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 Herbert
S. B. Baraf, MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Baraf is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at
The George Washington University School of Medicine,
a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine and a
consultant in Rheumatology for the National Institutes
of Health Rheumatology Training Program. He is a
Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and
the American College of Physicians. He serves on
the Board of Directors of the International Rheumatology
Network, an organization of over 750 practicing
rheumatologists. He is a member of the medical advisory
board for the Scleroderma Foundation of Greater
Washington and a member of the Board of Directors
for the Arthritis Foundation, Metropolitan Washington,
DC Chapter. Dr. Baraf serves as the Managing Partner
of Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates. He is also
the Director of the research division of our medical
practice, The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research,
which he founded in 1982. Dr. Baraf has been recognized
as an outstanding specialist in the field of Rheumatology
in Washingtonian magazine, Washington
Consumers' Checkbook, and Best Doctors in
America.
Dr. Baraf received his B.S. degree at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI in 1969 and his medical
degree at S.U.N.Y., College of Medicine, Downstate
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY in 1973. He completed
his Internal Medicine training at The George Washington
University Hospital, Washington, DC and a Fellowship
in Rheumatology at Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, NC. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine
and Rheumatology.
 Robert
L. Rosenberg, MD, FACR, CCD
Dr. Rosenberg serves as the Laboratory Director
for Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, P.C. and
the Co-Director of the Osteoporosis Assessment Center.
He is a Founding Fellow of the American College
of Rheumatology and a member of the American College
of Physicians. He is also a member of the Rheumatism
Society of the District of Columbia where he has
served as president.
Dr. Rosenberg completed a seven year combined program
at The George Washington University and The George
Washington University School of Medicine where he
received his M.D. in 1972. His Internship and first
year of his Medicine Residency were at the University
of Pittsburgh; he completed his Medical Residency
and Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of
Tennessee. Dr. Rosenberg has also served as an Epidemic
Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer for the United
States Public Health Service at the Centers for
Disease Control in Atlanta, GA. He is Board Certified
in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology and is proud
of the recognition bestowed upon him by the medical
community by being named an outstanding specialist
in the field of Rheumatology by Washingtonian
magazine and Best Doctors in America.
 Evan
L. Siegel, MD, FACR
Dr. Siegel completed a seven-year combined Liberal
Arts-Medical Education Program at Boston University
where he received his M.D. from the School of Medicine
in 1984. His Internship and Residency were served
at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx,
NY. His Fellowship training was completed in a combined
program at the New York University Medical Center
and the Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY.
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
and successfully completed a re-certification program
in Rheumatology in November 2000.
Dr. Siegel serves as the Physician Director of Arthritis
and Rehabilitation Therapy Services, the rehabilitation
division of Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates,
P.C. He is a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology
and a member of the American College of Physicians
and the Rheumatism Society of the District of Columbia.
He has been listed in Washingtonian magazine,
Washington Consumers' Checkbook, and Best
Doctors in America as an outstanding specialist
in Rheumatology.
 Emma
DiIorio, MD, FACR
Dr. DiIorio serves as Co-Director of the Osteoporosis
Assessment Center, a division of Arthritis and Rheumatism
Associates, P.C. She is a Fellow of the American
College of Rheumatology, a member of the American
College of Physicians and a member of the Medical
Advisory Board of the Lupus Foundation.
Dr. DiIorio received her B.A. from New York University,
New York, NY in 1983 where she was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and a Magnum Cum Laude graduate. She
earned her Doctorate of Medicine at New York University
School of Medicine where she was a member of Alpha
Omega Alpha, a medical honor society. Her Internship
and Residency were served at the Mount Sinai Medical
Center, New York, NY, and her Fellowship training
in Rheumatic Diseases was completed at Baylor College
of Medicine, Houston, TX. She is Board Certified
in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology and successfully
completed a re-certification program in Internal
Medicine in the fall of 2000. Dr. DiIorio was recognized
as an outstanding specialist in Rheumatology in
Washingtonian Magazine and Best Doctors
in America.
 Alan
K. Matsumoto, MD, FACR
Dr. Matsumoto joined Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates,
P.C. in March 2002, after nine years on the full
time faculty, Division of Rheumatology, at The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,
MD. He continues as an Assistant Professor of Medicine
on the part time faculty at Johns Hopkins. While
at Hopkins, as well as treating patients, Dr. Matsumoto
directed the rheumatology teaching programs for
medical residents at Johns Hopkins Hospital and
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He co-directed
the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Website and served as
an ad hoc reviewer for JAMA and Medicine. His research
interests included the use of novel therapeutic
agents for the treatments of rheumatic diseases.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology
and a member of the American College of Physicians.
He was included in Washingtonian magazine's
list of "Best Doctors" as an outstanding specialist
in the field of Rheumatology.
Dr. Matsumoto was awarded his B.S. degree from Stanford
University in 1981 and his medical degree from the
University of Illinois at Chicago in 1985, where
he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical
honor society. His Internal Medicine Internship
and Residency were served at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, where in his final year he was Chief
Resident at the Medical Center at Princeton. He
completed his Fellowship training in Rheumatic Diseases
at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in1993
where he was awarded a Howard Hughes Postdoctoral
Fellowship for Physicians. Dr. Matsumoto is Board
Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
 David
G. Borenstein, MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Borenstein is a Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Division of Rheumatology at The George Washington
University Medical Center in Washington, DC. He
is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians
and the American College of Rheumatology. He is
a member of the 250 physician International Society
for the Study of the Lumbar Spine and of the Rheumatology
Society of the District of Columbia.
Dr. Borenstein is the author of Low Back Pain:
Medical Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management,
and Neck Pain: Medical Diagnosis and Comprehensive
Management, both textbooks for physicians. His
book, Back
in Control!! A Conventional and Complementary
Prescription For Eliminating Back Pain was
released in June 2001 and is written for the lay
population as his book Heal
Your Back: Your Complete Prescription for Preventing,
Treating and Eliminating Back Pain which
was released in January 2011. His primary clinical
interests are low back pain, neck pain, spinal disorders,
and osteoarthritis. Dr. Borenstein has earned the
recognition and praise of the medical community
by being named as an outstanding specialist in Rheumatology
in Washingtonian magazine, Washington
Consumers' Checkbook, Who's Who in Medicine
and Health and Best Doctors in America.
He is currently serving as the President of the
American College of Rheumatology and is the 2011
recipient of the Marriott Lifetime Achievement Award
which was bestowed upon him for his outstanding
accomplishments and lifetime achievements in the
field of rheumatology.
 Robert
J. Lloyd, MD, MACR
Dr. Lloyd is a graduate of Providence College, Providence,
RI and Georgetown University School of Medicine,
Washington, DC where he was elected to Alpha Omega
Alpha medical honor society and was the recipient
of the Physiology and Biophysics award. He served
his Internship, Residency and one year of Fellowship
training at Georgetown University Medical Center.
He completed his second year of Fellowship training
at the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Washington,
DC. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
at Georgetown University School of Medicine and
is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
Dr. Lloyd was recognized in Washingtonian
magazine as an outstanding specialist in the field
of Rheumatology, Washington Consumers' Checkbook
and Best Doctors in America.
Dr. Lloyd has served on numerous committees of the
Medical Society of the District of Columbia including
the Chairmanship of the Rheumatology Section. He
is a recipient of the Clinical Faculty Award from
the Department of Medicine at Georgetown University
School of Medicine and has also been honored with
their Vicennial Medal. He has been a committed volunteer
for the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and
in 2002, they honored him with the Paulding Phelps
award for outstanding service on behalf of Clinical
Rheumatology and the American College of Rheumatology.
In the fall of 2010 he was awarded the College’s
distinguished title of Master (MACR). Dr. Lloyd
has been engaged in the private practice of Rheumatology
in the Washington, DC area for the past 30 years.
 David
P. Wolfe, MD, FACR
A native Washingtonian, Dr. Wolfe graduated Cum
Laude from Amherst College, Amherst, MA where he
received his BA in 1990. He received his Medical
Degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine,
Washington, DC, in 1995. Dr. Wolfe completed a residency
in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Tufts University's
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. While
at Baystate, he was honored with the House Staff/Fellow
Citation for Excellence in Teaching Award, given
by the Tufts University School of Medicine, Class
of 1998.
From August 1999 - June 2002, Dr. Wolfe was employed
by the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility
(Chinle Hospital), of the Navajo Area Indian Health
Service. During that time he served as a staff physician
as well as the Medical Director of the Outpatient
Department, and as Project Manager for an Outpatient
Redesign and Expansion project. In July 2002, he
received the Superior Administrative Service Award
from the hospital.
In June 2004, just prior to joining Arthritis and
Rheumatism Associates, P.C., Dr. Wolfe completed
a Fellowship in Rheumatology at the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Wolfe will see patients in our DC and Chevy
Chase locations. He has experience in all areas
of Rheumatology, but has special interests in Fibromyalgia,
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis.
 Paul
J. DeMarco, MD, FACP, FACR
Paul J. DeMarco, M.D. earned his undergraduate degree
from Georgetown University, Washington, DC and his
medical degree in 1990 from Georgetown University
School of Medicine where he received a Naval Health
Professional Scholarship. After a year of Internship
in Family Practice at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton,
NC, he served the country as the Medical Department
Head aboard the USS Denver, an amphibious transport
dock from 1991-1993. He returned to training in
Internal Medicine at Naval Medical Center San Diego,
CA until 1996 and then went on to complete his fellowship
training in Rheumatology in 1998 at the Scripps
Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA where
he was selected to the position of Chief Fellow.
Upon completion of his fellowship training, Dr.
DeMarco returned to the Naval Medical Center, San
Diego, where he had appointments in Internal Medicine
and Pediatrics, and was on staff at Children’s Hospital
in San Diego as a consulting physician. Dr. DeMarco
completed his military service in 2001 as the head
of Rheumatology at Naval Medical Center San Diego,
and then moved to the Marshfield Clinic, Wausau,
WI where he treated adults and children with rheumatic
diseases, participated in research and taught for
the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School.
Dr. DeMarco moved to the DC metropolitan area in
2003 to work on the teaching faculty at the Washington
Hospital Center and was co-director of the Rheumatology
Fellowship Program. He is an Associate Clinical
Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University School
of medicine. He has published and lectured in most
aspects of rheumatology, but has particular interest
in connective tissue diseases in adults and children.
Dr. DeMarco is a Board Certified Rheumatologist
and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians
and a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.
 Shari
B. Diamond, MD,
FACR
Shari B. Diamond, MD earned her B.A. degree in 1996
from Stern College, Yeshiva University, New York,
New York where she was a Summa Cum Laude graduate,
a Belkin Scholar and a Garden State Scholar. She
received her medical degree from Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, New York in 2001. Dr.
Diamond completed her Internal Medicine internship
and residency in 2004 and her Rheumatology fellowship
in 2007 at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington, DC.
From 2004 to 2005 Dr. Diamond worked as a Hospitalist
Attending at Sibley Memorial Hospital. In 2006 and
2007 she was the recipient of the DC Rheumatism
Society Fellows Forum Poster Award and was accepted
for poster presentation at the 2006 and 2007 Annual
American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting,
Washington, DC. Dr. Diamond has co-authored numerous
publications and abstracts and has been involved
in multiple research projects from 1996 to the present.
Dr. Diamond is a fellow of the American College
of Rheumatology and a member of the American Medical
Association, the American College of Physicians
and the Rheumatism Society of the District of Columbia.
She has experience in all areas of rheumatology,
but has a special interest in myositis. Dr. Diamond
sees patients in our D.C. location.
 Angus
B. Worthing, MD,
FACR
Dr. Worthing is a graduate of Princeton University
and the University of Minnesota Medical School,
where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha national
medical honor society and received the Medical Student
Achievement Award. He completed internship and residency
in Internal Medicine in 2006 and rheumatology fellowship
in 2008 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington,
DC. He also received multiple honors including the
Medical Humanities Award and nominations for the
String of Pearls Award, given by Georgetown university
medical students for excellence in teaching. He
is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at
Georgetown University Medical Center.
Dr. Worthing was the president of the Rheumatism
Society of the District of Columbia in 2010-2011.
He currently serves as the D.C. representative and
chairman of the American College of Rheumatology's
Affiliate Society Council. He is a member of the
American Medical Association and the American College
of Physicians.
In 2008, Dr. Worthing published a book chapter on
the ways in which rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid
arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and gout affect
the elbow joint. Dr. Worthing sees patients at our
Chevy Chase and D.C. locations.
 Ashley
D. Beall, MD, FACR
Ashley Beall, MD graduated Magna Cum Laude with
high honors from the University of Georgia in 1998,
where she received both her bachelor of arts in
English Literature and her bachelor of science in
Cellular Biology. Following her graduation, she
earned her medical degree in 2003 from the Medical
College of Georgia, where she received multiple
honors for academic achievement including the Janet
M Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation Award for
the top female graduates in her class, the Merck
Manual Award for academic achievement, and induction
into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.
Dr. Beall completed her internship and residency
in Internal Medicine in 2006 at the Medical University
of South Carolina, following which she completed
her Rheumatology fellowship in 2008 at the Medical
University of South Carolina. During her internship
and residency she presented multiple case reviews
and medical abstracts at local, regional, and national
conferences. Her publications have been featured
in academic journals including the Journal of Rheumatology.
She has completed and presented clinical research
on both Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Systemic
Sclerosis. Her areas of interest also include Rheumatoid
Arthritis, Myositis, and Gout.
Dr Beall is board certified in Internal Medicine
and Rheumatology. She is a Fellow of the American
College of Rheumatology, and has recently been asked
to serve as a member of the ACR 2020 Task Force,
a national committee to identify future trends and
issues in Rheumatology. Dr Beall is a member of
both the Montgomery County Medical Society and the
District of Columbia Rheumatism Society. She is
currently serving as physician director of infusion
services at Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates.
She sees patients in our Shady Grove and Wheaton
locations.
 Guada
R. Respicio, MD, MS, FACR
Guada
Respicio, M.D. earned a B.S. degree in Nursing and
an M.S. in Health Evaluation Sciences from the University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. During her undergraduate
years, Dr. Respicio was tapped for membership in
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society, Golden Key
National Honor Society and Sigma Theta Tau International
Honor Society. She graduated from St. George’s University
School of Medicine, Grenada in 2004. Dr. Respicio
completed her Internship and Residency in Internal
Medicine at the University of Connecticut, Farmington,
CT in 2007. She was awarded the Philip T. Goldenberg,
MD Award for Leadership in 2007. She then served
as Chief Medical Resident until 2008. In 2010, she
completed her Rheumatology Fellowship at the University
of California, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Respicio has worked as a Registered Nurse, volunteered
for numerous community service projects, served
in leadership roles and participated in teaching
activities throughout her years of education and
training. She has also co-authored numerous publications
and abstracts and has participated in multiple research
projects since 2000. Her areas of interest include
systemic lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis,
Sjogren's syndrome and systemic sclerosis.
Dr. Respicio is a member of the American College
of Rheumatology and The American College of Physicians.
She will see patients in our Wheaton and Rockville
locations.
 Justin
Peng, MD, FACR
Justin
Peng, MD earned a B.S. degree in Physiological Science
from the University of California at Los Angeles,
CA in 1998 and his Master of Arts in Medical Sciences
at Boston University Graduate Medical Sciences in
2001. In 2005 he received his Medical Degree from
Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Peng completed
his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine
at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington,
DC in 2008. In 2011, he completed his Rheumatology
Fellowship at the University of California at Los
Angeles, CA.
Dr. Peng has a diverse research, employment, and
extracurricular background. Between earning his
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, he was an Emergency
Medical Technician (EMT) for UCLA Medical Center.
While in Boston, he served as a CityLab Educator,
working as a teacher in a biotechnology laboratory
designed to teach high school students research
techniques. Before completing his fellowship, he
worked as a physician at INOVA Urgent Care. His
extracurricular activities have included leading
a team of U.S. medical students to teach English
at Shanghai 2nd Medical University and working in
medical missions in Nicaragua. During fellowship,
he was also involved in drafting the new ACR 2010
guidelines for the management of lupus nephritis.
Dr. Peng has co-authored numerous publications in
rheumatology and has been the recipient of multiple
awards. He is a member of the American College of
Rheumatology. His areas of interest include systemic
lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout,
and myositis. Dr. Peng will see patients in our
D.C. and Chevy Chase locations.
 Rachel
Kaiser, MD, MPH, FACR
Dr.
Kaiser earned a B.A. in English Language and Literature
from the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL in 1997
with general honors. While there, she served as
a Student Marshal, the highest undergraduate honor
bestowed by the university. In 2001, she received
her M.D. with an Area of Concentration in Medical
Humanities from the University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Kaiser completed
her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine
from 2001-2004 and served as Chief Resident from
2004-2005 at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, NY. In 2007, she received a Master of
Public Health degree in epidemiology from the University
of California, Berkeley and in 2008 she completed
her Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF), CA.
Prior to joining Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates,
P.C., Dr. Kaiser was on the faculty for several
years as an Assistant Professor in the Division
of Rheumatology at UCSF. In that position, she taught
and mentored medical students, residents, and Rheumatology
fellows in the classroom, on the inpatient Rheumatology
consult service, and in the Lupus clinic. She was
also a member of the UCSF medical school admissions
committee.
Dr. Kaiser has received numerous honors and awards
including the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
Distinguished Fellow Award. She has been awarded
grants from the Arthritis Foundation, ACR, and UCSF
in support of her research examining genetic risk
factors for thrombosis - or blood clots - in patients
with lupus and has presented her work at international
meetings as well as authored many publications.
Dr. Kaiser is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine
and Rheumatology and is a member of the American
College of Physicians, the Arthritis Foundation,
and a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.
Dr. Kaiser has experience in all areas of rheumatology
and has a special interest in lupus. She also speaks
French. She will see patients in our DC and Chevy
Chase locations.
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