Faculty

Brian Mandell is Chairman of Academic Medicine and a Senior Staff Physician in Rheumatology and Immunologic Diseases, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research at the Cleveland Clinic.

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He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine and is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He is a graduate of the Stanford Faculty Development Program in clinical teaching.

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Dr. Mandell joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1993 following a faculty appointment at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  He previously earned a BA in Biology and a PhD in Physiology and Biophysics from Washington University, St. Louis, and then a Medical Degree from New York University School of Medicine.  He trained in medicine and rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

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Dr. Mandell has served on national education planning and writing committees for the American College of Rheumatology, the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians.  He has chaired the national meeting planning committees for the ACR and ACP. He was Vice Chair of the Internal Medicine RRC in the ACGME.

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Dr. Mandell has published over 300 articles, chapters, and editorials in peer-reviewed publications and textbooks relating to clinical and basic aspects of medical science. He has a special interest in gout, vasculitis, and medical education. He is editor of a new textbook on Synovial Fluid Analysis.

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Dr. Mandell was part of the initial ACR gout guidelines drafting taskforce, has served on the FDA’s Arthritis Advisory Panel consulting related to gout medications, is a board member of the Gout and Uric Acid Education Society (GUAES) and has consulted to companies regarding several drugs for the treatment of hyperuricemia and gout flares.