Betty Diamond, MD

From the Lupus Research Institute website:

Dr. Betty Diamond is Chief of the Autoimmune Disease Center at North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York. She is also a faculty member of Columbia University College of Physician & Surgeons. Dr. Diamond received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1973. She did a residency in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and a post-doctoral fellowship in Immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Diamond's research has focused on the induction and pathogenicity of anti-DNA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus. She received the Outstanding Investigator Award of the American College of Rheumatology in 2001, the Lee Howley Award from the Arthritis Foundation in 2002, and the Recognition Award from the National Association of MD-PhD Programs in 2004.