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Winn Chatham, MD, is a professor and the division chief of clinical immunology and rheumatology at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Department of Internal Medicine.

Prior to joining the school of medicine, Dr. Chatham was in medical practice for 37 years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine, where he also served as the clinical director for the division of clinical immunology and rheumatology at UAB.

Dr. Chatham holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University and a medical doctorate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. After medical school, Dr. Chatham completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then served for three years in the National Health Service Corp. He then relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, where he completed a fellowship in clinical immunology and rheumatology at UAB Heersink School of Medicine, subsequently joining the faculty there.

Dr. Chatham has maintained memberships in the American College of Physicians (ACP) with election to the ACP Fellowship in 2006, the Society of Leukocyte Biology, the American Society of Subspecialty Professors, as well as the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), where he has received the ACR Clinician Scholar Award, the ACR Clinician Scholar-Educator Award, and ACR Master of Rheumatology designation in 2021.

For the past 25 years, Dr. Chatham has directed the Lupus Clinic at UAB, integrating clinical care with evolving lupus therapeutics and collaborative studies focused on the genetics, immuno-pathogenesis, and clinical outcomes in lupus. In addition to his expertise in the management of lupus, Dr. Chatham has developed clinical interests in autoimmunity associated with immune deficiencies and the genetic basis and management of macrophage activation syndromes occurring in the setting of rheumatic and infectious disorders.

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