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Biography

As a pediatric rheumatologist and researcher, I specialize in treating autoinflammatory disorders, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), systemic JIA, and complications of systemic JIA such as macrophage activation syndrome and lung disease.

I've always enjoyed working with children and families. I find the passion of parents inspiring and love the energy, humor and honesty of kids. I was drawn to rheumatology because we are asked hard questions, such as how to solve disease puzzles and how to find the best treatments. I also enjoy the long-term relationships with families and patients.

My interest in how the immune system works and how it fails led me to my research. My graduate work was in microbiology and how highly virulent microbes subvert the host immune system. In rheumatic diseases the immune system has become dysregulated to overreact or attack the body itself.

Broadly, I am interested in autoinflammation — how the body’s first line of defense becomes dysregulated in inflammatory diseases. More specifically, my principle interest is in the complications of systemic JIA such as macrophage activation syndrome and systemic JIA-associated lung disease.

My colleagues and I are trying to determine what causes severe complications of autoinflammatory disorders such as systemic JIA, how do we best treat and control hyperinflammation and how can we use novel biomarkers and genomics to direct our treatments.

I was extremely honored in 2018 to receive the Gold Medal Suzanne Dehoche Prize from the Kourir Association, a French organization for families of children with JIA. They present this prize to researchers whose work is most likely to lead to new treatments for juvenile arthritis. This was an amazing recognition of what we hope to do: Use genomics techniques to accelerate treatments.

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Publications

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Career Investigators in Rheumatology: Recommendations to Address Challenges to Early Research Careers. Kuhn, KA; Stahly, A; Konig, MF; Carandang, K; Herndon, C; Backman, C; Callahan, LF; Schulert, G; Fraenkel, L; Ogdie, A; et al. Arthritis Care and Research. 2022.

1119. Covid-19 Mab Use in High-Risk Pediatric Patients. Bahakel, H; Murphy, CR; Frenck, RW; Grimley, M; Phillips, C; Schulert, G; Spearman, P; Courter, JD; Paulsen, GC; Danziger-Isakov, LA. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2022; 9.

Lung Ultrasound in Children With Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Vega-Fernandez, P; Ting, TV; Mar, DA; Schapiro, AH; Deluna, MD; Saper, VE; Grom, AA; Schulert, GS; Fairchild, RM. Arthritis Care and Research. 2022.

Single Site Experience of the use of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment of COVID-19 in High-risk Pediatric and Young Adult Patients. Bahakel, H; Murphy, C; Frenck, RW; Grimley, MS; Marsh, RA; Paulsen, GC; Haslam, DB; Phillips, CL; Courter, J; Spearman, P; et al. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2022; 41:985-988.

Postdischarge Glucocorticoid Use and Clinical Outcomes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Son, MB F; Berbert, L; Young, C; Dallas, J; Newhams, M; Chen, S; Ardoin, SP; Basiaga, ML; Canny, SP; Crandall, H; et al. JAMA Network Open. 2022; 5.

The Big Bad Wolf: Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Schulert, GS. Journal of Rheumatology. 2022; 49:1082-1084.

Clinical Subphenotypes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: An EHR-based cohort study from the RECOVER program. Rao, S; Jing, N; Liu, X; Lorman, V; Maltenfort, M; Schuchard, J; Wu, Q; Tong, J; Razzaghi, H; Mejias, A; et al. 2022.

Identification of Distinct Inflammatory Programs and Biomarkers in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Related Lung Disease by Serum Proteome Analysis. Chen, G; Deutsch, GH; Schulert, GS; Zheng, H; Jang, SR; Trapnell, B; Lee, PY; Macaubas, C; Ho, K; Schneider, C; et al. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2022; 74:1271-1283.

American College of Rheumatology Clinical Guidance for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated With SARS-CoV-2 and Hyperinflammation in Pediatric COVID-19: Version 3. Henderson, LA; Canna, SW; Friedman, KG; Gorelik, M; Lapidus, SK; Bassiri, H; Behrens, EM; Kernan, KF; Schulert, GS; Seo, P; et al. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2022; 74:e1-e20.

Interfering with interferons: targeting the JAK-STAT pathway in complications of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA). Verweyen, EL; Schulert, GS. Rheumatology. 2022; 61:926-935.

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Aggressive Screening Needed to Detect sJIA Lung Complication
Autoimmune Disorders

Aggressive Screening Needed to Detect sJIA Lung Complication

Grant Schulert, MD, PhD, Alexei A. Grom, MD10/29/2019

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