Leadership Team 2022 – 2023

Meet the leadership team tasked with creating the 2022 – 2023 tournament.

Faculty Leadership

  • David Leverenz, MD is the creator and director of RheumMadness.  He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology.
  • Akrithi Udupa Garren, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Medstar / Georgetown Washington Hospital Center.

Fellow Leaders

  • Guy Katz, MD is a rheumatology fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital.
  • Michael Macklin, MD is a rheumatology fellow at the University of Chicago.
  • Iman Qaiser, MD is a a rheumatology fellow at LSU Health Shreveport.

Resident Leaders

  • Lauren He, MD is a chief resident at the University of Chicago.
  • Ben Kellogg, MD is an internal medicine resident at Duke University.
  • Sabahat Usmani, MD is an internal medicine resident at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago

Medical Student Leaders

  • Courtney Bair is a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine.
  • Meridith Balbach is a medical student at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
  • Ben Lueck is a medical student at Duke University School of medicine.

Senior Mentorship Team

  • Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, MD, MEd is an advisor and mentor for RheumMadness. She is a Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology.
  • Matthew Sparks, MD is the creator of NephMadness and serves an advisor and mentor for RheumMadness. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology.

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