Brian Walitt

Dr. Brian Walitt is the associate program director of the Section of Rheumatology at Washington Hospital Center. He is actively involved in both clinical and investigative rheumatology. His research foci include chronic pain disorders and the epidemiology of rheumatic disease. He is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.

Additional Training, Education & Research

Dr. Walitt completed his medical training at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1998. He completed a categorical Internal Medicine residency at The George Washington University Hospital in 2001. He completed a clinical fellowship in Rheumatology in 2004 and a research fellowship in Rheumatology in 2006 at Washington Hospital Center. He completed a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology at The George Washington University in 2006.

Dr. Walitt has received several intramural and pharmaceutical research grants in the areas of fibromyalgia. He was selected as a Centocor Health Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease fellow. He was awarded an American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation Clinical Investigator Fellowship Award for his work with postmenopausal hormone therapy in rheumatic disease. He is currently a co-investigator in the Women's Health Initiative and an active investigator for the Cochrane review. He is also actively involved with pharmaceutical trials for the treatment of fibromyalgia.

Honors, Awards & Society Memberships

Dr. Walitt is an assistant professor of medicine at Georgetown University. He is a fellow in the American College of Rheumatology and a member of the American College of Physicians. He has been awarded multiple honors at the local and national level in recognition of his research. He was chosen as a young investigator of the US Bone and Joint Decade.

Credentialed Areas

American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine and Rheumatology

Practice Focus