Sara Stern
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Sara Stern, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

Salt Lake City
801-213-3599

Layton Parkway Clinic

Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Layton Hospital, Pediatric Rheumatology
Layton
801-213-3599

  • Dr. Sara Stern received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She then completed her residency and a clinical fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Medical Center.

    As a pediatric rheumatologist, Dr. Stern’s clinical interests include juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, and autoinflammatory diseases. She also evaluates patients with musculoskeletal and joint pain. Her current research concentrations are Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis, pediatric Takayasu’s arteritis, medical education, and long term outcomes of pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

  • Dr. Sara Stern received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She then completed her residency and a clinical fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Medical Center.

    As a pediatric rheumatologist, Dr. Stern’s clinical interests include juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, and autoinflammatory diseases. She also evaluates patients with musculoskeletal and joint pain. Her current research concentrations are Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis, pediatric Takayasu’s arteritis, medical education, and long term outcomes of pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Rheumatology - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Fellow
    General Pediatric - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Resident
    Internship General Pediatric - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Intern
    Oncology - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
    Professional Medical Medicine - Albert Einstein College of Medicine M.D.
    Psychology, Magna Cum Laude - University of California, Los Angeles B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Treemarcki EB, Lieberman SM, Basiaga ML, Orrock J, Edens C, Thatayatikom A, Srinivasalu H, Bracaglia C, Inoue Y, Jelusic M, Bloom JL, Robinson A, Nguyen J, Go E, Martinez P, Randell RL, Tiger S, Tiger G, Diianni J, Cha S, Appenzeller S, Singer NG, Stern SM, CARRA Childhood Sjogren Disease Workgroup (2024). Opportunities in childhood Sjogren's disease-Results from collaborative roundtable discussions. Rheumatology (Oxford). (Read full article)
    2. Brunner HI, Ruperto N, Ramanan AV, Horneff G, Minden K, Calvo Penades I, Alexeeva E, Cleary G, Stern SM, Kone-Paut I, Maldonado Velzquez MDR, Rabinovich CE, Remesal A, Silva CA, Nikishina I, Zucchetto M, Brockwell L, Gordon O, Nagel S, De Benedetti F, PRINTO and PRCSG investigators (2024). Long-term efficacy and safety of subcutaneous tocilizumab in clinical trials of polyarticular or systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). (Read full article)
    3. Randell RL, Stern SM, Van Mater H, Schanberg LE, Lieberman SM, Basiaga ML, CARRA Sjgren Workgroup, CARRA Investigators (2022). Pediatric rheumatologists' perspectives on diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of Sjögren disease in children and adolescents. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J, 20(1), 79. (Read full article)
    4. Basiaga ML, Stern SM, Mehta JJ, Edens C, Randell RL, Pomorska A, Irga-Jaworska N, Ibarra MF, Bracaglia C, Nicolai R, Susic G, Boneparth A, Srinivasalu H, Dizon B, Kamdar AA, Goldberg B, Knupp-Oliveira S, Antn J, Mosquera JM, Appenzeller S, ONeil KM, Protopapas SA, Saad-Magalhes C, Akikusa JD, Thatayatikom A, Cha S, Nieto-Gonzlez JC, Lo MS, Treemarcki EB, Yokogawa N, Lieberman SM, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance and the International Childhood Sjgren Syndrome Workgroup (2020). Childhood Sjögren syndrome: features of an international cohort and application of the 2016 ACR/EULAR classification criteria. Rheumatology (Oxford), 60(7), 3144-3155. (Read full article)
    5. Schiffer BL, Stern SM, Park AH (2019). Sjögren's syndrome in children with recurrent parotitis. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 129, 109768. (Read full article)
    6. Zhao Y, Wu EY, Oliver MS, Cooper AM, Basiaga ML, Vora SS, Lee TC, Fox E, Amarilyo G, Stern SM, Dvergsten JA, Haines KA, Rouster-Stevens KA, Onel KB, Cherian J, Hausmann JS, Miettunen P, Cellucci T, Nuruzzaman F, Taneja A, Barron KS, Hollander MC, Lapidus SK, Li SC, Ozen S, Girschick H, Laxer RM, Dedeoglu F, Hedrich CM, Ferguson PJ, Chronic Nonbacterial OsteomyelitisChronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis Study Group and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Scleroderma Vasculitis Autoinflammatory and Rare Diseases Subcommittee (2018). Consensus Treatment Plans for Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis Refractory to Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and/or With Active Spinal Lesions. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 70(8), 1228-1237. (Read full article)
    7. Stern S, Clemente G, Reiff A, Ramos MP, Marzan KA, Terreri MT (2014). Treatment of Pediatric Takayasu arteritis with infliximab and cyclophosphamide: experience from an American-Brazilian cohort study. J Clin Rheumatol, 20(4), 183-8. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Stern SM, Ferguson PJ (2013). Autoinflammatory bone diseases. [Review]. Rheum Dis Clin North Am, 39(4), 735-49. (Read full article)

    Other

    1. Blitz J, Stern SM, Marzan K (2017). Do pedometers with or without education on exercise increase functional walking capacity and physical activity level in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis? Physiother Theory Pract (34(5), pp. 359-366). England. (Read full article)