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Brittany Bettendorf, MD, MFA

Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Immunology

Introduction

Brittany Bettendorf is a Clinical Associate Professor in Rheumatology. She completed her Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency as well as her Rheumatology fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin. She joined the faculty at University of Iowa in 2017. She sees patients with a wide range of rheumatologic diseases. She runs a specialty clinic helping to transition young adult patients with pediatric rheumatologic conditions into adult rheumatology and also has another specialty clinic caring for pregnant patients with rheumatologic conditions. She also has an interest in medical humanities and medical education of students, residents, and fellows. She values partnership with her patients and shared decision-making for the best possible patient-centered outcomes.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Immunology

Education

  • MFA in Nonfiction Writing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Fellow in Adult Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Resident in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Graduate Program Affiliations

Licenses & Certifications

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

Selected Publications

  • Klug P, Claussen AD, Bettendorf B. (2024) Clinical Images: Crowned mandible: A case of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease involving the temporomandibular joint. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2024 Aug 8. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11731. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39114925
  • Bettendorf BA. Listening Lessons. JAMA. 2023 Mar 21;329(11):883. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.0521. PMID: 36862428.
  • Fleming EA, Bettendorf BA. Gaudeamus Igitur at 40-A Tribute and Assessment. JAMA. 2023 Jun 27;329(24):2111-2113. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.9330. PMID: 37294564
  • Sammaritano, L. R., Bermas, B. L., Chakravarty, E. E., Chambers, C., Clowse, M. E., Lockshin, M. D., Marder, W., Guyatt, G., Branch, D. W., Buyon, J., Christopher-Stine, L., Crow-Hercher, R., Cush, J., Druzin, M., Kavanaugh, A., Laskin, C. A., Plante, L., Salmon, J., Simard, J., Somers, E. C., Steen, V., Tedeschi, S. K., Vinet, E., White, C. W., Yazdany, J., Barbhaiya, M., Bettendorf, B., Eudy, A., Jayatilleke, A., Shah, A. A., Sullivan, N., Tarter, L. L., Birru Talabi, M., Turgunbaev, M., Turner, A. & D'Anci, K. E. (2020). 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Arthritis Care and Research 72 (4) 461-488. DOI: 10.1002/acr.24130.
  • Sammaritano, L. R., Bermas, B. L., Chakravarty, E. E., Chambers, C., Clowse, M. E., Lockshin, M. D., Marder, W., Guyatt, G., Branch, D. W., Buyon, J., Christopher-Stine, L., Crow-Hercher, R., Cush, J., Druzin, M., Kavanaugh, A., Laskin, C. A., Plante, L., Salmon, J., Simard, J., Somers, E. C., Steen, V., Tedeschi, S. K., Vinet, E., White, C. W., Yazdany, J., Barbhaiya, M., Bettendorf, B., Eudy, A., Jayatilleke, A., Shah, A. A., Sullivan, N., Tarter, L. L., Birru Talabi, M., Turgunbaev, M., Turner, A. & D'Anci, K. E. (2020). 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Arthritis and Rheumatology 72 (4) 529-556. DOI: 10.1002/art.41191.
  • Peterson, E. A., Lynton, J., Bernard, A., Santillan, M. K. & Bettendorf, B. (2020). Rheumatologic Medication Use During Pregnancy. Obstetrics and gynecology 135 (5) 1161-1176. PMID: 32282595.
  • Wattiaux, A., Bettendorf, B., Block, L., Gilmore-Bykovskyi, A. L., Ramly, E., Piper, M., Rosenthal, A., Sadusky, J., Cox, E., Chewning, B. & Bartels, C. M. Patient Perspectives on Smoking Cessation and Interventions in Rheumatology Clinics. Arthritis Care Res. 2020 Mar; 72(3):369-377. PMCID: PMC6697238
  • Bettendorf, B., Quinn-Leering, K., Toth, H. & Tews, M. Teaching When Time is Limited: A Resident and Fellow as Educator Video Module. Med Sci Educ 2019 May 10;29(3):631-635. PMCID: PMC8368690
  • Xu J, Bettendorf B, D'Oria M, Sharafuddin MJ. Multidisciplinary diagnosis and management of inflammatory aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Jul;78(1):231-242.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.12.024. Epub 2022 Dec 22. PMID: 36565773
  • Cafun RG, Merrill A, Bhagavathi SM, Summers KM, Bettendorf BA, Van Voorhis BJ. The low prevalence and high cost of routine antiphospholipid antibody testing in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss. Fertil Steril. 2023 Jun;119(6):1078-1080. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.03.026. Epub 2023 Mar 25. PMID: 36972747