About Ana Belen Arevalo Molina, MD

Dr. Belen Arevalo is a board-certified rheumatologist. She received her medical degree from the University of Azuay Medical School in Ecuador and completed her medicine residency at Mount Sinai Morningside/West in New York where she served as chief resident for an additional year. She completed her rheumatology fellowship at The University of Chicago and following her fellowship she joined the Rheumatology Department at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to seeing patients with general rheumatologic conditions, Dr. Arevalo's clinical interest includes vasculitis, which stems from significant exposure to patients with various vasculitides and having been involved in research projects studying the cardiovascular risk in different rheumatic conditions, including vasculitis. She is part of the Vasculitis Program at MGH. 

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Medical Education

  • MD, Universidad del Azuay
  • Residency, Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Health System
  • Fellowship, University of Chicago Medical Center

American Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine

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Publications

  • Luo Y, Fan X, Jian C, Arevalo A, Salgado M. ?Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with increased in-hospital mortality in asthma exacerbations: a nationwide study?. Clinical Rheumatology. 2018 April: 37(7): 1971-1976. PMID: 29671191.

    Luo Y, Jiang C, Arevalo A, Murray S, Anez G, Salgado M, Xu J. ?Thirty-Day Hospital Readmissions for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis?. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2019 April. PMID: 31022055.

    Arevalo A, Zala H, Shah P, Majmundar M, Ramirez A.?Racial differences in Cardiovascular and Infections Morbidity among patients with Giant Cell Arteritis?. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2022 June; 81:700-701. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.4174/. Abstract presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark on June 2022.

    Arevalo A, Shah P, Zala H, Haddadin F, Majmundar M, Ramirez A. ?Cardiovascular Burden in Patients with ANCA-Associated and Non-ANCA Associated Vasculitis?. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 November; 74 (suppl 9). DOI: https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/cardiovascular-burden-in-patients-with-anca-associated-and-non-anca-associated-vasculitis/. Abstract presented at the American College of Rheumatology Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States on November 2022.

    Shah P*, Arevalo A*, Alaameri R, Basida B, Nagadia U, Basida S, Majmundar M. ?Clinical Profile and Trend of Vasculitis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome ? Insight from National Database 2010 to 2019?. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 November; 74 (suppl 9). DOI: https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/clinical-profile-and-trend-of-vasculitis-in-patients-with-acute-coronary-syndrome-insight-from-national-database-2010-to-2019/. Abstract presented at the American College of Rheumatology Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States on November 2022.

    Arevalo A, Zala H, Ramirez A, Ko K. ?Comparison of the Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Vasculitis and Diabetes Mellitus?. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 November; 75 (suppl 9). DOI: https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/comparison-of-the-cardiovascular-risk-in-patients-with-vasculitis-and-diabetes-mellitus. Abstract presented at the American College of Rheumatology Conference, San Diego, CA, United States on November 2023.

    Carpio Tumba M, Lomanto Silva R, Arevalo A, Sattui S. ?Current perspective on infections and mitigation strategies in primary systemic vasculitis?. Current Rheumatology Reports. 2024 April. DOI: 10.1007/s11926-024-01149-6.

    Tawakol A, Weber BN, Osborne MT, Matza MA, Baliyan V, Arevalo A, Lau HC, Heidari P, Bucerius J, Wallace ZS, Hedgire S, Unizony S. Current and Emerging Approaches to Imaging Large Vessel Vasculitis. Circulation. 2024 November. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.015982.

    Matza MA, Arevalo A, Unizony S. Imaging Challenges and Developments in Large-vessel Vasculitis. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 2024 November. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdc.2024.07.003.

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