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Office
Baltimore
Bethesda, MD 20814
Summary
- Dr. Marcela Ferrada is a Rheumatologist based in Bethesda, MD. Her education includes a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System, fellowships in Infectious Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Rheumatology at Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center respectively. She graduated from Universidad del Valle Health Sciences in 2004. Dr. Ferrada currently serves as the Lawrence Shulman Scholar at NIH Clinical Center, a role she has held since 2019. Her areas of expertise include systemic lupus erythematosus, sjogren's syndrome, vasculitides, osteoarthritis, and relapsing polychondritis. With a number of publications to her name, her work has also been cited in other publications.
Education & Training
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Rheumatology, 2017 - 2019
- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2012 - 2015
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2011 - 2015
- University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2011
- Universidad del Valle Health SciencesClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 2013 - 2026
- FL State Medical License 2010 - 2014
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 455 citationsSomatic Mutations in UBA1 and Severe Adult-Onset Autoinflammatory Disease.David B. Beck, Marcela A. Ferrada, Keith A. Sikora, Amanda K. Ombrello, Jason C. Collins
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2020-10-27 - 32 citationsSubglottic stenosis and endobronchial disease in granulomatosis with polyangiitis.Kaitlin A. Quinn, Alexander Gelbard, Cailin H. Sibley, Arlene Sirajuddin, Marcela A. Ferrada
Rheumatology. 2019-12-01 - 113 citationsBenign and malignant hematologic manifestations in patients with VEXAS syndrome due to somatic mutations in UBA1Ifeyinwa Emmanuela Obiorah, Bhavisha A Patel, Emma M. Groarke, Weixin Wang, Megan Trick
Blood Advances. 2021-08-24
Press Mentions
- Study Offers First Glimpse of How Many People Have VEXAS Syndrome, a Recently Discovered IllnessJanuary 24th, 2023
- GPA & Relapsing Polychondritis DiscussedDecember 13th, 2019
- Doctor & Patient: A Study in Relapsing PolychondritisNovember 17th, 2023
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