Dr. Sarah Taber specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children with rheumatic diseases, including juvenile idiopathic arthritis, childhood systemic lupus, dermatomyositis, vasculitis, and systemic and localized scleroderma. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Yale University, and from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which she attended through the prestigious Humanities and Medicine program.
Dr. Taber completed her residency in pediatrics at NYU Medical Center, where she was selected Outstanding Floor Senior Resident upon graduation. She then completed her fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Taber has been a featured speaker for the Scleroderma Foundation, Charla de Lupus, Arthritis Foundation, and A Lasting Mark Foundation, and is a Consult Editor of Rheumatology for Medscape. She is a member of the Scleroderma, Vasculitis and Rare Diseases group of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. She is board certified in both pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology.
Childhood arthritis, childhood systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, localized scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, juvenile dermatomyositis, fever of unknown origin, autoinflammatory disease
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Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College
American College of Rheumatology
American Academy of Pediatrics
Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA)
American Board of Pediatrics
Phi Beta Kappa, 2005
Magna Cum Laude, 2005
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Internship: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
English
For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Trachtman R, Murray E, Szymonifka J, Adams A, Pan N, Taber S, Lehman T, Onel K, Mandl L. Do Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Computer Adaptive Tests Correlate with Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis? PHO Conference: PROMIS in Action, Poster Presentation
Trachtman R, Murray E, Szymonifka J, Toussi S, Nellis M, Adams A, Pan N, Taber S, Lehman T, Onel K, Mandl L. Procalcitonin Differentiates Infection from Active Disease in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017, Poster Presentation
Treemarcki E, Syzmonifka J, Adams A, Pan N, Taber S, Onel K. “A Weighty Diagnosis: Weight Change and Risk Factors in Early Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.” ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018, Poster Presentation
Localized scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, whole genome sequencing, gene expression studies
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As of March 27, 2023, Dr. Taber reported no relationships with the healthcare industry.
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Pediatrics, Rheumatology
