Positions and Honors
PhD in Internal Medicine (Child & Adolescent Health)- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Masters (MSc) in Pediatrics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Associated Professor of Pediatrics- Medical School- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Attending Physician at Pediatric Reumathology at University of State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Professor of Maternal and Child Health Postgraduate Program (Institute of Pediatrics- UFRJ- IPPMG, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Board Certifications
Pediatrics, Brazilian Society of Pediatrics and Brazilian College of Physicians, Brazil.
Pediatric Rheumatology, Brazilian Society of Pediatrics and Brazilian Society of Rheumatology
Main Research Areas:
– Auto-immune Diseases
– Auto- inflammatory Diseases
– Transition of pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases to adult services.
Main Publications
OELDVARI, IVAN; FOELDVARI, IVAN SZTAJNBOK, F. R. KLOTSCHE, JENS KASAPCOPUR, OZGUR ADROVIC, AMRA TERRERI, MARIA TERESA SAKAMOTO, ANA PAULA STANEVICHA, VALDA ANTON, JORDI FELDMAN, BRIAN M SZTAJNBOK, FLAVIO KHUBCHANDANI, RAJU ALEXEEVA, EKATERINA KATSICAS, MARIA SAWHNEY, SUJATA SMITH, VANESSA APPENZELLER, SIMONE AVCIN, TADEJ KOSTIK, MIKHAIL LEHMAN, THOMAS MARRANI, EDOARDO SCHONENBERG-MEINEMA, DIENEKE SIFUENTES-GIRALDO, WALTER-ALBERTO VASQUEZ-CANIZARES, NATALIA JANARTHANAN, MAHESH , et al. ; Gender differences in juvenile systemic sclerosis patients: Results from the international juvenile scleroderma inception cohort. Journal Of Scleroderma And Related Disorders, v. 8, p. 120-130, 2023.
SAKAMOTO, ANA P SILVA, CLOVIS A PITA, ANA C TRINDADE, VITOR C ISLABAO, ALINE G FIOROT, FERNANDA J LOPES, SANDRA RM PEREIRA, ROSA MR Saad-Magalhaes, Claudia RUSSO, GLEICE CS LEN, CLAUDIO A PRADO, ROGERIO DO CAMPOS, LUCIA MA AIKAWA, NADIA E APPENZELLER, SIMONE FERRIANI, VIRGINIA PL SILVA, MARCO F FELIX, MARTA FONSECA, ADRIANA R ASSAD, ANA PL SZTAJNBOK, FLAVIO R SZTAJNBOK, F. R. SANTOS, MARIA C BICA, BLANCA E SENA, EVALDO G , et al. ; Risk factors for mortality in 1528 Brazilian childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus patients. LUPUS, v. 32, p. 781-790, 2023.
VIEIRA, MATHEUS ; OCHTROP, MANUELLA L. G. ; SZTAJNBOK, FLÁVIO ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; SOUTO OLIVEIRA ELIAS, CAMILA ; VERZTMAN, JOSÉ FERNANDO ; BICA, BLANCA E. R. G. ; CICONELLI, ROZANA M. ; DE SOUZA, ALEXANDRE WAGNER S. . The Epidemiology of Takayasu Arteritis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jcr-Journal Of Clinical Rheumatology, v. Publish Ahead of Print, p. 1, 2023.
APENDORF, JONAS JOHANNES EBSTEIN, FRÉDÉRIC ALEHASHEMI, SARA PIOTTO, DANIELA GERENT PETRY KOZLOVA, ANNA TERRERI, MARIA TERESA SHCHERBINA, ANNA RASTEGAR, ANDRE RODRIGUES, MARTA PEREIRA, RENAN PARK, SOPHIA LIN, BIN USS, KAT MÖLLER, SOPHIE DA SILVA PINA, ANA FLÁVIA Sztajnbok, Flavio SZTAJNBOK, F. R. TORREGGIANI, SOFIA NIEMELA, JULIE STODDARD, JENNIFER ROSENZWEIG, SERGIO D. OLER, ANDREW J. MCNINCH, COLTON DE GUZMAN, MARIETTA M. FONSECA, ADRIANA , et al. ; Identification of eight novel proteasome variants in five unrelated cases of proteasome-associated autoinflammatory syndromes (PRAAS). Frontiers in Immunology, v. 14, p. 1-13, 2023.
DIJKHUIZEN, E.H. PIETER ; RIDELLA, FRANCESCA ; NADDEI, ROBERTA ; TRINCIANTI, CHIARA ; AVRUSIN, ILIA ; MAZZONI, MARTA ; SUTERA, DIANA ; AYAZ, NURAY AKTAY ; Penades, Inmaculada Calvo ; CONSTANTIN, TAMAS ; HERLIN, TROELS ; Oliveira, Sheila K. ; RYGG, MARITE ; SANNER, HELGA ; SUSIC, GORDANA ; Sztajnbok, Flavio ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; VARBANOVA, BORIANA ; Ruperto, Nicolino ; Ravelli, Angelo ; CONSOLARO, ALESSANDRO . Validity and reliability of four parent/patient reported outcome measures for juvenile idiopathic arthritis remote monitoring. ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH, v. 1, p. 1-2, 2022.
SAKAMOTO, ANA P. Silva, Clovis A. ISLABÃO, ALINE G. NOVAK, GLAUCIA V. MOLINARI, BEATRIZ NOGUEIRA, PAULO K. PEREIRA, ROSA M. R. SAAD-MAGALHÃES, CLAUDIA CLEMENTE, GLEICE PIOTTO, DANIELA P. AIKAWA, NADIA E. PITTA, ANA C. TRINDADE, VITOR C. APPENZELLER, SIMONE CARVALHO, LUCIANA M. RABELO-JUNIOR, CARLOS N. Fonseca, Adriana R. Sztajnbok, Flavio R. SZTAJNBOK, F. R. SANTOS, MARIA C. BICA, BLANCA E. SENA, EVALDO G. MORAES, ANA J. FRAGA, MELISSA M. ROBAZZI, TERESA C. , et al. ; Chronic kidney disease in patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, v. 1, p. 1-12, 2022.
MILLER-BARMAK, ADI ; Sztajnbok, Flavio ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; BALIK, ZEYNEP ; BORZUTZKY, ARTURO ; FOGEL, LESLIE A ; GOLDZWEIG, OFRA ; OZEN, SEZA ; BUTBUL AVIEL, YONATAN . Infantile Takayasu: clinical features and long-term outcome. RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 1, p. 1-1, 2022.
FOELDVARI, IVAN; FOELDVARI, IVAN SZTAJNBOK, F. R. KLOTSCHE, JENS KASAPCOPUR, OZGUR ADROVIC, AMRA TERRERI, MARIA TERESA SAKAMOTO, ANA PAULA STANEVICHA, VALDA SZTAJNBOK, FLAVIO ANTON, JORDI FELDMAN, BRIAN ALEXEEVA, EKATERINA KATSICAS, MARIA SMITH, VANESSA AVCIN, TADEJ MARRANI, EDOARDO KOSTIK, MIKHAIL LEHMAN, THOMAS SIFUENTES’GIRALDO, WALTER’ALBERTO VASQUEZ’CANIZARES, NATALIA APPENZELLER, SIMONE JANARTHANAN, MAHESH MOLL, MONIKA NEMCOVA, DANA PATWARDHAN, ANJALI , et al. ; Differences sustained between diffuse and limited forms of juvenile systemic sclerosis in expanded international cohort. www.juvenile-scleroderma.com. ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH, v. 1, p. acr.24609-2, 2021.
ONSECA, ADRIANA R ; Sztajnbok, Flavio ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; RODRIGUES, MARTA ; OLIVEIRA, SHEILA KNUPP ; LAND, MARCELO G P . Comment on: Limited sensitivity and specificity of the ACR/EULAR-2019 classification criteria for SLE in JSLE? – observations from the UK JSLE Cohort Study. RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 1, p. 1-2, 2021.
PITTA, ANA C SILVA, CLOVIS A INSFRÁN, CARLOS E PASOTO, SANDRA G TRINDADE, VITOR C NOVAK, GLAUCIA V SAKAMOTO, ANA P TERRERI, MARIA T PEREIRA, ROSA MR MAGALHÃES, CLAUDIA S FONSECA, ADRIANA R ISLABÃO, ALINE G ASSAD, ANA PL BUSCATTI, IZABEL M ELIAS, ADRIANA M PIOTTO, DANIELA P FERRIANI, VIRGINIA P CARVALHO, LUCIANA M RABELO JUNIOR, CARLOS N Marini, Roberto SZTAJNBOK, FLAVIO R SZTAJNBOK, F. R. SACCHETTI, SILVANA B BICA, BLANCA E MORAES, ANA J , et al. ; The new 2019-EULAR/ACR classification criteria specific domains at diagnosis can predict damage accrual in 670 childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus patients. LUPUS, v. 1, p. 096120332110543-2, 2021.
AN STRAALEN, JOERI W ; KROL, ROLINE M ; GIANCANE, GABRIELLA ; PANAVIENE, VIOLETA ; AILIOAIE, LAURA MARINELA ; DOLE’ALOVÁ, PAVLA ; CATTALINI, MARCO ; SUSIC, GORDANA ; SZTAJNBOK, FLAVIO R ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; MARITSI, DESPOINA ; CONSTANTIN, TAMAS ; SAWHNEY, SUJATA ; RYGG, MARITE ; OLIVEIRA, SHEILA KNUPP ; NORDAL, ELLEN BERIT ; SAAD-MAGALHÃES, CLAUDIA ; RUBIO-PEREZ, NADINA ; JELUSIC, MARIJA ; DE ROOCK, SYTZE ; WULFFRAAT, NICO M ; Ruperto, Nicolino ; SWART, JOOST F . Increased incidence of inflammatory bowel disease on etanercept in juvenile idiopathic arthritis regardless of concomitant methotrexate use. RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 61, p. 2104-2112, 2021.
ROTSTEIN GREIN, INGRID HERTA ; PINTO, NATALIA FERREIRA ; LOBO, ALINE ; GROOT, NOORTJE ; Sztajnbok, Flavio ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; DA SILVA, CLÓVIS ARTUR ALMEIDA ; PAIM MARQUES, LUCIANA B ; APPENZELLER, SIMONE ; ISLABÃO, ALINE GARCIA ; MAGALHÃES, CLAUDIA SAAD ; DE ALMEIDA, ROZANA GASPARELLO ; Bica, Blanca ; FRAGA, MELISSA ; DA FRAGA, ALINE COELHO MOREIRA ; DOS SANTOS, MARIA CAROLINA ; ROBAZZI, TERESA ; TERRERI, MARIA TERESA RA ; Bandeira, Marcia ; PASMANS, HELLA ; SCHEPP, RUTGER ; VAN DER KLIS, FIONA ; DE ROOCK, SYTZE ; WULFFRAAT, NICO ; PILEGGI, GECILMARA . Safety and immunogenicity of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in patients with childhood systemic lupus erythematosus: a real-world interventional multi-centre study. LUPUS, v. 29, p. 934-942, 2020.
TIBALDI, JESSICA Pistorio, Angela ALDERA, ELENA PUZONE, LAURA EL MIEDANY, YASSER PAL, PRIYANKAR GIRI, PRABHAS PRASUN DE, HRIDAY KHUBCHANDANI, RAJU CHAVAN, PALLAVI PIMPALE VILAIYUK, SOAMARAT LERKVALEEKUL, BUTSABONG YAMSUWAN, JUTAMAS SABUI, TAPAS K DATTA, PRAGATI PARDEO, MANUELA BRACAGLIA, CLAUDIA SAWHNEY, SUJATA MITTAL, SUMIDHA HASSAN, WALEED A ELDERINY, GHADA FAROUK ABU-ZAID, MOHAMMED HASSAN EISSA, MERVAT Sztajnbok, Flavio SZTAJNBOK, F. R. , et al. ; Development and initial validation of a composite disease activity score for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 1, p. 1-2, 2020.
CAMPOS, LEONARDO RODRIGUES ; PETROLI, MAURÍCIO ; SZTAJNBOK, FLAVIO ROBERTO ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; DA COSTA, ELAINE SOBRAL ; BRANDÃO, LEONARDO RODRIGUES ; LAND, MARCELO GERARDIN POIROT . Risk factors for the development of hospital-acquired pediatric venous thromboembolism-Dealing with potentially causal and confounding risk factors using a directed acyclic graph (DAG) analysis. PLoS One, v. 15, p. e0242311, 2020.
BHARUCHA, KAMAL N. ; BRUNNER, HERMINE I. ; CALVO PENADÉS, INMACULADA ; NIKISHINA, IRINA ; RUBIO-PÉREZ, NADINA ; Oliveira, Sheila ; KOBUSINSKA, KATARZYNA ; SCHMELING, HEINRIKE ; Sztajnbok, Flavio ; SZTAJNBOK, F. R. ; WELLER-HEINEMANN, FRANK ; ZHOLOBOVA, ELENA ; Zulian, Francesco ; ALLEN, ROGER ; CHAITOW, JEFFREY ; FRANE, JAMES ; WELLS, CHRIS ; Ruperto, Nicolino ; DE BENEDETTI, FABRIZIO . Growth During Tocilizumab Therapy for Polyarticular-course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: 2-year Data from a Phase III Clinical Trial. JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 45, p. jrheum.170326-1179, 2018.