Tracey Wright, MD
Pediatric Rheumatologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Division Director at Children's Health
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Tracey Wright, M.D. is a pediatric rheumatologiat at and is the Division Director at Children's Health. Dr. Wright is an Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Wright earned her medical degree at MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine. She completed her residency and fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Wright has received the American College of Rheumatology Physician Scientist Development Award and a Research Supplement grant from the National Institute for Allergy, and Infectious Disease. Her area of research interest include pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in children.
She has been included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list in 2022.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Drexel University College of Medicine (2001)
- Internship
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2002), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2004), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2008), Pediatric Rheumatology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Rheumatology
Conditions
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Pediatric SLE
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Publications
- Mapping systemic lupus erythematosus heterogeneity at the single-cell level. Nehar-Belaid D, Hong S, Marches R, Chen G, Bolisetty M, Baisch J, Walters L, Punaro M, Rossi RJ, Chung CH, Huynh RP, Singh P, Flynn WF, Tabanor-Gayle JA, Kuchipudi N, Mejias A, Collet MA, Lucido AL, Palucka K, Robson P, Lakshminarayanan S, Ramilo O, Wright T, Pascual V, Banchereau JF, Nat. Immunol. 2020 Sep 21 9 1094-1106
- Distinct tissue injury patterns in juvenile dermatomyositis auto-antibody subgroups. Nguyen M, Do V, Yell PC, Jo C, Liu J, Burns DK, Wright T, Cai C, Acta Neuropathol Commun 2020 08 8 1 125
- Inflammatory myositis in systemic lupus erythematosus. Bitencourt N, Solow EB, Wright T, Bermas BL, Lupus 2020 Jun 29 7 776-781
- T cell population expanded in lupus blood provides B cell help through interleukin-10 and succinate. Caielli S, Veiga DT, Balasubramanian P, Athale S, Domic B, Murat E, Banchereau R, Xu Z, Chandra M, Chung CH, Walters L, Baisch J, Wright T, Punaro M, Nassi L, Stewart K, Fuller J, Ucar D, Ueno H, Zhou J, Banchereau J, Pascual V Nat. Med. 2019 Jan 25 1 75-81
- Pilot study comparing the childhood arthritis and rheumatology research alliance consensus treatment plans for induction therapy of juvenile proliferative lupus nephritis. Cooper JC, Rouster-Stevens K, Wright TB, Hsu JJ, Klein-Gitelman MS, Ardoin SP, Schanberg LE, Brunner HI, Eberhard BA, Wagner-Weiner L, Mehta J, Haines K, McCurdy DK, Phillips TA, Huang Z, von Scheven E Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2018 Oct 16 1 65
- Comparative Effectiveness of Tumor Necrosis Factor Agents and Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Therapy in Children with Enthesitis-related Arthritis: The First Year after Diagnosis. Weiss PF, Xiao R, Brandon TG, Pagnini I, Wright TB, Beukelman T, Morgan-DeWitt E, Feudtner C The Journal of rheumatology 2017 Sep
- Multicenter inception cohort of enthesitis-related arthritis: variation in disease characteristics and treatment approaches. Gmuca S, Xiao R, Brandon TG, Pagnini I, Wright TB, Beukelman T, Morgan EM, Weiss PF Arthritis research & therapy 2017 May 19 1 84
- Paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: insights from translational research. Wright TB, Punaro M Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 2017 Apr 56 suppl_1 i24-i31
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Professional Activities
- American College of Rheumatology (2005)
- Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (2007)
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist (2020-2022)
- Best Doctors in Dallas (2016, 2018), D Magazine
- Dean's Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) Program Capstone Recognition Award (2013), UT Southwestern
- Lupus Research Institute Master Class in Clinical Sciences (2012)
- Physician Scientist Development Award (2007), American College of Rheumatology
- Paula de Merieux Rheumatology Fellowship Award (2006), American College of Rheumatology
- MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine (2001), Alpha Omega Alpha
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