The Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) is pleased to welcome four new faculty members.
“We could not be more excited about the recent additions to our faculty and the new capabilities they bring to Yale,” said Section Chief Richard Bucala, MD, PhD, Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and professor of pathology, Yale School of Medicine, and of epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health.
Shane Murray, BMBS, instructor, Lais Osmani, MD, instructor, and Amaad Rana, MD, assistant professor, are the new faculty members in rheumatology. Katelyn Wong, MD, assistant professor, is the new faculty member in Allergy and Immunology.
Shane Murray, BMBS, graduated from the University of Limerick School of Medicine, in Ireland, and completed an internship there before moving to New York for residency training at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West. He subsequently served as chief resident for a year there before beginning his rheumatology fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. After his fellowship, he stayed at Columbia for another year to research and train in musculoskeletal ultrasound, achieving RhMSUS certification.
As a junior faculty member, Murray is focused on advancing his knowledge and clinical skills while pursuing academic interests in medical education. “Yale stood out to me as an institution with a supportive and collegial environment, where I would have the opportunity to collaborate with leaders in the field,” Murray said. “I aim to continue work in curriculum development and musculoskeletal ultrasound and know that I will be supported in these efforts at Yale.”
Lais Osmani, MD, grew up in the Boston area and attended Boston University. After college, he worked on the Computational Bridges to Experiments (COMBREX) project, which sought to accelerate microbial genome annotation. He attended medical school at the University of Illinois.
For post-graduate training, he completed a pathology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and an internal medicine residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Osmani came to YSM as a fellow, drawn by the collaborative and collegial reputation of the section, in addition to the numerous educational and research opportunities.
“During my fellowship, I was able to obtain an MHS degree in biomedical informatics,” he said. “I work in the Kang lab where I study monocyte and macrophage populations in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders by analyzing high dimensional omics data. Similarly, my clinical interests are in myeloid-driven autoinflammatory and mixed pattern diseases.”
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Amaad Rana, MD, attended medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and then completed his internal medicine residency, chief residency, and rheumatology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. He stayed on as faculty at WashU before moving to New Haven, where his wife accepted a position as an advanced cardiac imaging/cardio-oncology fellow at Yale.
“My areas of interest include medical education and general rheumatology, and Yale is a great fit in helping me grow my skills clinically and professionally,” he said. “The academic strength of the section was one of the major factors that drew me to Yale.”
Katelyn Wong, MD, completed her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College and received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her residency and fellowship in allergy and immunology at Yale. Her academic interests are centered around food allergies, teaching, quality improvement, and the optimization of electronic medical records. At Yale, she has a primary appointment in Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, Immunology and Sleep Medicine and a secondary appointment in Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology.
“I was drawn to Yale because of the exceptional mentorship and opportunities for career growth that it offers,” she said. “During my residency and fellowship, I experienced firsthand the supportive and collaborative environment and am very excited to join as faculty to continue working with my talented colleagues.”
Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology is dedicated to providing care for patients with rheumatic, allergic and immunologic disorders; educating future generations of thought leaders in the field; and conducting research into fundamental questions of autoimmunity and immunology. To learn more, visit Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology.