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          Keith A. Sikora, M.D.





Keith A. Sikora, M.D.


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              Keith A. Sikora, M.D. 
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                                                  301-443-7961
                
                                                9000 Rockville Pike
                  
                  
            Building 10, Room 12S257
      
                                   Bethesda MD 20892
                
                                                keith.sikora@nih.gov 
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          Dr. Sikora is a board certified pediatric rheumatologist who joined the National Institutes of Health as a Henry Metzger Scholar in Translational Research after successfully completing his fellowship in pediatric rheumatology. He currently devotes his time in studying the pathogenesis of pediatric inflammatory disease, including juvenile arthritis and relapsing polychondritis. 

            Scientific Publications
              Recent Updates in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis.

    Srinivasalu H, Sikora KA, Colbert RA
        

                    Rheum Dis Clin North Am.
        
                    2021 Nov;
        
                    47(4).
        
                    doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2021.07.001
                            PMID: 34635292
  Somatic Mutations in UBA1 and Severe Adult-Onset Autoinflammatory Disease.

    Beck DB, Ferrada MA, Sikora KA, Ombrello AK, Collins JC, Pei W, Balanda N, Ross DL, Ospina Cardona D, Wu Z, Patel B, Manthiram K, Groarke EM, Gutierrez-Rodrigues F, Hoffmann P, Rosenzweig S, Nakabo S, Dillon LW, Hourigan CS, Tsai WL, Gupta S, Carmona-Rivera C, Asmar AJ, Xu L, Oda H, Goodspeed W, Barron KS, Nehrebecky M, Jones A, Laird RS, Deuitch N, Rowczenio D, Rominger E, Wells KV, Lee CR, Wang W, Trick M, Mullikin J, Wigerblad G, Brooks S, Dell'Orso S, Deng Z, Chae JJ, Dulau-Florea A, Malicdan MCV, Novacic D, Colbert RA, Kaplan MJ, Gadina M, Savic S, Lachmann HJ, Abu-Asab M, Solomon BD, Retterer K, Gahl WA, Burgess SM, Aksentijevich I, Young NS, Calvo KR, Werner A, Kastner DL, Grayson PC
        

                    N Engl J Med.
        
                    2020 Dec 31;
        
                    383(27).
        
                    doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2026834
                            PMID: 33108101
  Genetics, genomics, and their relevance to pathology and therapy.

    Ombrello MJ, Sikora KA, Kastner DL
        

                    Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol.
        
                    2014 Apr;
        
                    28(2).
        
                    doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2014.05.001
                            PMID: 24974057
  The limited role of interferon-γ in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis cannot be explained by cellular hyporesponsiveness.

    Sikora KA, Fall N, Thornton S, Grom AA
        

                    Arthritis Rheum.
        
                    2012 Nov;
        
                    64(11).
        
                    doi: 10.1002/art.34604
                            PMID: 22740319
  Update on the pathogenesis and treatment of systemic idiopathic arthritis.

    Sikora KA, Grom AA
        

                    Curr Opin Pediatr.
        
                    2011 Dec;
        
                    23(6).
        
                    doi: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32834cba24
                            PMID: 22045308 
          Education
              
            **SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences**
M.D.

**Cornell University**
B.S.             
                        Experience
              
            **General Pediatrics**
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

**Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship**
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center


Last Updated: October 2022


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