Laura Berenice Geraldino Pardilla, MD, MSc
Laura Berenice Geraldino Pardilla, MD, MSc

Laura Berenice Geraldino Pardilla, MD, MSc

Rheumatology
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Specialties
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, more

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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
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Expertise

  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Sjogren's Syndrome

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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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

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Languages

  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish
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Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

  • Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC

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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