Joseph M. Ahearn, M.D. is associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also is director of research at the University of Pittsburgh Arthritis Institute and co-director of the University of Pittsburgh's Lupus Center of Excellence.
He is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in research related to the cause and mechanisms of lupus. Dr. Ahearn has served on several special emphasis panels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the editorial board of the Journal of Immunology, the Merit Review Board for Immunology in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the NIH General Clinical Research Center review committee, and he has served as scientific reviewer for more than 20 medical and scientific journals.
Dr. Ahearn has chaired the Inflammation Study Section for the National Arthritis Foundation and the Medical and Scientific Committee of the Maryland Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. He has served as a member of the Allergy and Immunology Study Section for the NIH. In addition, he has published more than 50 reports of research in lupus and related diseases.
Dr. Ahearn graduated with distinction from Cornell University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. He received his medical degree from John Hopkins University School of Medicine where he received the Johns Hopkins Medical Society Student Research Award for his research related to lupus.
He completed his medical internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, during which time he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. He completed his fellowship in rheumatology at John Hopkins.
He is currently associate professor of medicine, a member of the Cardiovascular Institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and director of research for the University of Pittsburgh Arthritis Institute.
Dr. Ahearn has received the W. Barry Wood Scholarship, an NIH Physician Scientist Teaching Award and the Hilda Irene Duggan Arthritis Investigator Award.
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