Milena Rodriguez Alvarez

Milena Rodriguez Alvarez is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and an Associate Director of Medical Safety, Inflammation at Boehringer Ingelheim. She completed her medical degree with highest honors, followed by an internal medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center and Stony Brook University Hospital. Her academic training includes a combined rheumatology fellowship and PhD in neurosciences at SUNY Downstate, complemented by the TRANSPORT program at the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center.

Research Interests

• Epigenetic modifications in rheumatic diseases
• Neural tools to modulate systemic inflammation
• Neurological manifestations of autoimmune disorders
• Translational approaches to health disparities

Clinical Practice

• Specializes in treating SLE, RA, myositis, systemic sclerosis, psoriatic arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases
• Site: University Hospital at Downstate