Katherine Marzan, MD

Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Bram Bernstein, MD, Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

A Board-certified pediatric rheumatologist, Dr. Marzan joined CHLA in 2003 as an attending physician and for more than 15 years has served as Program Director of CHLA’s Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program. She is an active clinical researcher with major areas of interest including autoimmune diseases in children, treatment of juvenile arthritis, pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibodies. Dr. Marzan has authored and contributed to more than 100 research publications, book chapters, abstracts, presentations and poster sessions. She also is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Rheumatology and is highly involved in local and national organizations dedicated to advancing care and research for arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.

Dr. Marzan earned her medical degree and a bachelor’s in basic medical science from the University of the Philippines in Manila. She completed both her pediatric internship and residency at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and her fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

As Division Chief, Dr. Marzan oversees clinical care delivery and quality; budget and financial performance; strategic planning; recruitment and program development, all while ensuring the integration of training and research programs with clinical services throughout the hospital. As a member of the Department of Pediatrics Leadership team, she also leads the Division’s support of departmental goals in research, education and faculty recruitment and development.

Clinical Interests

Rheumatic Diseases in Childhood (Arthritis, SLE, Dermatomyositis, Vasculitis etc); Education of Physicians and Families

Education

Medical School

University of the Philippines

Internship

Penn State Hershey Medical Center; Pediatrics

Residency

Penn State Hershey Medical Center; Pediatrics

Fellowship

Baylor College of Medicine; Pediatric Rheumatology

Accomplishments

Certifications

Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Rheumatology- American Board of Pediatrics

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics;American College of Rheumatology; Southern California Rheumatology Society

Areas of Focus

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Dermatomyositis, Vasculitis and other autoimmune conditions

Publications

Marzan K, Barron T. MRI Abnormalities in Behr Syndrome. Pediatric Neurology 10:247-248, 1994

Murray JC, Beaman KD, Marzan, KAB, Mahoney DH Jr, Myones BL. Detection of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Children with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. International Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

3: 83-87, 1996

Antonov I, Fedorova L, Marzan K, Beaman K, Roubey R, Peterson L, Myones B. Monoclonal antibodies to to �2-glycoprotein I and antibodies from antiphospholipid positive sera bind complexes of factor H and phospholipids. Arthritis Rheum 39:S93 1996

Yang L-Y, Antonov I, Marzan K, Fedorova L, Myones B. Exploration of the variation in �2-glycoprotein I isolated from different donors: Effects of ELISA determination of antiphospholipid antibodies. Arthritis Rheum 41:S166 1998

Myones B, Marzan K, Moulds J. Anti-Phospholipid antibodies are associated with both C4A and C4B null alleles in patients with immune thrombocytopenic

Research

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Biologic Agents and other new therapies in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases
Pediatric SLE
Outcomes in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases
Education of Physicians, patients and families