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Margalit E. Rosenkranz, MD

Job Title Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology

Division of Pediatric Rheumatology

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-5081 Phone

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Email margalit.rosenkranz@chp.edu

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Active Research Projects

Education and Training

Medical School:	1998 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency:	2001 New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY
Fellowship:	2004 Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Medical School of Cornell University, New York, NY

Memberships

Member, American College of Rheumatology
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics
American Sub board of Pediatric Rheumatology

Awards

2004 Advanced Fellowship Training Program Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
NIH K23 Career Development Award

Publications

Rosenkranz ME, Wilson DC, Marinov AD, Decewicz A, Grof-Tisza P, Kirchner, D, Giles B, Reynolds PR, Kolli K, Liebman MN, Thompson SD, Hirsch R. Synovial Fluid Proteins Differentiate Between the Subtypes of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2010 62(6):1813-1823.
Rosenkranz ME, Agle LM, Efthimiou P, Lehman TJ. Systemic and localized scleroderma in children: current and future treatment options. Paediatr Drugs. 2006;8(2):85-97.
Rosenkranz ME, Schulte DJ, Agle LM, Wong MH, Zhang W, Ivashkiv L, Doherty TM, Fishbein MC, Lehman TJ, Michelsen KS, Arditi M. TLR2 and MyD88 contribute to Lactobacillus casei extract-induced focal coronary arteritis in a mouse model of Kawasaki disease. Circulation. 2005 Nov 8;112(19):2966-73.
Rosenkranz ME, Lehman TJ. Clinical trials for pediatric scleroderma. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2002 Dec;4(6):449-51.

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Biography Summary

Margalit Rosenkranz, MD, joined the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 2004. She brings a strong background in research focused on developing a deeper understanding of the immunogenetics of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and other rheumatic diseases.

Dr. Rosenkranz earned a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Pittsburgh in 1994 and her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1998. She completed her pediatric residency at New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital in 2001 and completed a pediatric rheumatology fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York in 2004.

At Children's Hospital, Dr. Rosenkranz's research has focused on proteomics in JRA to identify specific protein profiles of a patient. By identifying the proteomic "fingerprint" of a patient and differentially expressed proteins in the various subtypes of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, she is seeking to determine whether the serum proteome signatures vary among the different forms of JRA. Proteomic signatures also may be useful in identifying patients who are more or less likely to respond to specific treatments. She received an advanced fellowship training program award from Children's Hospital to help support her research activities.