Gary L Schmidt, MD

Adam Dore, DO Adam Dore, DO, is the Division Chief of Rheumatology, specializing in diagnosing and treating a variety of rheumatic diseases. Dr. Dore provides expert care for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, utilizing advanced diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to manage complex rheumatologic disorders. Dr. Dore went to medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and his fellowship in rheumatology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Dore is board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology. He welcomes patients ages 18 and older.

Susan Manzi, MD, MPH Dr. Manzi is currently Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Medicine Institute at Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Manzi received her MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her medical Internship and Residency at Duke University Medical Center, after which she completed her Fellowship in Rheumatology at UPMC, and received her Masters of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Dr. Manzi is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the investigation of premature cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus and in the discovery of biomarkers for lupus diagnosis, monitoring and stratification. She has published over 250 scientific reports and book chapters and is inventor of the cell-bound complement activation products (CB- CAPs) technology platform for which she holds more than 20 patents. Her research program has received multi-million dollar support from many organizations including the NIH, the Department of Defense, the Lupus Foundation of America and the Arthritis Foundation. Dr. Manzi has served on Advisory Boards for the Food and Drug Administration and more than 20 pharmaceutical and biotech companies and has chaired or served on numerous NIH study sections and data safety monitoring boards. She has served Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lupus Foundation of America and currently serves as their Medical Director. Dr. Manzi has been recognized by the NIH for her outstanding mentorship of medical students, residents, graduate students and faculty.

Swati Arora, MD, FASN Dr. Swati Arora is an Assistant Professor, Drexel University. She completed her residency, chief residency, and Nephrology fellowship at Allegheny Health Network-Medical Education Consortium in Pittsburgh, PA. Though her clinical practice includes a wide variety of patients with kidney disease, she specializes in management of patients with glomerulonephritis (GN), nephrotic syndromes and autoimmune conditions affecting the kidneys such as lupus nephritis, ANCA vasculitis. She also has interest in managing pregnancies complicated with kidney disease and kidney transplant recipients with GNs. Dr. Arora strongly believes in multi-disciplinary approach to management of complex patients with glomerulonephritis. She is Co-director of Glomerular disease program at Autoimmune Institute located at West Penn Hospital where patients get care from multiple sub-specialties under one roof. She is course director for CME-accredited GN board which is a common platform for discussion of rare and complex patients with GNs among Nephrologists, Rheumatologists, Pathologists and department of Medicine. She is also serving as an Associate Director and Deputy Editor for Harvard CME accredited GlomCon conference series that is attended by Nephrologists and Nephropathologists from over 110 countries. She is actively involved in many research studies that include building GN registry, trials with new drugs for patients with GNs and has many peer-reviewed publications.