Marta Michalska-Smith
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Credentials
MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatic & Autoimmune Diseases
Biography

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: Drew Keup
Email: keupx013@umn.edu

Summary
Dr. Michalska-Smith earned her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2012 and earned her MD at Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2017. She completed her medicine-pediatrics residency at the University of Minnesota in 2021 and her rheumatology fellowship at George Washington University in 2023. She is excited to be returning to Minnesota to join the Division of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases as an academic physician and Assistant Professor. Her academic and clinical interests include healthcare disparities and pediatric to adult transitions in patients with rheumatic diseases.

Awards and Recognition

  • Honors in Bioethics, Stritch School of Medicine
  • President of Physicians for Human Rights National Student Program Chapter of the Year

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
  • Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA)
  • American College of Physicians (ACP) membe

Research Summary

Healthcare disparities; pediatric to adult transitions

Teaching Summary

Autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders

Clinical Summary

Autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, vasculitis, inflammatory myopathies, and inflammatory arthritis.