Speaker Bio

Jawad Bilal, MD

Dr. Bilal completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 2017, where he also served as Chief Resident. He finished his fellowship training in Rheumatology from the University of Arizona. Later at University of Arizona, he served as Associate Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program (2020-2022) and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (2020-2022). Dr. Bilal is board-certified in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr Bilal’s achievements include: University of Arizona's Distinguished Research Award (2015 and 2016), Outstanding Trainee in Rheumatology Award (2017), Winner of the poster presentation competition at the National American College of Physicians Annual Meeting (2015), Honoree of the 22nd Annual Meeting (2017) of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). He has also been recognized as a Young Achiever at the American College of Physicians Annual Meeting (2015) and was selected as a fellow-in-training member of Scientific Advisory Council, ACR/Rheumatology Research Foundation during his fellowship (2019-2020).

He has served as principal investigator for several clinical research trials aimed primarily at expanding treatment options for rheumatic disease patients. He has published over 40 articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed medical journals. He is reviewer for multiple journals including Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, and Clinical Rheumatology.