Laura Berenice Geraldino Pardilla, MD, MSc
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
ColumbiaDoctors - Tarrytown
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Laura Berenice Geraldino Pardilla, MD, MSc
Dr. Geraldino's areas of clinical and research interest include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus), Rheumatoid Arthritis, and musculoskeletal ultrasonography. She has been the Director of the Lupus Clinic at CUMC since 2010 and has been awarded a Rheumatology Scientist Development Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation to study Cardiovascular Disease in lupus patients. Her prior research experience as the recipient of CTSA and NIH supplement awards, focused on the role of specific anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPAs) in cardiovascular disease in RA using different cardiac imaging methods.
Dr. Geraldino graduated summa cum laude from INTEC University in the Dominican Republic and afterwards moved to New York to complete an internal medicine residency in SUNY Upstate, followed by a rheumatology fellowship at Columbia University where she stayed on as a faculty member. In addition to being a board certified rheumatologist, she completed a fellowship in musculoskeletal ultrasonography with the Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR) and serves as the director of the Fast Arthritis Sonographic evaluation and Treatment (FAST) clinic at CUMC.
Board Certifications
- Rheumatology
Expertise
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sjogren's Syndrome
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Education
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Medical School: Instituto Technologico De Santo Domingo
Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
Languages
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
- Medical School: Instituto Technologico De Santo Domingo
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Board Certifications
- Rheumatology
Languages Spoken
- French
- Italian
- Spanish