Cynthia Aranow

Biography

Dr. Cynthia Aranow is a rheumatologist specializing in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. She received her medical degree from NYU School of Medicine, and completed her internship, residency and rheumatologic training at Montefiore Hospital and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx New York. She has received the Edmund Dubois Memorial Award in recognition of excellence and accomplishment in the study of SLE. At the Feinstein Institute, Dr Aranow is the Clinical Director of the LCTC (Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium) a philanthropically funded organization which promotes readiness for interventional studies of promising agents for SLE. As a member of the Systemic Lupus International Cooperating Clinics (SLICC), she has contributed to multicenter international studies looking at clinical outcomes in lupus . Dr. Aranow is involved with many patient organizations, including local chapters of the Lupus Foundation of America, and she is on the medical-scientific committee for the Arthritis Foundation.

Research Interest

Dr. Cynthia Aranow and Dr. Meggan Mackay are co-directors of the Clinical Trials Unit under their chairperson, Dr. Betty Diamond. Both Drs. Aranow and Mackay are specialists in Rheumatology with additional expertise in lupus. They have extensive experience in running and designing clinical trials as well as in other types of research studies. The Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Diseases is comprised of investigators in basic science and clinical medicine and the collaborative efforts between basic scientists and clinical investigators has resulted in the Center’s unique ability to study autoimmune disease using innovative methods.