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Peter Nigrovic, MD, Pediatric Rheumatology, Boston, MA

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Pediatric Rheumatology • Boston, MA

Chief, 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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  • Office

    Building for Transformative Medicine
    6002L
    Boston, MA 02115
    Phone+1 617-525-1031
    Fax+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 Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Rheumatology, 2001 - 2004
  • Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Rheumatology, 2000 - 2004
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 1995 - 1999
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1997 - 2026
  • Rheumatology
    American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
  • Pediatric 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

Journal Articles

  • High-Throughput Identification of Noncoding Functional SNPs via Type IIS Enzyme Restriction  
    Soumya Raychaudhuri, Jing Cui, Michael B Brenner, Peter A Nigrovic, Nature

Other

Press Mentions

  • Weathering the Cytokine Storm: Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Adults & Children
    Weathering the Cytokine Storm: Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Adults & ChildrenDecember 18th, 2024
  • Why Arthritis Tends to Affect the Same Joints Repeatedly
    Why Arthritis Tends to Affect the Same Joints RepeatedlyNovember 11th, 2021
  • Memories… or Why Inflammatory Arthritis Always Recurs in Certain Joints
    Memories… or Why Inflammatory Arthritis Always Recurs in Certain JointsNovember 3rd, 2021
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  • Spanish

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