Dr. Olga Petryna: Leading Rheumatologist for Autoimmune Conditions

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Biography

Dr Olga Petryna is a Board Certified Rheumatologist at New York Rheumatology Care, PC, an Elite Concierge Rheumatology Practice in New York and Florida. She completed both an Internal Medicine and an OB/GYN residency prior to completing her Rheumatology fellowship training at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical School. She has held several faculty appointments at Major Academic Medical Centers (Mount Sinai School of Medicine and New York University-NYU Langone).  Dr. Petryna’s research interests include the immunologic basis of disease, immunofertility and the application of novel therapeutics in autoimmune and auto-inflammatory rheumatic diseases.  Her unique medical background allows her to provide exceptional care and expert consultations and second opinions to expectant mothers and women with autoimmune conditions who are trying to conceive.    She has been invited to present her research at several major national and international meetings and has published research articles in high impact peer-reviewed rheumatology journals. She has been named as “Top Doctor” by Castle -Connoly, “Best Doctor” by New York Magazine and “Super Doctor” by the New York Times Magazine.

 

Specialty

  • Rheumatology
 
 

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine-Internal Medicine
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Education

  • MD, Ivano-Frankisk National Medical University (Ukraine)
  • Residency, Ob/GYN, Ivano-Frankisk National Medical University (Ukraine)
  • Residency, Internal Medicine
    Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Ct/Weill Cornell Medicine affiliate, NY, NY
  • Fellowship, Rheumatology
    Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, NY

 

 

Publications

 
  1. Kukar M, Petryna O, and Efthimiou P. “Biological targets in the treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis: A Comprehensive review of Current and In-development Biological Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs”, Biologics: Targets &Therapy, 2009:3 443–457
  2. Petryna O and Efthimiou P. “An Unusual Cause of Lower Back Pain”, Journal of Rheumatology, 2009 Nov;36(11):2556
  3. Efthimiou P, Petryna O.” Headache from Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis in Adamantiades-Behcet’s Disease”, Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 2010; Dec; 16(8): 409
  4. Petryna O, Yavari N, Efthimiou P. “Occupational and Environmental Exposures in Lupus and Systemic Sclerosis: A preventable Risk Factor?” Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, 2010; 27:395-402.
  5. Efthimiou P, Petryna O, Kukar M, Gold M. “Characteristic neuroimaging findings in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in SLE: Reply.” Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2011 Jan; 63(1): 309-10
  6. Efthimiou P, Petryna O, Kukar M. “Complex situations in patients with adult-onset Still disease” in Autoimmune Diseases: Complex and Acute Situations, 2011, pp 221-232, Springer, NY, NY.
  7. Petryna O, Cush JJ, and Efthimiou P. “IL-1 Trap Rilonacept in Refractory Adult-onset Still’s Disease”, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, 2012 Dec; 71(12):2056-8
  8. Mehta B, Zapantis E, Petryna O, and Efthimiou P. “Screening Optimization of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients”, Arthritis Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 569620
  9. Gao X, Petryna O. “Clinical Utility of MBDA Panel in the Management of Adult Onset Still’s Disease”, Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology, 2017, Vol 28, Issue 3, September 2017
  10. Purat N, Petryna O. “Hyper IgD syndrome”. Chapter in: “Autoinflammatory Diseases: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management”, a specialized textbook in Autoinflammatory disease, 2019, pp 19-29, Springer, NY, NY. 
  11. Efthimiou P, Petryna O, Nakasato P, Kontzias A. “New Insights on Multigenic Autoinflammatory Diseases: What Should Adult Rheumatologists Know?”.  Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, July 2022.