research opportunities for residents - Weill Cornell Department of ...

loss and for preventing bone destruction in inflammatory conditions and related disorders of bone
remodeling.
Jessica Gordon, MD, MSc
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Instructor in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Email: gordonj@hss.edu
Tel: (212) 606-1173
Dr. Gordon’s research interests include scleroderma clinical trials and gene expression profiling.
Lionel Ivashkiv, MD
HSS, Director of Basic Research; David H. Koch Chair in Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration
Email: ivashkivl@hss.edu
Tel: (212) 606-1653
Our laboratory is interested in the differentiation, function, and activation of macrophages, dendritic cells,
and osteoclasts that are important in innate immunity and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases. The
laboratory takes an integrated bench-to-bedside approach and studies signal transduction defects in
defined in vitro systems using purified cells, in animal models of arthritis, lupus, and osteolysis, and in
human disease samples. Recently, we have extended our approaches to include investigation of gene
regulation and epigentics, especially how chromatin modulates signaling to regulate inflammatory
cytokine production.
Recent Residents Mentored: Soumya Chakravarty
Kyriakos Kirou, MD
HSS, Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Care
Email: kirouk@hss.edu
Tel: (212) 606-1718
My research focuses on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and related diseases. We are trying to
develop biomarkers of disease activity and severity by careful examination of clinical and research data in
a longitudinal cohort of SLE patients. Research data include gene expression data from real-time PCR,
microarrays, and proteomics.
Michael Lockshin, MD
HSS, Director, Barbara Volcker Center for Women with Rheumatic Diseases
Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology
Email: LockshinM@hss.edu
Tel: (212) 606‐1461
The Barbara Volcker Center’s interests are: sex discrepancy in autoimmune disease, pregnancy in
rheumatic disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, and systemic lupus erythematosus with specific focus on
neurological lupus. By individual arrangement with the interested resident, we offer an experience in
medical aspects of pregnancies complicated by rheumatic illness. Experiences with the other topics are
available on request.
Lisa A. Mandl, MD, MPH
HSS, Rheumatology Clinical Research Center
Email: mandll@hss.edu
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