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Fellow Publications

  1. Kannan A, Rae MM, Muscal E, Doan TT. The added value of cardiac MRI in paediatric rheumatologic disorders: a preliminary single-centre experience. Cardiol Young. 2026 Feb;36(2):386-388. doi: 10.1017/S1047951125111049. Epub 2026 Jan 19. PMID: 41549739.
  2. Orozco J, Nguyen J, Yasrebi SM, Blalock M, Grisales SL, Jensen CL, DeGuzman MM. Severe gastrointestinal manifestations in childhood-onset lupus: A single-center cohort and review of the literature. Lupus. 2025 Jun;34(7):721-741. doi: 10.1177/09612033251345020. Epub 2025 May 21. PMID: 40398633; PMCID: PMC12123055.
  3. Chun A, Bautista-Castillo A, Osuna I, Nasto K, Munoz FM, Schutze GE, Devaraj S, Muscal E, de Guzman MM, Sexson Tejtel K, Vogel TP, Kakadiaris IA. Distinguishing Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From Typhus Using Artificial Intelligence: MIS-C Versus Endemic Typhus (AI-MET). J Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 15;231(4):931-939. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf004. PMID: 39761811; PMCID: PMC11998560.
  4. Beil EF, DeGuzman M, Ramirez A, Yildirim-Toruner C, Oluyomi A, Rosales O, Guffey D, Muscal E, Peckham-Gregory E. The Impact of Social Inequities on Presentation of Juvenile-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus at a Large Tertiary Center. J Clin Rheumatol. 2025 Aug 1;31(5):e84-e90. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000002228. Epub 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40102018.
  5. Nguyen J, Kim CF, Ramirez AA, Vogel TP. Failure to Close: An Unexpected Surgical Complication Reveals OTULIN Haploinsufficiency. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2025 Mar;7(3):e11800. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11800. PMID: 40084498; PMCID: PMC11907234.
  6. Bautista-Castillo A, Chun A, Vogel TP, Kakadiaris IA. AI-MET: A deep learning-based clinical decision support system for distinguishing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children from endemic typhus. Comput Biol Med. 2025 Apr;188:109815. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109815. Epub 2025 Feb 22. PMID: 39987695.
  7. Altaffer AL, Burrage LC, Kamdar A, Vogel TP, Pereira M. The Matter at Hand: A Case of Difficult-to-Treat Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Mar;77(3):291-296. doi: 10.1002/acr.25488. Epub 2025 Jan 16. PMID: 39711103.
  8. Nguyen J, DeGuzman MM, Muscal E, Doan TT. Case 3: Fatigue, Ankle Pain, and a Murmur in a 6-Year-Old Girl. Pediatr Rev. 2025 Jan 1;46(1):31-36. doi: 10.1542/pir.2023-006111. PMID: 39740155.
  9. Guhan M, Pina Y, Lambert E, Pereira M, De Guzman M. Autoimmune etiologies in pediatric recurrent parotitis: A retrospective analysis of patients referred to rheumatology. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Jan;188:112192. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.112192. Epub 2024 Dec 9. PMID: 39675206.
  10. Lapite A, Sánchez LM, Altaffer AL, Rae M, Ramirez AA, Muscal E, Yildirim-Toruner C, Tubman VN. Concomitant sickle cell disease and systemic lupus erythematosus: A single-center case series. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Oct;71(10):e31194. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31194. Epub 2024 Jul 14. PMID: 39004780.
  11. Branton SA, Stubbs LA, Havrilla HJ, Torok KS. National Registry for Childhood Onset Scleroderma I: Insights from the first 341 juvenile localized scleroderma patients. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2024 Sep 23;10(1):75-84. doi: 10.1177/23971983241272460. PMID: 39544906; PMCID: PMC11559527.
  12. Chan SW, Chun A, Nguyen L, Bubolz B, Anderson AE, Lai YC. Associations between epilepsy, respiratory impairment, and minor ECG abnormalities in children. Seizure. 2024 Nov;122:39-44. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2024.09.011. Epub 2024 Sep 20. PMID: 39326248.
  13. Barbadora J, Chun A, Yarimi JM, Shukla N, Lee-Kim Y, Kralik S, Little-Wienert K. A 6-Year-Old Girl With Fever, Weakness, and Ataxia. Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 1;153(3):e2023064171. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-064171. PMID: 38321939.
  14. Stubbs LA, Ogunbona O, Beil E, Szafron V, Adesina A, Anvari S, Lai J, Ramirez A, Ditzler MG, DeGuzman M. Juvenile eosinophilic fasciitis: a single center case series. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2024 Feb 24;22(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12969-024-00960-w. PMID: 38395889; PMCID: PMC10893626.
  15. Janysek D, Joginpalli S, Thanawala M, Dutta A, Silva-Carmona M, Pereira M. 13-Year-Old Female With New Onset Multifocal Pulmonary Ground-Glass Opacities. Pediatrics. 2023 Nov 1;152(5):e2023061486. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-061486. PMID: 37850254.
  16. Altaffer AL, Weiss P. Clinical features, treatment, and outcomes of celiac-associated arthritis: a retrospective cohort study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2023 May 2;21(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12969-023-00822-x. PMID: 37131195; PMCID: PMC10152788.
  17. Stubbs LA, Ferry AM, Guffey D, Loccke C, Wade EM, Pour P, Ardalan K, Chira P, Ganske IM, Glaser D, Higgins G, Luca N, Moore KF, Sivaraman V, Stewart K, Vasquez-Canizares N, Hunt RD, Maricevich RS, Torok KS, Li SC; Childhood Arthritis, Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Scleroderma Workgroup. Barriers to care in juvenile localized and systemic scleroderma: an exploratory survey study of caregivers' perspectives. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2023 Apr 25;21(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s12969-023-00819-6. PMID: 37098622; PMCID: PMC10131373.
  18. Weisnicht AM, Byrne R, Henkel EB, Harding SA, Kostelyna SP, Schady D, Lai J, Stubbs LA. Recurrent Rash in an 11-Year-Old Boy With Pericardial and Pleural Effusions. Pediatrics. 2022 Nov 1;150(5):e2021055524. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-055524. PMID: 36305212.
  19. Stubbs LA, Szafron V, Forbes LR, Musick MA, Gillispie AE, Sauer HE, Smith VR, Fasipe TA, Munoz FM, Tejtel KS, Silva-Carmona M, Vogel TP, Muscal E. Severe Pediatric COVID-19 Pneumonia Treated With Adjuvant Anakinra. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 May 1;12(5):e162-e170. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-006376. PMID: 35237791.
  20. Patel P, de Guzman M, Hicks MJ, Maliakkal JG, Rheault MN, Selewski DT, Twombley K, Misurac JM, Tran CL, Constantinescu AR, Onder AM, Seamon M, Seeherunvong W, Singh V, Pan C, Okamura DM, Omoloja A, Kallash M, Smoyer WE, Hidalgo G, Wenderfer SE. Utility of the 2018 revised ISN/RPS thresholds for glomerular crescents in childhood-onset lupus nephritis: a Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2022 Dec;37(12):3139-3145. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05524-2. Epub 2022 Mar 28. Erratum in: Pediatr Nephrol. 2022 Dec;37(12):3255. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05625-y. PMID: 35347402.
  21. Wisniewski M, Chun A, Volpi S, Muscal E, Sexson Tejtel SK, Munoz F, Vogel TP. Outcomes After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Among Children With a History of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar 1;5(3):e224750. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4750. PMID: 35344047; PMCID: PMC8961315.
  22. Stubbs LA, Price M, Noland D, Fuchs J, Filkins L, McElvania E, Luu HS, Sebert M, Waters A, Hsiang MS. Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: Two Pediatric Cases From the United States and Their Relevance in an Increasingly Globalized World. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Dec 31;10(12):1092-1095. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab083. PMID: 34559236; PMCID: PMC8719612.
  23. Stubbs LA, Saliba CK, Schallert EK, John SD, Khatua S, Valencia Deray KG, Stevens AM, Rocha MEM. A Lucky Break: A Case of a 3-Month-Old Female With a Pathologic Fracture. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2022 Jan;61(1):76-80. doi: 10.1177/00099228211059039. Epub 2021 Nov 26. PMID: 34823408.
  24. De La Cruz A, Hargrave A, Magadi S, Courson JA, Landry PT, Zhang W, Lam FW, Bray MA, Smith CW, Burns AR, Rumbaut RE. Platelet and Erythrocyte Extravasation across Inflamed Corneal Venules Depend on CD18, Neutrophils, and Mast Cell Degranulation. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jul 8;22(14):7360. doi: 10.3390/ijms22147360. PMID: 34298979; PMCID: PMC8329926.
  25. Patel PN, Hunt R, Pettigrew ZJ, Shirley JB, Vogel TP, de Guzman MM. Successful treatment of chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature (CANDLE) syndrome with tofacitinib. Pediatr Dermatol. 2021 Mar;38(2):528-529. doi: 10.1111/pde.14517. Epub 2021 Jan 29. PMID: 33512037.
  26. Stubbs LA, Russo SN, Goldberg BR, Kamdar AA. Altered Mental Status, Ataxia, and Ophthalmoplegia in an 8-year-old Girl. Pediatr Rev. 2021 Jan;42(Suppl 1):S78-S81. doi: 10.1542/pir.2019-0161. PMID: 33386369.
  27. Singer TG, Bray MA, Chan A, Ikeda S, Walters B, Fuller MY, Falco C. Chronic Ulcers and Malnutrition in an African Patient. Pediatrics. 2020 Nov;146(5):e20201717. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1717. PMID: 33115794; PMCID: PMC8061712.
  28. Courson JA, Hanlon SD, Bray MA, Lam FW, Burns AR, Rumbaut RE. Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy: A provocative technique to define 3-dimensional ultrastructure of microvascular thrombosis. Thromb Res. 2020 Dec;196:519-522. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.10.008. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33099176; PMCID: PMC7750836.
  29. Moran EJ, Lapin WB, Calame D, Bray M, Wright LN, Desai NK, Stein F, Marcus M. Degos disease: A radiological-pathological correlation of the neuroradiological aspects of the disease. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2020 Aug;47:151545. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151545. Epub 2020 May 30. PMID: 32505971.
  30. Bray MA, Sartain SE, Gollamudi J, Rumbaut RE. Microvascular thrombosis: experimental and clinical implications. Transl Res. 2020 Nov;225:105-130. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2020.05.006. Epub 2020 May 23. PMID: 32454092; PMCID: PMC7245314.
  31. Rubinstein TB, Ogbu EA, Rodriguez M, Waqar L, Woo JMP, Davis AM, Lapin WB, Ng L, Treemarcki E, von Scheven E, Knight AM; CARRA Mental Health Workgroup. Prioritized Agenda for Mental Health Research in Pediatric Rheumatology from the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Mental Health Workgroup. J Rheumatol. 2020 Nov 1;47(11):1687-1695. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.190361. Epub 2020 Jan 15. PMID: 31941805.

  1. Torres Sanchez J, Gist D, DeGuzman M, Aras S, Nguyen D, Nguyen M, Thakral A. Experience with Janus Kinase Inhibitors and Abatacept in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Retrospective Study from a Large Tertiary Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  2. Rae M, Nguyen J, Kwan O, Nguyen D, Yildirim-Toruner C. Giant Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease: A Large Quarternary Single Center Experience [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  3. Miller I, Nobleza K, Nguyen D, Van Horne B, Greeley C, DeGuzman M, Thakral A, Kwan O, Molina S. Acute Care Utilization in New-Onset Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Insights from a Pilot Study [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  4. Marrs J, Correa M, Silva-Carmona M, Pereira M. Clinical Features of Juvenile Antisynthetase Syndrome: A Single-Center Case Series [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  5. Gist D, Muscal E, Narayanan S, Thomas D. Characterizing CNS MRI Abnormalities in Pediatric ANCA-Associated Vasculitis [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  6. Elrefai R, Ramirez A, Lai J, Yildirim-Toruner C, Muscal E, DeGuzman M. Pediatric Behçet’s Disease: A 13-Year Single-Center Experience Highlighting Diagnostic Delays and High Neurological Burden [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  7. Elrefai R, Kwan O, Lai J, Pereira M, Stewart K, DeGuzman M. Antiphospholipid Antibody-Mediated Disease: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Lupus Anticoagulant Hypoprothrombinemia in a Single Center Pediatric Cohort [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  8. Butts M, DeGuzman M, McClain K, Butler E, Ramirez A. Targeting Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA): Real-World Emapalumab Experience Spanning 3 Years [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026; 78 (suppl 3).
  9. Torres Sanchez J, Bawa P, Ramirez A, Nguyen M, Thakral A, Huang X, Kan J, De Guzman M. Initial MRI Findings as Predictors of Disease Phenotype in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Comparative Study of Myositis Specific Antibodies NXP2-Positive and Myositis Specific Antibody-Negative Patients in a Large Tertiary Hospital [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  10. Rae M, Gist D, Patel K, Mysore K, Ramirez A, De Guzman M, Muscal E. Liver Biopsy Findings in Pediatric SLE: A Large Tertiary Center Experience [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  11. Madison J, Sloan E, Saez C, Kwan O, Lewis K, Marilao J, Baay B, Elrefai R, Dale M, McCurdy D, Bhatt J, Goteti S, Ogbu E, Knight J, Zuo Y. Performance of the 2023 and 2006 APS Classification Criteria in Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with APS: A Multisite Cohort Study [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  12. Gist D, Ramirez A, Lai J, Nguyen D, Guo K. Risk Factors for Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Development in Pediatric Patients Using Adalimumab for Rheumatic Disease and Associated Conditions [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  13. Elrefai R, De Guzman M, Teruya J, Kostousov V, Navaei A, Kwan O. Pediatric Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  14. Elrefai R, Williams K, Bradfield H. Inflammatory Orbital Diseases: Pediatric Case Series From a Tertiary Care Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  15. Torres J. Under Pressure. Thieves Market Poster. ACR Convergence, Nov 2024.
  16. Nguyen J. TM59, Case 1. Thieves Market Case Presenter. ACR Convergence, Nov 2024.
  17. Rae M, Beil E, Torres J, Fisher K, Muscal E. Acute Transverse Myelitis in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024; 76 (suppl 9).
  18. Nguyen J, Guffey D, Ramirez A, Lai J, Vogel T, Sexson Tejtel S, Yildirim-Toruner C, DeGuzman M. Description of Patients with Refractory Kawasaki Disease at a Large Tertiary Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024; 76 (suppl 9).
  19. Nguyen J, Guffey D, Ramirez A, Lai J, Vogel T, Sexson Tejtel S, Yildirim-Toruner C, De Guzman M. Description of Patients with Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome at a Large Tertiary Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024; 76 (suppl 9).
  20. Nguyen J. A Bewildering Case of Bone Pain. Thieves Market poster. ACR Convergence, Nov 2023.
  21. Joginpalli S. Skin Deep. Thieves Market oral presentation. ACR Convergence, November 2023.
  22. Beil E. Not a Linear Dilemma. Thieves Market poster. ACR Convergence, November 2023.
  23. Theisen A, Ogbu E, Beil E, Harry O, Appenzeller S, Kammeyer R, Van der Heijen H, Knight A, Craven H, Rodriguez M. Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Children: A Scoping Review [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 9).
  24. Theisen A, Ogbu E, Beil E, Harry O, Appenzeller S, Kammeyer R, Van der Heijen H, Knight A, Craven H, Rodriguez M. Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Children: A Scoping Review [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 9).
  25. Pina Y, Lambert E, Pereira M, De Guzman M. An Analysis of Recurrent Parotitis Patients Referred to Rheumatology Clinic [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 9).
  26. Nguyen J, Ramirez A, Pereira M, Muscal E, Silva-Carmona M, De Guzman M. Clinical Characteristics and Longitudinal Outcomes of Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Sclerosis at a Tertiary Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 9).
  27. Altaffer A, Pereira M, De Guzman M, Ramirez A. Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Systemic JIA-Associated Lung Disease: A Single Center Experience [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 9).
  28. Stubbs L, Hashemi A, Hunt R, Maricevich R. Craniofacial Localized Scleroderma: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 4).
  29. Stubbs L, Ferry A, Guffey D, Loccke C, Moriarty Wade E, Pour P, Ardalan K, Chiraseveenuprapund P, Ganske I, Glaser D, Higgins G, Luca N, Moore K, Sivaraman V, Stewart K, Vasquez Canizares N, Hunt R, Maricevich R, Torok K, Li S. Caregivers’ Perspectives on Barriers to Care in Juvenile Localized and Systemic Scleroderma [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 4).
  30. Pina Y, Janysek D, Guffey D, Pereira Palacios M, De Guzman M. Clinical Significance of SSA and SSB Antibodies in Pediatric SLE Patients: A Single Center Cohort [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 4).
  31. Nguyen J, Gillispie-Taylor M, Muscal E, Deguzman M. Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Syndrome: A Case Series from a Single Large Pediatric Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 4).
  32. Chun A, Nguyen M, De Guzman M, Ramirez A. Safety Outcomes of Combined Biologics Use in Pediatric Rheumatology: A Single Center Experience [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 4).
  33. Beil E, Muscal E, Guffey D, Deguzman M, Peckham-Gregory E. The Impact of Social Inequities on Presentation of Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE) at a Large Tertiary Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 4).
  34. Altaffer A, Orjuela A, De Guzman M. Clinical Manifestations and Management of Takayasu Arteritis: A Single Center Pediatric Cohort [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 4).
  35. Stubbs L, Kirk S, Ditzler D, Rapini R, Awa U, Ramirez A. Early onset chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis and fluctuating neutropenia in a patient with Majeed syndrome. Selected Abstracts from the 13th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Immunology Society: 2022 Annual Meeting: Immune Deficiency and Dysregulation North American Conference. J Clin Immunol 42 (Suppl 1), 1–115 (2022). Published 30 March 2022.
  36. Chun A, Odom J, De Guzman M, Bray M, Larkin K, Blieden L, et al. Farber Disease Revealed after Reevaluation of Refractory Inflammatory Disease. Selected Abstracts from the 13th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Immunology Society: 2022 Annual Meeting: Immune Deficiency and Dysregulation North American Conference. J Clin Immunol 42 (Suppl 1), 1–115 (2022). Published 30 March 2022.
  37. Stubbs L, Ogunbona O, Adesina A, Anvari S, Beil E, Lai J, Ramirez A, Szafron V, Ditzler M, DeGuzman M. Juvenile Eosinophilic Fasciitis: A Single-Center Cohort [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022; 74 (suppl 9).
  38. Pereira M, Chun A, Stubbs L, De Guzman M. Eculizumab Is Safe as an Adjunctive Therapy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Severe Refractory Nephritis with or Without Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Children [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022; 74 (suppl 9).
  39. Joginpalli S, Orjuela A, De Guzman M, Frierson E. Safety of Plasmapheresis as an Adjuvant Therapy in Severe Pediatric Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Associated Vasculitis: A Single Center Cohort [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022; 74 (suppl 9).
  40. Chun A, Vogel T, Ramirez A, De Guzman M, Muscal E, Silva-Carmona M. Idiopathic Pulmonary Capillaritis Within the Spectrum of Pediatric Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022; 74 (suppl 9).
  41. Altaffer A, Weiss P. Celiac-Associated Arthritis: Clinical Features, Treatment, and Outcomes [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022; 74 (suppl 9).
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