Iazsmin Bauer Ventura, MD
Iazsmin Bauer Ventura, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Specialties
- Rheumatology
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
Iazsmin Bauer Ventura, MD, MSc, is a board-certified rheumatologist with a primary focus on inflammatory myopathies, autoimmune lung and skin diseases and vasculitidies, as well as providing comprehensive general rheumatology care.
As part of UChicago Medicine’s multidisciplinary interstitial lung disease team, Dr. Bauer Ventura works with other specialty experts to diagnose, treat and manage interstitial lung diseases.
Dr. Bauer Ventura is an expert in inflammatory myopathies (also called myositis), including dermatomyositis, antisynthetase syndrome, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies, inclusion body myositis, overlap myositis syndromes and polymyositis. She is the director of the Myositis Program at UChicago Medicine and a collaborator in numerous projects with well-recognized international leaders in the field.
In addition to her devotion to her clinical practice, Dr. Bauer Ventura serves in several international research groups that aim to advance knowledge in the fields of interstitial lung diseases and myositis. She is also a dedicated clinical educator, teaching and advising medical students, residents and fellows, providing guidance as they move through their medical career.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Polymyositis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disorders
- Dermatomyositis
- Systemic Lupus
- Sjogren's Syndrome
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Rheumatology
Practicing Since
- 2013
Languages Spoken
- English
- Portuguese
Medical Education
- University of Brasilia Faculty of Medicine
Residency
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American College of Rheumatology
- American Thoracic Society
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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