Dr. Melissa Ann Lerman M.D.
Rheumatologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Rheumatology
34th & Civic Center Blvd Children's Hospital Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Melissa Lerman, MD, PhD, graduated with a BA from Yale University in 1996. Her senior essay was titled, "Activation of Neu in the Mammary Epithelium of Neu Transgenic Mice: the Role of Neu Expression ...
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 2005
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell repertoire formation in response to varying expression of a neo-self-antigen.
- CD4(+) CD25(+) regulatory T cell selection.
- Role of TCR specificity in CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T-cell selection.
- How to use the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in paediatrics.
- The Future Is Now: Biologics for Non-Infectious Pediatric Anterior Uveitis.
- Enhanced therapeutic anti-inflammatory effect of betamethasone on topical administration with low-frequency, low-intensity (20 kHz, 100 mW/cm(2)) ultrasound exposure on carrageenan-induced arthritis in a mouse model.
- First Pediatric Patient With Neuromyelitis Optica and Sjögren Syndrome Successfully Treated With Tocilizumab.
Awards
- 2011 CHOP Research Poster Day Award
- 2010 American College of Rheumatology Research Education Foundation (ACR R
- University of Pennsylvania Pharmaco-epidemiology T32 2009-2011 University of Pennsylvania Pharmaco-epidemiology T32
- 2008-2009 ACR REF Rheumatology Fellowship Training Award
- 2002 Keystone Symposia Scholarship
- Cancer Training Grant, The Wistar Institute 2000-2003 NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
- Lupus Foundation, Southeastern PA 2001 Goldie Simon Summer Preceptorship Award
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine MD/PhD Program 1998-2000 MSTP appointee
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine MD/PhD Program 1996-1998 Franklin Fellow
- 1996 DuPuy Award for Scholarship, Yale College
Treatments
- Psoriasis
- Chronic Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Uveitis
- Lupus
- Scleroderma
- Pain
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Osteomyelitis
- Dermatomyositis
Fellowships
- Pediatric Rheumatology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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