Barbara Edelheit, MD

Division Head, Rheumatology

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Dr. Edelheit’s clinical interests are in autoimmune inflammatory disorders of childhood, including the Juvenile Arthritides and Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Dr. Edelheit volunteers with the Lupus Foundation of America and has served on the Committee for the Walk to End Lupus now for the Northeast region since 2018.

She also participates in fundraisers for the Arthritis Foundation each year and was honored by the Arthritis Foundation and asked to serve as the Medical Honoree for the 2015 Greater Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis.

Dr. Edelheit is a member of several professional organizations including the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) and the Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG).

Education

SUNY at Syracuse Upstate University

Residency

New York - Presbyterian Hospital

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery

American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatric Rheumatology
American Board of Pediatrics - General Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

  • Does Diagnostic Certainty Matter?: Pain-Related Stigma in Adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Wakefield EO, Belamkar V, Sandoval A, Puhl RM, Edelheit B, Zempsky WT, Rodrigues HA, Litt MD. J Pediatr Psychol. 2023 Apr 20;48(4):341-351. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac092. PMID: 36892594
  • Correction: Stoll et al. Impact of HLA-B27 and Disease Status on the Gut Microbiome of the Offspring of Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients. Children 2022, 9, 569. Stoll ML, DeQuattro K, Li Z, Sawhney H, Weiss PF, Nigrovic PA, Wright TB, Schikler K, Edelheit B, Morrow CD, Reveille JD, Brown MA, Gensler LS. Children (Basel). 2022 Aug 2;9(8):1158. doi: 10.3390/children9081158.PMID: 36010158
  • Stoll ML, DeQuattro K, Li Z, Sawhney H, Weiss PF, Nigrovic PA, Wright TB, Schikler K, Edelheit B, Morrow CD, Reveille JD, Brown MA, Gensler LS. Impact of HLA-B27 and Disease Status on the Gut Microbiome of the Offspring of Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients. Children (Basel). 2022 Apr 16;9(4):569. doi: 10.3390/children9040569. PMID: 35455612
  • Onel KB, Horton DB, Lovell DJ, Shenoi S, Cuello CA, Angeles-Han ST, Becker ML, Cron RQ, Feldman BM, Ferguson PJ, Gewanter H, Guzman J, Kimura Y, Lee T, Murphy K, Nigrovic PA, Ombrello MJ, Rabinovich CE, Tesher M, Twilt M, Klein-Gitelman M, Barbar-Smiley F, Cooper AM, Edelheit B, Gillispie-Taylor M, Hays K, Mannion ML, Peterson R, Flanagan E, Saad N, Sullivan N, Szymanski AM, Trachtman R, Turgunbaev M, Veiga K, Turner AS, Reston JT.2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Therapeutic Approaches for Oligoarthritis, Temporomandibular Joint Arthritis, and Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Apr;74(4):553-569. doi: 10.1002/art.42037. Epub 2022 Mar 1. PMID: 35233993
  • Onel KB, Horton DB, Lovell DJ, Shenoi S, Cuello CA, Angeles-Han ST, Becker ML, Cron RQ, Feldman BM, Ferguson PJ, Gewanter H, Guzman J, Kimura Y, Lee T, Murphy K, Nigrovic PA, Ombrello MJ, Rabinovich CE, Tesher M, Twilt M, Klein-Gitelman M, Barbar-Smiley F, Cooper AM, Edelheit B, Gillispie-Taylor M, Hays K, Mannion ML, Peterson R, Flanagan E, Saad N, Sullivan N, Szymanski AM, Trachtman R, Turgunbaev M, Veiga K, Turner AS, Reston JT.2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Recommendations for Nonpharmacologic Therapies, Medication Monitoring, Immunizations, and Imaging. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Apr;74(4):505-520. doi: 10.1002/acr.24839. Epub 2022 Mar 1. PMID: 35233989
  • View Dr. Edelheit’s full list of publications

Locations Where I See Patients

Exterior view of 310 Western Boulevard in Glastonbury

Connecticut Children’s Specialty Care Center – Glastonbury

310 Western Boulevard
Glastonbury, CT06033
United States

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Most Recent Comments

September 9, 2024
Absolutely one of the best Doctors my daughter has ever seen
April 4, 2024
Wonderful and understood us.
March 3, 2024
Dr. Edelheit has been amazing though our whole journey. She answered all our questions and put us at ease.