Ernest R. Vina, MD, MS

Dr. Vina is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and the Osteoarthritis Research Society International. He has received research grants from the Rheumatology Research Foundation and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a unit of the National Institutes of Health.

He has authored numerous publications on osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and racial/ethnic disparities research in various rheumatologic and musculoskeletal diseases, among other subjects. He has published in various journals including the Journal of Rheumatology, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, and Arthritis Care & Research. He has served on the editorial board of Arthritis Care & Research and has served as an ad hoc abstract reviewer several times for the annual American College of Rheumatology Convergence meetings.

Prior to joining our faculty in 2014, Dr. Vina served as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and as a staff rheumatologist in the Veteran’s Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System. He was also the core investigator at the VAPHS Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, a VA Center of Excellence.