Julius Birnbaum MD, MHS

Dr. Julius Birnbaum is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Neurology, and is Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Jerome L. Greene Sjogren’s Syndrome Center. Dr. Birnbaum is a graduate of Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. He completed a neurology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and then pursued an internal medicine residency at Jacobi Medical Center. Thereafter, Dr. Birnbaum obtained fellowship training in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins, during which time he completed a Masters in Health Sciences degree in Clinical Investigation at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Birnbaum is the only physician in this country who is board-certified in Neurology, Internal Medicine, and Rheumatology. His clinical and research interests pertain to the neurological complications of rheumatic syndromes, with a focus on Sogren’s Syndrome.