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Rula Hajj-ali

Rula Hajj-ali MD

Rheumatology, Internal Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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Rula Hajj-Ali, MD is a Staff Physician at the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research at the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. Dr. Hajj-Ali is a Professor at the Cleveland Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and has a joint appointment with the Department of Cell Biology at the Lerner Research Institute. She has been on staff in that department at the Cleveland Clinic since 2002. She is board-certified in internal medicine and Rheumatology.

Dr. Hajj-Ali is a graduate of the American University of Beirut medical school in Lebanon. She performed her internal medicine training at the American University of Beirut, Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester NY, and the Cleveland Clinic, followed by a fellowship in rheumatic and immunologic disease at the American University of Beirut and the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Hajj-Ali has a particular interest in systemic inflammatory disease and vascular inflammatory disease including vasculitides, primary central nervous system(CNS) vasculitis, and inflammatory eye disease. Her research interests include central nervous system vasculitis, giant cell arteritis, Behçet’s Disease, and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis ( Wegener Granulomatosis). Dr. Hajj-Ali directs the multidisciplinary CNS vasculitis Clinic which is a highly qualified multidisciplinary clinic that evaluates and treats patients with suspected CNS vasculitis, a tremendously challenging disease.

Dr. Hajj-Ali holds the alpha omega alpha honor and was elected as “America’s Top Physicians “and received the Cleveland Society of Rheumatology Best Fellow award and the Clinical Research Award from the American Heart Association. She has been awarded the “Teacher of the Year award “in recognition of her excellence and dedication to the education of the fellows, residents, and medical students.

Dr. Hajj-Ali has presented her research findings at various national and international scientific meetings. Her work in CNS vasculitis has been published in leading professional and scientific journals. She is the author of multiple chapters in major books on the topic of CNS vasculitis.

Dr. Hajj-Ali is a member of numerous societies including the American College of Rheumatology and American College of Physicians. She is currently a consultant for the Vasculitis Foundation. She has served on the planning committee for the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting. Dr. Hajj-ali has lectured nationally and internationally on the subjects of Vasculitis, CNS vasculitis, and inflammatory eye diseases.
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