Dr. Wampler Muskardin is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Rheumatology and a Clinical Research Scientist in the Research Institute at Hospital for Special Surgery. She has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Rheumatology and by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Rheumatology.
Dr. Wampler Muskardin sees both pediatric and adult patients. Particular areas of clinical expertise include autoinflammatory disorders, interferonopathies, and primary immune deficiencies with immune dysregulation. These diseases, which often have a strong genetic driver, lend insight into the biology of more complex/heterogenous rheumatic diseases. She has diagnosed and managed patients who have exceptionally rare disease and enjoys collaboration with colleagues at the NIH and elsewhere to provide the best care to patients. She also has expertise in inflammatory arthritis (e.g., Rheumatoid arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Spondyloarthropathies), systemic autoimmune connective tissue diseases (e.g., Sjogren's), and inflammatory bone diseases (e.g., Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis).
Born in Detroit, Dr. Wampler Muskardin completed her MD training at Wayne State University School of Medicine. She then completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and combined fellowship in both adult and pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Minnesota, where she began research in Type I interferon (IFN) and toll-like receptor (TLR) pathways. After fellowship she became faculty at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where she began training in the laboratory of Timothy Niewold, a Lupus genetics and type I IFN expert. She moved to New York in 2017 to continue her translational work at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health. She joined the faculty of HSS in 2022.
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO)
Inflammatory disease associated with immune deficiency
Interferonopathy
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO)
Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (e.g., Muckle-Wells Syndrome, Familial Mediterranean Fever)
Rheumatoid arthritis
Still's disease
SAPHO (Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis) syndrome
Arthrocentesis
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Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Research Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
NIH-NIAMS R21, 2024
Arthritis Foundation RA Research Program Award, 2023
NIH-NIAID K08 - Mentored Career Development Award, 2022
Arthritis National Research Foundation Arthritis Research Award - Kathryn Suzanne Ferris Fellow, 2022-2023
Rheumatology Research Foundation Career Development Bridge Funding Award, 2021
Arthritis National Research Foundation Arthritis Research Award - Sontag Foundation Fellow, 2019 - 2020
NYU-NYHH Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Award, 2019
NYU Clinical and Translational Science Institute Scholar Award, 2018
American Federation for Medical Research Scholar Award, 2017
Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research Early Career Development Award, 2017
Medical: Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI, 2004
Residency: Internal Medicine - Pediatrics Residency Program University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, 2008
Chief Resident, Department of Pediatrics University of Minnesota, 2009
Fellowship: Combined Rheumatology and Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, 2013
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For all publications, please see: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-6714
October 19, 2021 (Cardiff, UK) November 6, 2021 (US) (Virtual) "Vascularized 'Synovium-on-a-Chip' - a Novel and Adaptable Model for Dissecting Inflammatory Biology Underlying Rheumatoid Arthritis" Theresa Wampler Muskardin, Chao Ma, Benteng Ma, Kayla VanBuren, Timothy Niewold, and Weiqiang Chen. Cytokines 2021 Hybrid, 9th Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS). American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2021
Oct 22, 2021 (Virtual) "Toward Precision Medicine – Type I Interferon and Prediction of Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis." Invited lecture. Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) Researcher Spotlight Series – RA.
Sept 2, 2020 (Virtual) "Type I IFNs in Health and Disease/COVID-19" Invited lecture. Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician Course – in the Zoom/COVID-19 Era. R.J. Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology. Cleveland Clinic.
Sept 23, 2019 Stockholm, SWE "Type I IFNs and IFN Pathway in Prediction of Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis." Invited lecture. 25th Mayo-Karolinska Institute Annual Scientific Research Meeting.
March 13, 2019 New York, NY "Type I Interferon in Rheumatic Disease." Pediatric Rheumatology: An Update for Clinicians. NYU Continuing Medical Education Course.
October 30, 2017 Kanazawa, JPN "Distinct single cell gene expression signatures of monocyte subsets differentiate between TNF-alpha inhibitor treatment response groups in Rheumatoid Arthritis" Wampler Muskardin T, Fan W, Jin Z, Jensen MA, Dorschner JM, Ghodke-Puranik Y, the Mayo Clinic Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic, Dicke B, Vsetecka D, Niewold TB. Oral abstract in "Precision Immunology" session, 5th Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society.
December 9, 2016 Rochester, MN "Prediction of Treatment Response in the Era of Biologics." Wampler Muskardin T. Invited lecture. Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Wampler Muskardin's research focuses on human studies of type I interferon (T1IFN) and cell biology to understanding response to treatment in inflammatory arthritis. She aims to understand differences among patients and to discover biomarkers that allow for more rational personalized treatment strategies. The major focus of her current work is on understanding differences in treatment response in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). She has also studied the type I interferon pathway in other rheumatic diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, dermatomyositis, interferonopathies). The intent is to be able to tailor therapy to an individual's disease process and personal immunology.
During fellowship, Dr. Wampler Muskardin cultivated her interest in understanding key differences between patients by studying the T1IFN pathway. She then joined the faculty at the Mayo Clinic, where she became a mentee of Timothy Niewold, a clinician-scientist and expert in Lupus genetics and T1IFN. By refining the functional T1IFN assay previously developed by Dr. Niewold and colleagues to include measurement of the major type I IFN subtypes and applying this assay in the study of blood from two independent cohorts of patients with RA, Dr. Wampler Muskardin and colleagues have been able to break new ground in understanding of treatment response in RA. She has published papers related to this work in leading journals (Annals of Rheumatic Disease, Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Frontiers in Immunology). Currently, Dr. Wampler Muskardin and collaborators are pursuing novel approaches to study patients who have RA to understand key differences among patients that inform treatment response. This would enable new personalized treatment strategies capable of inhibiting disease progression and restoring health.
Dr. Wampler Muskardin has received benefactor-funded Career Development and Innovative Rheumatoid Arthritis Research awards, as well as awards from the Arthritis National Research Foundation, the Doris Duke Fund to Retain Clinician Scientists, NYU Clinical & Translational Science Institute, the Rheumatology Research Foundation (K Bridge), the Arthritis Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases K08, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases R21). She has presented nationally and internationally, including talks at the annual scientific meetings of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), the Federation of Clinical Immunological Societies (FOCiS), and the International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS). Dr. Wampler Muskardin maintains active membership in the ACR, FOCiS, ICIS, and the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA). She has served on the CARRA steering committee, served as a member of the CARRA strategic planning committee, and continues to be a member of the CARRA Translational Research and Technology Committee and the CARRA Autoinflammatory Network Development Workgroup.
At Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Wampler Muskardin is a member of the Inflammatory Arthritis Center of Excellence, which allows patients to participate in translational and clinical research studies.
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As of February 01, 2022, Dr. Wampler Muskardin reported no relationships with the healthcare industry.
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