Education

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - MD
  • University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio - Residency in Internal Medicine
  • Cleveland Clinic - Fellowship in Rheumatology

Professional Activities

Dr. Tiffany Lin is a faculty member in the Division of Rheumatology within the Department of Medicine. As a clinical rheumatologist practicing in both inpatient and ambulatory settings, Dr. Lin treats patients with a variety of rheumatological diseases and disorders. As a medical educator, Dr. Lin serves as Vice Chair for Education for the Department of Medicine, serves as attending physician for residents and fellows and clinical preceptor for medical students, serves as block leader for the Invaders and Defense component of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health MD curriculum, and teaches additional topics in Rheumatology in the MD curriculum, as well as the Physician Assistant (PA) program and the nursing practitioner (NP) program. She was also the former Program Director of the UW-Madison Rheumatology Fellowship Program for nearly a decade. Nationally, she has contributed to multiple American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN) education committees, developing and overseeing innovative rheumatology curricula, and regularly serves as a grant reviewer for academic, foundation, and industry-sponsored education initiatives.

Dr. Lin is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Rheumatology, and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine’s Association of Specialty Professors. While Dr. Lin was a medical student she received the Eliot A. Goldings Academic Award in Rheumatology, and during her fellowship training she received the Aadel Askari Memorial Award from the Cleveland Society of Rheumatology. As faculty, she has been the recipient of the UWSMPH Dean's Teaching Award. 

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Lin’s clinical interests include rheumatology and arthritis, auto-immune disorders, and lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus).