
Marcela A Ferrada MD
Critical Care Medicine, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology
Clinical Associate Professor
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419 W Redwood StSte 600Baltimore, MD 21201
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Summary
- Dr. Marcela Ferrada is a Rheumatologist based in Bethesda, MD. Her education includes a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System, fellowships in Infectious Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Rheumatology at Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center respectively. She graduated from Universidad del Valle Health Sciences in 2004. Dr. Ferrada currently serves as the Lawrence Shulman Scholar at NIH Clinical Center, a role she has held since 2019. Her areas of expertise include systemic lupus erythematosus, sjogren's syndrome, vasculitides, osteoarthritis, and relapsing polychondritis. With a number of publications to her name, her work has also been cited in other publications.
Education & Training
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Rheumatology, 2017 - 2019
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2012 - 2015
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2011 - 2015
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2011
Universidad del Valle Health SciencesClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
MD State Medical License 2013 - 2028
FL State Medical License 2010 - 2014
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Dual somatic UBA1 Met41 variants with distinct allele frequencies in VEXAS syndrome.Guiset Carvajal Bedoya, Marcela Ferrada, Daniela Gnecco
EULAR Rheumatology Open. 2026-09-01 - VEXAS Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review for Dermatologists Part 2: Work-up, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis.Saloni Patel, Maria Kaltchenko, Anjana Srikumar, Amy DeZern, Xiao P Peng
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2026-08-17 - VEXAS Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review for Dermatologists Part 1: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Presentations.Maria Kaltchenko, Saloni Patel, Anjana Srikumar, Amy DeZern, Marcela Ferrada
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2026-08-17
Press Mentions
Sobi Showcases New Data Across Rare Inflammatory Conditions at ACR 2025October 24th, 2025
Study Offers First Glimpse of How Many People Have VEXAS Syndrome, a Recently Discovered IllnessJanuary 24th, 2023
GPA & Relapsing Polychondritis DiscussedDecember 13th, 2019
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