Karmela Kim Chan, M.D.
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About Karmela Kim Chan, M.D.
Dr. Chan graduated from medical school in the Philippines fully convinced that she wanted to become a rheumatologist. She worked towards that goal, finishing her internal medicine residency at the University of Connecticut and her rheumatology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts.
Before moving to New York City, she spent seven years in private practice in Rhode Island and was Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, where she saw a broad range of patients with rheumatic conditions. She has a particular clinical interest in inflammatory arthritis, inflammatory eye disease, and SAPHO syndrome. Her research interest is in the rheumatic complications of the immunotherapy of cancer.
• Top Doctor, Rhode Island Magazine 2015-2016
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M.D.University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (Philippines)2001
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B.S.Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)1996
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Assistant Attending PhysicianNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Assistant Professor of Clinical MedicineWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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