PeterAndrijaNigrovicMD
Pediatric Rheumatology • Boston, MAChief, Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital Director, Center for Adults with Pediatric Rheumatic Illness, Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Building for Transformative Medicine
6002L
Boston, MA 02115Phone+1 617-525-1031Fax+1 617-525-1010
Summary
- Peter A. Nigrovic, MD, is Chief, Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) and Director of the Center for Adults with Pediatric Rheumatic Illness (CAPRI) at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). He received his MD from Harvard Medical School and went on to residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at the Harvard Combined Program followed by fellowship in pediatric and adult rheumatology at BCH and BWH. In addition to his clinical practice, he directs a laboratory focused on basic mechanisms of immune-mediated diseases including arthritis and lupus.
Education & Training
Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Rheumatology, 2001 - 2004
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Rheumatology, 2000 - 2004- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 1995 - 1999
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1997 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Rheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Fellow (FACR) American College of Rheumatology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Early transcriptional effects of inflammatory cytokines reveal highly redundant cytokine networks.Juliana J Lee, Liang Yang, Jonathan J Kotzin, Dughan Ahimovic, Michael J Bale
The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2025-04-07 - Functional genomics implicates natural killer cells in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis.Marcos Chiñas, Daniela Fernandez-Salinas, Vitor R C Aguiar, Victor E Nieto-Caballero, Micah Lefton
HGG Advances. 2025-01-09 - The 'Tparadox' in inflammatory arthritis.Julia T Schnell, Raquel Laza Briviesca, Taehyeung Kim, Louis-Marie Charbonnier, Lauren A Henderson
Nature Reviews. Rheumatology. 2025-01-01
Journal Articles
- High-Throughput Identification of Noncoding Functional SNPs via Type IIS Enzyme RestrictionSoumya Raychaudhuri, Jing Cui, Michael B Brenner, Peter A Nigrovic, Nature
Other
- Back pain in children and adolescents: Overview of causesNigrovic PA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/back-pain-in-children-and-adolescents-overview-of-causes
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-29 - Evaluation of the child with back painNigrovic PA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-of-the-child-with-back-pain
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-25 - Overview of hip pain in childhoodNigrovic PA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-hip-pain-in-childhood
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-30 - Join now to see all
Press Mentions
Weathering the Cytokine Storm: Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Adults & ChildrenDecember 18th, 2024- Why Arthritis Tends to Affect the Same Joints RepeatedlyNovember 11th, 2021
- Memories… or Why Inflammatory Arthritis Always Recurs in Certain JointsNovember 3rd, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Spanish
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