Rheumatology Faculty and Staff

Adult Rheumatology

Daniel J. Stechschulte, MD
Professor and Associate Chairman, Dept of Internal Medicine; Division Director.

• Medical School: St Louis University, St Louis, MO
• Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• Fellowship: Robert Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA (Program Director: Dr. Frank Austen)
• Subspecialty board certification: Allergy & Immunology, Rheumatology, Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
• Clinical interests: systemic sclerosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, mastocytosis
• Research interests: macrophage-mast cell interactions, endothelial cell-mast cell interactions

Herbert B Lindsley, MD
Professor

• Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• Residency: University of Washington Hospitals, Seattle WA
• Fellowship: University of Washington Hospitals, Seattle WA (Program Director: Dr. Mart Mannik)
• Subspecialty board certification: Rheumatology, Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
• Clinical interests: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic vasculitis
• Research interests: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis, cytokine expression and apoptosis in rheumatoid synovium, monocyte function in rheumatoid arthritis

Kathryn E Welch, MD
Assistant Professor

• Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• Fellowship: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (Program Director: Dr. Daniel Stechschulte)
• Subspecialty board certification: Rheumatology
• Clinical interests: systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; medical education

Kottarappat Dileepan, PhD
Research Professor

• Graduate School: M SC Biochemistry, MS University of Baroda, India; PhD Biochemistry, University of Delhi, India
• Postdoctoral fellowships: Children's Hospital Research Institute, Oakland, CA (Laboratory Director: Dr. Stuart Smith). Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (Laboratory Director: Dr. S.R. Wagle).
• Research interests: Regulation of endothelial cell and macrophage function by mast cells, signal transduction via protease-activated receptors.

Pediatric Rheumatology (one full-time, one part-time)

Carol B. Lindsley, MD
Professor and Chair, Dept of Pediatrics

• Medical School: University of Washington, Seattle WA
• Residency: University of Washington Hospitals, Seattle WA
• Fellowship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC (Program Director: Dr. Oliver Lawless)
• Clinical interests: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, uveitis, myositis
• Research interests: epidemiology of rheumatic disease, psychosocial aspects of rheumatic diseases

Nancy Olson, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics

• Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• Fellowship: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (Program Director: Dr. Daniel Stechschulte)
• Clinical interests: myositis

Divisional Nursing Support

Three full-time nurses support the clinical and research activities of three faculty. Each nurse is assigned to one faculty member for specific outpatient clinics and assists the fellows in their assigned clinics. Collectively the nurses process all patient-related telephone calls.

• Marsha Boyd, LPN
• Nadine Colbert, RN, CNS, ARNP
• Glenda Virtue, RN