Marina Magrey, MD

About

Marina Magrey, MD, is Division Chief of Rheumatology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and a Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. After she received her medical degree from the University of Kashmir, India, Dr. Magrey completed an internal medicine residency and fellowship in rheumatology at the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Magrey's scholarship focuses on the management of axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis and metabolic bone disease to improve outcomes in patients. Driven by her passion for providing high-quality, evidence-based care with cost containment, she developed a disease specific clinic for spondyloarthritis in a prior role at MetroHealth.

Nationally, Dr. Magrey is considered a thought leader in spondyloarthritis. She serves on the Board of Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN). Dr. Magrey is an invited member of both the Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) and the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), which are study groups comprised of international experts in spondyloarthritis. Dr. Magrey is co-chair of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) subcommittee for abstracts in axial spondyloarthritis, also serving on the ACR guideline subcommittee to develop guidelines for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis and glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.

Dr. Magrey is involved in clinical and translational research for biomarkers in spondyloarthritis and participates in clinical trials for spondyloarthritis treatment. She has served as principle investigator of multiple National Institutes of Health grants and international collaborative projects with 40 publications. Dr. Magrey serves as a consultant in spondyloarthritis clinical research to the pharmaceutical industry. She is also a consultant for the rational design of randomized controlled spondyloarthritis treatment trials, analysis of the results of such trials and the presentation of novel products for approval to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Additionally, Dr. Magrey enjoys teaching. She served as the rheumatology fellowship training director at MetroHealth Medical Center. Presently, she serves on the education committee of SPARTAN and on the steering committee of Medscape CME and Education, spondyloarthritis section. She is also a board member of the Cleveland Society of Rheumatology.

Dr. Magrey has earned several honors and is consistently rated as one of the best rheumatologists in the country. Along with being a respected clinician and researcher, Dr. Magrey strongly believes in giving back to her community. She started the Salam Free Clinic, the first free clinic of its kind in the historically disadvantaged Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. Beyond her work, Marina loves her family, especially her two sons. In her free time, she likes to go on walks, follow the news and watch the latest shows on Netflix.