Laura Berenice Geraldino Pardilla, MD, MSc
Overview
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.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Languages
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
Gender
- Female
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Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Instituto Technologico De Santo Domingo
- MS, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Ultrasound-guided Synovial Biopsy Certification, Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR)
- Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Committees, Societies, Councils
American College of Rheumatology
American College of Rheumatology Committee of Education
Scientific Committee, Dominican Medical Association of New York
VP&S Latino Association, Chair of Faculty affairs
Rheumatology Division Diversity Committee, Columbia UniversityBoard Certifications
- Rheumatology
Honors & Awards
1998 National Young Talent scholarship for medical school
2003 Salome Urena award: (top 15% class ranking)
2004 Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (Summa Cum Laude) graduate
2011 Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Award
2014 Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development Award
2021 Ewig Clinical Scholar
Research
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. She is also a principal or co-investigator in several clinical trials in lupus, and as an Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR) - trained musculoskeletal ultrasonographist, serves as the director of the Fast Arthritis Sonographic evaluation and Treatment (FAST) clinic at CUMC and is a co-investigator in the RhEumatoid Arthritis SynOvial tissue Network (REASON) focused on the performance of ultrasound-guided synovial biopsies.
Selected Publications
Zhang F, Jonsson AH, Nathan A, Millard N, Curtis M, Xiao Q, Gutierrez-Arcelus M, Apruzzese W, Watts GFM, Weisenfeld D, Nayar S, Rangel-Moreno J, Meednu N, Marks KE, Mantel I, Kang JB, Rumker L, Mears J, Slowikowski K, Weinand K, Orange DE, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Deane KD, Tabechian D, Ceponis A, Firestein GS, Maybury M, Sahbudin I, Ben-Artzi A, Mandelin AM 2nd, Nerviani A, Lewis MJ, Rivellese F, Pitzalis C, Hughes LB, Horowitz D, DiCarlo E, Gravallese EM, Boyce BF; Accelerating Medicines Partnership: RA/SLE Network; Moreland LW, Goodman SM, Perlman H, Holers VM, Liao KP, Filer A, Bykerk VP, Wei K, Rao DA, Donlin LT, Anolik JH, Brenner MB, Raychaudhuri S. Deconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes. Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7987):616-624.
Fleischer S, Nash TR, Tamargo MA, Lock RI, Venturini G, Morsink M, Li V, Lamberti MJ, Graney PL, Liberman M, Kim Y, Zhuang RZ, Whitehead J, Friedman RA, Soni RK, Seidman JG, Seidman CE, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Winchester R, Vunjak-Novakovic G. An engineered human cardiac tissue model reveals contributions of systemic lupus erythematosus autoantibodies to myocardial injury. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 12:2024.
Park E, Giles JT, Perez-Recio T, Pina P, Depender C, Gartshteyn Y, Askanase AD, Bathon J, Geraldino-Pardilla L. Hydroxychloroquine use is not associated with QTc length in a large cohort of SLE and RA patients. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Oct 29;23(1):271.
Gartshteyn Y, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Khalili L, Bukhari S, Lerrer S, Winchester RJ, Askanase AD, Mor A. SAP-expressing T peripheral helper cells identify systemic lupus erythematosus patients with lupus nephritis. Front Immunol. 2024 Mar 14;15:1327437.
Perel-Winkler A, Bokhari S, Perez-Recio T, Zartoshti A, Askanase A, Geraldino-Pardilla L. Myocarditis in systemic lupus erythematosus diagnosed by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Lupus Sci Med. 2018 Jul 12;5(1):e000265.
Geraldino-Pardilla L, Kapoor T, Canto I, Perez-Recio T, Then J, Tineo C, Loyo E, Askanase A. Damage accrual in systemic lupus erythematosus in Dominicans in New York City and the Dominican Republic. Lupus. 2018 Aug 9:961203318791764.
Geraldino-Pardilla L, Perel-Winkler A, Miceli J, Neville K, Nguyen S, Dervieux T, Kapoor T, Giles, Askanase A. Association Between Hydroxychloroquine Levels and Disease Activity in a Predominantly Hispanic Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cohort. LUPUS. 2019 Jun;28(7):862-867.
Geraldino-Pardilla L, Zartoshti A, Ozbek AB, Giles JT, Weinberg R, Kinkhabwala M, Bokhari S, Bathon JM. Arterial Inflammation Detected With 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Jan;70(1):30-39.
Geraldino-Pardilla L, Gartshteyn Y, Pina P, Cerrone M, Giles JT, Zartoshti A, Bathon J, Askanase AD. Electrocardiographic Non-specific ST-T and QTc abnormalities in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus compared with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Lupus Sci Med. 2016 Dec 16;3(1):e000168.
Geraldino-PardillaL, Giles JT, Sokolove J, Zartoshti A, Robinson WH, Budoff M, Detrano R, Bokhari S, Bathon JM. Association of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies with Coronary Artery Calcification in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Oct 1.
Geraldino-Pardilla L, Russo C, Sokolove J, Robinson WH, Zartoshti A, Van Eyk J, Fert-Bober J, Lima J, Giles JT, Bathon JM. Association of Anti-Citrullinated Protein/Peptide Antibodies with Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Dec 19.
Geraldino-Pardilla L, Dhaduvai S, Giles JT, Bathon JM. Lack of association of oral calcium supplementation with coronary artery calcification in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Jun;67(6):1465-73.
Immunologic Characteristics of Intrarenal T cells: Trafficking of Expanded CD8 T Cell β-Chain Clonotypes in Progressive Lupus Nephritis. Winchester R, Wiesendanger M, Zhang HZ, Steshenko V, Peterson K, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Ruiz-Vazquez E, D’Agati V. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 May;64(5):1589-600.
Gartshteyn Y, Mor A, Shimbo D, Khalili L, Kapoor T, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Alexander RV, Conklin J, Dervieux T, Askanase AD. Platelet bound complement split product (PC4d) is a marker of platelet activation and arterial vascular events in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Clin Immunol. 2021 Jul;228:108755.
Kapoor T, Mahadeshwar P, Hui-Yuen J, Quinnies K, Tatonetti N, Guo C, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Askanase AD. Prevalence of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in adults and children with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus Sci Med. 2020 Jun;7(1):e000388.
Gartshteyn Y, Askanase AD, Schmidt N, Bernstein EJ, Khalili L, Drolet R, Broderick RJ, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Kapoor T. COVID-19 and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a case series. Lancet Rheum. 2020 Aug;2(8):e452-e454.
Gartshteyn Y, Tamargo M, Fleischer S, Kapoor T, Askanase A, Winchester R, Geraldino-Pardilla L. Endomyocardial Biopsies in the Diagnosis of Myocardial Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. LUPUS. 2020 Jan 10:961203319897116.
Izmirly P, Buyon J, Belmont MH, Sahl S, Wan I, Salmon J, Askanase A, Bathon JM, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Yousaf A, Ginzel E, Putterman C, Gordon C, Helmick C, Parton H. Population-based prevalence and incidence estimates of primary discoid lupus erythematosus from the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program. Lupus Sci Med 2019;6:e000344.
Guttmann A, Denvir B, Aringer M, Buyon JP, Belmont HM, Sahl S, Salmon JE, Askanase A, Bathon JM, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Ali Y, Ginzler EM, Putterman C, Gordon C, Helmick CG, Parton H, Izmirly PM.Evaluation of the EULAR/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Population-Based Registry. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 May;75(5):1007-1016
Hasan G, Ferucci ED, Buyon JP, Belmont HM, Salmon JE, Askanase A, Bathon JM, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Ali Y, Ginzler EM, Putterman C, Gordon C, Helmick CG, Parton H, Izmirly PM. Population-based prevalence and incidence estimates of mixed connective tissue disease from the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Dec 20:keac703.
Gartshteyn Y, Braverman G, Mahtani S, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Bokhari S, Askanase A. Prevalence of coronary artery calcification in young patients with SLE of predominantly Hispanic and African-American descent. Lupus Sci Med. 2019 Jun 29;6(1):e000330.
Izmirly PM, Buyon JP, Wan I, Belmont HM, Sahl S, Salmon JE, Askanase A, Bathon JM, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Ali Y, Ginzler EM, Putterman C, Gordon C, Helmick CG, Parton H. The Incidence and Prevalence of Adult Primary Sjögren's Syndrome in New York County. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018 Jul 25.
Mandelin AM 2nd, Homan PJ, Shaffer AM, Cuda CM, Dominguez ST, Bacalao E, Carns M, Hinchcliff M, Lee J, Aren K, Thakrar A, Montgomery AB, Louis Bridges S Jr., Bathon JM, Atkinson JP, Fox DA, Matteson EL, Buckley CD, Pitzalis C, Parks D, Hughes LB, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Ike R, Phillips K, Wright K, Filer A, Kelly S, Ruderman EM, Morgan V, Abdala-Valencia H, Misharin AV, Budinger GS, Bartom ET, Pope RM, Perlman H, Winter DR. Transcriptional Profiling of Synovial Macrophages using Minimally Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsies in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol.2018 Feb 13.
Izmirly PM, Wan I, Sahl S, Buyon JP, Belmont HM, Salmon JE, Askanase A, Bathon JM, Geraldino-Pardilla L, Ali Y, Ginzler EM, Putterman C, Gordon C, Helmick CG, Parton H. The Incidence and Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in New York County (Manhattan), New York: The Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Oct;69(10):2006-2017.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov