheumatology, she does have an interest in connective tissue disease associated interstitial lung...
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Eric L. Greidinger, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Greidinger is a member of the rheumatology clinical faculty at the University of Miami and Miami VA with rank of Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology with tenure. Dr. Greidinger’s research interests include the roles of innate immunity in autoimmunity, the immunopathogenesis of anti-RNP autoimmunity including in Mixed Connective Tissue...
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Carlos Lozada, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Carlos J. Lozada completed a B.A. in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania and his M.D. at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. He pursued his residency in Internal Medicine at North Shore University Hospital/Cornell University Medical College and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and completed his Rheumatology Fellowship at New York University...
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Estefania Quesada-Masachs, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Dr. Quesada-Masachs received her MD degree at University of Barcelona (UB). She completed the residency in Rheumatology and a 2-year training program in Pediatric Rheumatology at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (Spain), where she worked as a consultant until early 2018. She did a fellowship at Istituto Giannina Gaslini (Italy), Center of Excellence in Pediatric Rheumatology...
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Ozlem Pala, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Ozlem Pala is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, specializing in rheumatology. She earned her medical degree from Ege University in Turkiye, followed by advanced training in internal medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Englewood Program and a rheumatology fellowship at Albany Medical...
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Elaine C Tozman, M.D.

Associate Professor
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Alexis Katz, D.O.

Biography: Dr. Alexis Katz, D.O., is a staff physician of the Division of Rheumatology within the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami. She trained in internal medicine and rheumatology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Katz’s work has focused on myositis, vasculitis, and osteoporosis. Dr. Katz received the Aadel Askari Humanitarian Award for compassionate and empathetic care during her fellowship training.