Tamara I. Tanner, MD

Pediatrics

718-741-2450

Assistant Director, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Attending Physician, Pediatric Rheumatology
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
3415 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467-2403
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Tamara I. Tanner, MD, is Assistant Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program and an attending physician of pediatric rheumatology at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM). She is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Tanner earned her Bachelor of Arts in 1999 at University of Bucharest, Romania. After completing her Master of Arts at Yeshiva University in New York in 2009 and post-baccalaureate premedical courses at Hunter College in 2010, Dr. Tanner attended New York Medical College, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2014. She pursued her postdoctoral training at CHAM, completing a three-year pediatric residency in 2017 followed by a three year pediatric rheumatology fellowship in 2020.

Dr. Tanner’s clinical focus is on the care of children with complex rheumatologic diseases including juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis, vasculitis, scleroderma and periodic fever syndromes. In addition to her strong background in medical education, she has a research focus on risk factors for lupus flares, as well as investigations in macrophage activation syndrome. Dr. Tanner is board certified in general pediatrics, and is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. In 2020, Dr. Tanner was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society in recognition of her outstanding achievement in teaching medical students.

Gender: Female