2019 Walk to Cure Arthritis Honorees

 

Dr. Bella Fradlis
Rheumatologist
Medical Honoree  


Prior to joining Orange Regional Medical Group, Dr. Bella Fradlis was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein School of Medicine and an Attending Physician at Montefiore Medical Center. She served as the rheumatology liaison for the Hidradenitis Suppurativa clinic at Montefiore. She works with patients that have a variety of diseases including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, myositis, gout, vasculitis, psoriatic arthritis as well as osteoarthritis.

Dr. Fradlis received her medical training at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. She then completed an internship year at Long Island Jewish Hospital and went on to her internal medicine residency training at Columbia University Medical Center – New York Presbyterian Hospital. After working for one year as an Attending Physician and Instructor of Clinical Medicine for the Hospitalist Division at Columbia, she went on to complete a clinical rheumatology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. She is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and is fluent in Russian and English.


Adam Kellman
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Youth Honoree  


Adam was diagnosed at the age of 9 and has arthritis in his knees. He is currently on medicine that is given to lupus patients. He continues to see Dr. Hom in Westchester on a regular basis (3-4 months). Adam swims in a swim club year round as well as on varsity swim in the fall. He works out with a trainer twice a week to work on strength and mobility. He is a freshman and plays the tuba in band. He can also play the guitar and piano. He loves sports and watches basketball and football in his spare time. He has done a lot to raise money in past years and has raised over $20,000.