
Ana-Maria Orbai, MD, MHS
Rheumatology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
4.9 of 5 stars
91 Ratings, 40 ReviewsLanguages
- Romanian
- English
14 Insurances Accepted
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FemaleAbout Ana-Maria Orbai
Professional Titles
- Director, Psoriatic Arthritis Program
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Ana-Maria Orbai is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include rheumatology and psoriatic arthritis.
Dr. Orbai earned her M.D. from the Iuliu Hatieganu School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, in Romania. She completed internship and residency training in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University-Sinai Hospital program. Subsequently, Dr. Orbai completed her post-doctoral fellowship training in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. During her fellowship she earned her Master in Health Sciences degree in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Orbai directs the Psoriatic Arthritis Program in the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center. Her clinical focus is psoriatic arthritis and spodyloarthritis.
Dr. Orbai's research aims to understand psoriatic disease subtypes and improve treatment strategies for people with psoriatic arthritis. Dr. Orbai was awarded a Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development award in 2014 and a Jerome L Greene Foundation Scholar award in 2018.
Centers and Institutes
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Arthritis Makes Life With Chronic Diseases Worse, U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 6, 2015
What Are Common Symptoms of Autoimmune Disease?, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Autoimmune Disease: Why Is My Immune System Attacking Itself? Johns Hopkins Medicine
Psoriatic Arthritis – Disease Overview, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins Rheumatology (May 7, 2018)
Diagnosing Psoriatic Arthritis, Johns Hopkins Rheumatology (May 9, 2018)
Treating Psoriatic Arthritis, Johns Hopkins Rhematology (May 10, 2018)
Lab Website
Ana-Marie Orbai Lab - Lab Website
- The Ana-Marie Orbai Lab focuses on inflammatory arthritis. Current clinical research projects in the lab examine patient symptoms and experiences in rheumatic diseases and inflammatory arthritis. We focus on stiffness in rheumatoid arthritis and patient-reported outcomes. Previous research in the lab focused on systemic lupus erythemaous (SLE).
Research Summary
Dr. Orbai directs the Psoriatic Arthritis Program in the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center. Her research focus is characterization of psoriatic disease phenotypes and individualizing treatment strategies. The goal is to improve long-term patient outcomes in psoriatic arthritis.Dr. Orbai co-chaired the international GRAPPA-OMERACT Psoriatic Arthritis working group through their update of the PsA core outcome set for clinical trials in 2016. She subsequently led the endorsement of the first core patient reported outcome measure for psoriatic arthritis clinical trials in 2018. Dr. Orbai has been an expert panel member for treatment recommendations for psoriatic arthritis. Dr. Orbai serves on the steering committee of Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) and on the Board of Medical Directors for the National Psoriasis Foundation. She is a reviewer for many rheumatology journals.
Dr. Orbai contributed to the development of the 2012 Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus with Dr. Michelle Petri in the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center.
Selected Publications
Orbai AM, de Wit M, Mease P, Shea JA, Gossec L, Leung YY, Tillett W, Elmamoun M, Callis Duffin K, Campbell W, Christensen R, Coates L, Dures E, Eder L, FitzGerald O, Gladman D, Goel N, Grieb SD, Hewlett S, Hoejgaard P, Kalyoncu U, Lindsay C, McHugh N, Shea B, Steinkoenig I, Strand V, Ogdie A. International patient and physician consensus on a psoriatic arthritis core outcome set for clinical trials.Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Apr;76(4):673-680. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210242. Epub 2016 Sep 9. PMID: 27613807
Orbai AM, Holland R, Leung YY, Tillett W, Goel N, Christensen R, McHugh N, Gossec L, de Wit M, Højgaard P, Coates LC, Mease PJ, Birt J, Fallon L, FitzGerald O, Ogdie A, Shea B, Strand V, Callis Duffin K, Tugwell P, Beaton D, Gladman DD. PsAID12 Provisionally Endorsed at OMERACT 2018 as Core Outcome Measure to Assess Psoriatic Arthritis-specific Health-related Quality of Life in Clinical Trials. J Rheumatol. 2018 Dec 15. pii: jrheum.181077. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.181077. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30554154
Gorlier C, Orbai AM, Puyraimond-Zemmour D, Coates LC, Kiltz U, Leung YY, Palominos P, Cañete JD, Scrivo R, Balanescu A, Dernis E, Tälli S, Ruyssen-Witrand A, Soubrier M, Aydin SZ, Eder L, Gaydukova I, Lubrano E, Kalyoncu U, Richette P, Husni ME, de Wit M, Smolen JS, Gossec L. Comparing patient-perceived and physician-perceived remission and low disease activity in psoriatic arthritis: an analysis of 410 patients from 14 countries. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Nov 15. pii: annrheumdis-2018-214140. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214140. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30442648
Petri M, Orbai AM, Alarcón GS, Gordon C, Merrill JT, Fortin PR, Bruce IN, Isenberg D, Wallace DJ, Nived O, Sturfelt G, Ramsey-Goldman R, Bae SC, Hanly JG, Sánchez-Guerrero J, Clarke A, Aranow C, Manzi S, Urowitz M, Gladman D, Kalunian K, Costner M, Werth VP, Zoma A, Bernatsky S, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Khamashta MA, Jacobsen S, Buyon JP, Maddison P, Dooley MA, van Vollenhoven RF, Ginzler E, Stoll T, Peschken C, Jorizzo JL, Callen JP, Lim SS, Fessler BJ, Inanc M, Kamen DL, Rahman A, Steinsson K, Franks AG Jr, Sigler L, Hameed S, Fang H, Pham N, Brey R, Weisman MH, McGwin G Jr, Magder LS. Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Aug;64(8):2677-86. doi: 10.1002/art.34473. PMID: 22553077
Singh JA, Guyatt G, Ogdie A, Gladman DD, Deal C, Deodhar A, Dubreuil M, Dunham J, Husni ME, Kenny S, Kwan-Morley J, Lin J, Marchetta P, Mease PJ, Merola JF, Miner J, Ritchlin CT, Siaton B, Smith BJ, Van Voorhees AS, Jonsson AH, Shah AA, Sullivan N, Turgunbaev M, Coates LC, Gottlieb A, Magrey M, Nowell WB, Orbai AM, Reddy SM, Scher JU, Siegel E, Siegel M, Walsh JA, Turner AS, Reston J. Special Article: 2018 American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation Guideline for the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan;71(1):5-32. doi: 10.1002/art.40726. Epub 2018 Nov 30. PMID: 30499246
Honors
- Jerome L Greene Foundation Scholar, Jerome L Greene Foundation, 4/1/18
- Scientist Development Award, Rheumatology Research Foundation, 7/1/14
Memberships
- American College of Rheumatology,
Member
- Maryland Society for the Rheumatic Diseases,
Member
- Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 5, Baltimore, MD 21224
- phone: 443-997-1552
- fax: 410-550-1033
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Rheumatology, 2013Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, MHS, 2013Sinai Hospital
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2010University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu
Medical Education, MD, 2004Board Certifications
Rheumatology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2012Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2010Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
91 ratings, 40 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/9/2025
Dr. Orbai is caring, listens to my concerns and orders appropriate tests.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/19/2024
Caring, efficient, listens, comprehensive
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/11/2024
What can I say, Dr. Orbai is attentive, respectful & sensitive to my needs!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/5/2024
Dr Orbai is very knowledgeable and takes a personal interest in me
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/21/2024
Dr Orbai is incredible. Bright, intuitive and kind,". Her clinical assessments are fabulous and yet she manages not to rush you and listens with real skill. Wow!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/21/2024
Very concern and knowledgeable
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/7/2024
Dr. Orbai continues to be thorough with my medical issues, listens carefully to what I have to say, and provide clear explanations about future care.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/23/2024
Dr Orbai is a skilled listener.She has a very gentle way about her.I felt I was in good hands
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/18/2024
Excellent!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/17/2024
Dr Orbai is excellent. She's been very thorough, and very supportive.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/17/2024
The best ever.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/10/2024
Best Ive ever had. I make the 70 mile trip to Baltimore just to see Dr Orbai
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/25/2024
Very confident about Dr Orbai
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/4/2024
Dr. Orbai is exceptionally attentive and thorough, routinely making observations that warrant another specialist's evaluation in the pursuit of the best patient outcomes.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/8/2024
Dr. Orbai is very thorough and knowledgeable. I appreciate all she has done to help with my condition.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/31/2024
Dr. Orbai is the BEST.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/26/2024
Dr.Orbai is a wonderful doctor. I am very happy to be her patient.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/26/2024
Dr. Orbai is wonderful. She explains everything, is professional and kind
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/19/2024
Dr. Orbai is the most knowledgeable doctor I have ever met. She is very professional an has a lot of empathy. Is the BEST.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/12/2024
By the end of my visit (around 1 hour), it became quite clear to me why Dr. Orbai is one of the top rheumatologists in America. Her observations based on years of experience in her field were seemingly accurate. I say seemingly because she has ordered ultrasound analysis by Dr. [ ]. This is absolutely the correct strategy to arrive at an accurate diagnosis of the cause of my current flare-up.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/5/2024
They were very compassionate and listened to any concerns I had they took time to address any questions and concerns.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/5/2024
Excellent all around
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/15/2024
Dr. Orbai is outstanding in serving as my rheumatologist.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/9/2024
Dr. Orbai has always been caring, professional and knowledgeable in providing treatment.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/8/2024
Excellent and caring
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/1/2024
Very pleasant, caring and professional.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/25/2024
Have been seeing her for years. Wouldn't want anyone else.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/18/2024
Dr Orbai has always shown genuine concern for my care. In fact, I would say she is one of the best physicians I have ever had. Every visit with her has been an absolute pleasure. She listens to what I have to say, answers all questions, make recommendations based upon current health and test results.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/17/2024
Looking forward to results and next steps to help get better
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/17/2024
Dr Orbai was exceptionally thorough and made a point to be sure I understood everything. Her treatment plan going forward is understandable and acceptable.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/11/2024
I have seen for years and she has been a lot of help with my care
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/11/2024
She is getting better with punctuality.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/21/2024
The best
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/21/2024
Very excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/14/2024
Pleasant visit
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/14/2024
Dr orbai is an excellent provider
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/14/2024
Her concern , Expertise and Professionalism is what keeps me coming back to Baltimore for treatment. She's the best!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/13/2024
Very thorough exam
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/13/2024
Absolutely the best provider.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/6/2024
Very detailed in explanation of my disease and medications used for treatment.