Jonathan S. Dunham, MD
Rheumatology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Rheumatology Perelman
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About me

  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Rheumatology)

Dr. Jonathan S. Dunham, MD is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in Rheumatology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and practices at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and Penn Medicine Cherry Hill. He earned his BA in Biology from Rutgers University and his MD from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, followed by residency training at Temple University Hospital and a rheumatology fellowship at Penn. In addition to his clinical practice, he is an Advisory Dean in the Perelman School of Medicine and is the Course Director for the rheumatology course for 1st year medical students. He provides compassionate, expert care across a spectrum of conditions—including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, gout, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, sarcoidosis, connective tissue diseases, and vasculitis, among others. 

Education and training

  • Medical School: Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Residency: Temple University Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

What my patients think about me

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Dunham is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Hart, A, Kotzin, J, Schulz, S, Dunham, J, et al. Angiotensin receptor blockers modulate the lupus CD4+ T cell epigenome characterized by TNF family-linked signaling , JCI Insight, 10(3): 2024,1-20

Berman N, Vivino F, Baker J, Dunham J, Pinto A. Risk Factors for Caries Development in Primary Sjogrens Syndrome , Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol, 128(2): 2019,117-122

Singh JA, Guyatt G, Ogdie A, Gladman D, Deal C, Deodhar A, Dubreeuil M, Dunham J, et al. 2018 American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation Guidelines for treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis , Arthritis and Rheumatology, 71(1): 2019,5-32

J. Tiao, R. Feng, S. Bird, J.K. Choi, J. Dunham, M. George, T.C. Gonzalez-Rivera, J.L. Kaufman, N. Khan, J.J. Luo, R. Micheletti, A.S. Payne, R. Price, C. Quinn, A.I. Rubin, A.G. Sreih, P. Thomas, J. Okawa and V.P. Werth The Reliability of the Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index (CDASI) Among Dermatologists, Rheumatologists, and Neurologists , British Journal of Dermatology, 176(2): 2016,423-430

Yeung H, Farber S, Birnbaum BK, Dunham J, Ogdie A, Patterson KC, Payne AS, Porteous MK, Rossman MD, Sharim R, Takeshita J, Werth VP, Shin DB, Price S, Rosenbach M Reliability and Validity of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Outcome Instruments Among Dermatologists, Pulmonologists, and Rheumatologists. , JAMA Dermatol, 151(12): 2015,1317-1322

Jolan E. Walter, MD, PhD, Mindy S. Lo, MD, Katalin Kis-Toth, PhD, Irit Tirosh, MD; Francesco Frugoni; Yu Nee Lee, PhD, Krisztian Csomos, PhD, Roshini S. Abraham, PhD; Karin Chen MD; Shiv Pillai, MD PhD; Jonathan Dunham, MD; George C. Tsokos, MD; Eline T. Luning Prak MD PhD; Luigi D Notarangelo MD. Impaired receptor editing and heterozygous RAG2 mutation in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and erosive arthritis , Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 135(1): 2015,272-273

Berman N, Dunham J, Vivino F. Cryopyrin-associated Periodic Fever Syndrome Presenting with Fevers and Serositis Related to Novel NLPR3 Gene Mutation , Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 20(8): 2014,451-452

VonFeldt J, Dunham J, and Chen L. Fibromyalgia and Regional Pain Syndromes , Lipincott's Primary Care Orthopedics 2nd Ed.: 2014,282-285

Berman N, Dunham J, Baker J, Vivino F. Risk of Cervical Root and Incisal Caries in Patients with Sjogrens Syndrome , Arthritis and Rheum: 2014

Klein R, Rosenbach M, Kim EJ, Kim B, Werth VP, Dunham J. Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor-Associated Dermatomyositis , Arch Dermatol, 146(7): 2010,780-4