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Locations

Medical Office

1600 7th Ave. S.,
Park Place Suite 210
Birmingham , AL 35233

About Me

Education

Residency:
Stanford Children’s Hospital , Pediatrics

Medical School:
UCLA

Medical School:
University of Chicago , PhD

Fellowship:
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA , Fellow in Pediatric Rheumatology

Fellowship:
Stanford University Medical Center , Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

Internship:
Stanford Children’s Hospital

Board Certifications

Pediatric Rheumatology, American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatric Rheumatology

Special Interests

Dr. Randy Cron is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Arthritis Foundation, Alabama chapter endowed chair in Pediatric Rheumatology. He is the Director of the division of Pediatric Rheumatology and the Pediatric Rheumatology fellowship program at Children's of Alabama. Cron received his medical degree from UCLA and a doctorate in Immunology from the University of Chicago, with Pediatric residency training at Stanford Children’s Hospital in California and Pediatric Rheumatology fellowship training at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. Cron is board-certified in Pediatric Rheumatology. He is the past president of the Alabama Society for Rheumatic Diseases and a member of American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Pediatric Research, American Association of Immunologists, American College of Rheumatology and numerous other professional organizations. His major research interests include: dysregulation of CD154 in systemic lupus erythematosus; CD4 T cell host factor regulation of HIV-1 LTR transcriptional activity and latency; genetic mutations leading to defective lymphocyte cytolytic activity; diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint arthritis in childhood arthritides, and the diagnosis and treatment of macrophage activation syndrome.

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Special Interests

Dr. Randy Cron is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Arthritis Foundation, Alabama chapter endowed chair in Pediatric Rheumatology. He is the Director of the division of Pediatric Rheumatology and the Pediatric Rheumatology fellowship program at Children's of Alabama. Cron received his medical degree from UCLA and a doctorate in Immunology from the University of Chicago, with Pediatric residency training at Stanford Children’s Hospital in California and Pediatric Rheumatology fellowship training at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. Cron is board-certified in Pediatric Rheumatology. He is the past president of the Alabama Society for Rheumatic Diseases and a member of American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Pediatric Research, American Association of Immunologists, American College of Rheumatology and numerous other professional organizations. His major research interests include: dysregulation of CD154 in systemic lupus erythematosus; CD4 T cell host factor regulation of HIV-1 LTR transcriptional activity and latency; genetic mutations leading to defective lymphocyte cytolytic activity; diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint arthritis in childhood arthritides, and the diagnosis and treatment of macrophage activation syndrome.