Geraldina Lionetti, MD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Dr. Geraldina Lionetti is a Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology and Section Chief and Medical Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Department at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, which she established in 2013 to expand access to subspecialty care and enhance resident education in rheumatologic disorders.
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To ensure adequate access to care, she also sees patients in the Walnut Creek outreach clinic and has been involved in developing the telehealth program. Her work is driven by a commitment to improving outcomes for children with rheumatic diseases through individualized treatment approaches that reduce disease and treatment related morbidity and support long-term health into adulthood.
Dr. Lionetti's research has focused on autoinflammatory disorders. Within the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), she has contributed through the PFAPA/Autoinflammatory Working Group and has led the development of an Autoinflammatory Network to expand access to collaborative clinical and research opportunities. In recognition of this work, she was named the U.S. Ambassador for Autoinflammatory Disorders as part of a global initiative.
Clinics:
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland 744 52nd Street, OPC I, 5th Floor Oakland, CA 94609
Walnut Creek location: 2401 Shadelands Drive Walnut Creek, CA
Education & Training
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- Postdoctoral fellow Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford 6/2013
- Pediatric Rheumatology fellowship Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford 6/2012
- Pediatric residency Children's Hospital Los Angeles 6/2009
- MD Medical Degree Drexel University College of Medicine 5/2006
- MBS Masters of Biological Sciences Hahnemann University 5/2002
- BS Molecular & Cell Biology University of Connecticut 5/2000
Publications (12)
Top publication keywords:
Stomatitis, AphthousUveitisSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeRegistriesPharyngitisVaccines, SyntheticWithholding TreatmentArthritis, JuvenileRheumatologistsImmunity, Maternally-AcquiredFeverAdalimumabRheumatic DiseasesAntirheumatic AgentsLymphadenitis
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Stopping of adalimumab in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (ADJUST): a multicentre, double-masked, randomised controlled trial.
Lancet (London, England) 2025 Acharya NR, Ramanan AV, Coyne AB, Dudum KL, Rubio EM, Woods SM, Guly CM, Moraitis E, Petrushkin HJD, Armon K, Puvanachandra N, Choi JT, Hawley DP, Arnold BF, ADJUST Study Group -
Corrigendum: Increase in pediatric recurrent fever evaluations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.
Frontiers in pediatrics 2023 Mansfield LM, Lapidus SK, Romero SN, Moorthy LN, Adler-Shohet FC, Hollander M, Cherian J, Twilt M, Lionetti G, Mohan S, DeLaMora PA, Durrant KL, Muskardin TW, Correia Marques M, Onel KB, Dedeoglu F, … -
Increase in pediatric recurrent fever evaluations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.
Frontiers in pediatrics 2023 Mansfield LM, Lapidus SK, Romero SN, Moorthy LN, Adler-Shohet FC, Hollander M, Cherian J, Twilt M, Lionetti G, Mohan S, DeLaMora PA, Durrant KL, Muskardin TW, Correia Marques M, Onel KB, Dedeoglu F, … -
Postdischarge Glucocorticoid Use and Clinical Outcomes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.
JAMA network open 2022 Son MBF, Berbert L, Young C, Dallas J, Newhams M, Chen S, Ardoin SP, Basiaga ML, Canny SP, Crandall H, Dhakal S, Dhanrajani A, Sagcal-Gironella ACP, Hobbs CV, Huie L, James K, Jones M, Kim S, Lionetti… -
Effectiveness of Maternal Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy Against COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization in Infants Aged <6 Months - 17 States, July 2021-January 2022.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2022 Halasa NB, Olson SM, Staat MA, Newhams MM, Price AM, Boom JA, Sahni LC, Cameron MA, Pannaraj PS, Bline KE, Bhumbra SS, Bradford TT, Chiotos K, Coates BM, Cullimore ML, Cvijanovich NZ, Flori HR, Gertz …
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Effectiveness of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA Vaccination Against Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among Persons Aged 12-18 Years - United States, July-December 2021.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2022 Zambrano LD, Newhams MM, Olson SM, Halasa NB, Price AM, Boom JA, Sahni LC, Kamidani S, Tarquinio KM, Maddux AB, Heidemann SM, Bhumbra SS, Bline KE, Nofziger RA, Hobbs CV, Bradford TT, Cvijanovich NZ, … -
Consensus treatment plans for periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome (PFAPA): a framework to evaluate treatment responses from the childhood arthritis and rheumatology research alliance (CARRA) PFAPA work group.
Pediatric rheumatology online journal 2020 Amarilyo G, Rothman D, Manthiram K, Edwards KM, Li SC, Marshall GS, Yildirim-Toruner C, Haines K, Ferguson PJ, Lionetti G, Cherian J, Zhao Y, DeLaMora P, Syverson G, Nativ S, Twilt M, Michelow IC, … -
Physicians' perspectives on the diagnosis and management of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome.
Rheumatology international 2017 Manthiram K, Li SC, Hausmann JS, Amarilyo G, Barron K, Kim H, Nativ S, Lionetti G, Zeft A, Goldsmith D, Kimberlin D, Edwards K, Dedeoglu F, Lapidus S, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research … -
Single amino acid charge switch defines clinically distinct proline-serine-threonine phosphatase-interacting protein 1 (PSTPIP1)-associated inflammatory diseases.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2015 Holzinger D, Fassl SK, de Jager W, Lohse P, Röhrig UF, Gattorno M, Omenetti A, Chiesa S, Schena F, Austermann J, Vogl T, Kuhns DB, Holland SM, Rodríguez-Gallego C, López-Almaraz R, Arostegui JI, … -
Using registries to identify adverse events in rheumatic diseases.
Pediatrics 2013 Lionetti G, Kimura Y, Schanberg LE, Beukelman T, Wallace CA, Ilowite NT, Winsor J, Fox K, Natter M, Sundy JS, Brodsky E, Curtis JR, Del Gaizo V, Iyasu S, Jahreis A, Meeker-O'Connell A, Mittleman BB, … -
IL-1 blockade as a novel approach to treatment of hyperzincemia and hypercalprotectinemia, a possible new autoinflammatory syndrome.
Pediatric Rheumatology 2012 Geraldina Lionetti, Jonathan A Bernstein, Dirk Holzinger, Michael Jeng, Johannes Roth, Neda Zadeh, Joyce Hsu -
Autoinflammatory Diseases in the Neonate: Mimickers of Neonatal Infections.
NeoReviews 2010 Geraldina Lionetti, Sivia Lapidus, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, Jennifer Frankovich