RheumMadness is growing, and that includes our leadership team. The 2022 leadership team includes some familiar faces and some new ones. We want RheumMadness to engage everyone who is crazy about rheumatology, from attendings to medical students.  That’s why our leadership team has attendings, fellows, residents, and even a medical student!

RheumMadness 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 serves on the RheumMadness Leadership Team and is the leader of the Machines Region.  She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Medstar / Georgetown Washington Hospital Center.

Guy Katz, MD serves on the RheumMadness Leadership Team and is the leader of the Cells Region.  He is a second year rheumatology fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Lauren He, MD serves on the RheumMadness Leadership Team and is the leader of the People Region. She is a third year internal medicine resident at the University of Chicago School of Medicine.

Ben Kellog, MD serves on the RheumMadness Leadership Team and is the leader of the Animal House Region. He is a second year internal medicine resident at Duke University School of Medicine.

Michael Macklin, MD serves on the RheumMadness Leadership Team as a resident contributor. He is a third year internal medicine resident at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center.

Courtney Bair serves on the RheumMadness Leadership Team as our medical student advisor. She is a second year medical student at Duke University School of Medicine.

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.

Thank you also to past members of our leadership team from RheumMadness 2021, Didem Saygin and Allen Whitt.