Thomas J.A. Lehman, MD
Dr. Lehman came to HSS as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology in 1987. Prior to 1987, Dr. Lehman trained in Pediatrics and Pediatric Rheumatology at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. This was followed by two years of research on animal models of rheumatic diseases at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. From the NIH Dr. Lehman returned to Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles where he served on the Pediatric Rheumatology faculty for four years before coming to HSS.
Appointments
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Physician and Senior Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery
Specialty
PediatricsRheumatology
Subspecialty
PediatricsRheumatology
Special Expertise
Childhood systemic lupus erythematosus
Childhood scleroderma
Vasculitic diseases of childhood
Awards
Cassidy Award for Excellence in Teaching and Clinical Care
Phi Beta Kappa, University of California at Berkeley
Cum laude, Jefferson Medical College
Affiliations
American College of Rheumatology, Fellow
American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
Western Society for Pediatric Research, Fellow
New York College of Medicine, Fellow
Education
MD, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Residency
University of California San Francisco, (VMC) PL3, San Francisco, California, US
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, PL1 & PL2, Los Angeles, California, US
Fellowship
NIADDK, NIH, Rheumatology - Arthritis Branch, USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles, Pediatric Rheumatology, Los Angeles, California, US
Certification
Pediatrics
Pediatric Rheumatology
State Licensure
New YorkThomas J.A. Lehman, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:
For Patients
- Kawasaki Disease: An Overview
- Bristol's Orencia can ease juvenile arthritis: study
- Hospital for Special Surgery Doctors Available to Comment on Withdrawal of Vioxx®
- Arthritis in Children and Adolescents
- Approach to the Child with Arthritis
- Detecting and Treating Pediatric Rheumatologic Problems - A Primer for Parents and Primary Care Pediatricians
- Current and future treatment of childhood/teenage arthritis
For Professionals
Selected Publications
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.
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Burke Rehabilitation Office
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535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212.606.1151
Fax: 212.606.1938
Burke Rehabilitation Office
785 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Mailing Address
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New York, New York 10021
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