About Us

Dr. Hauptman has been in private practice since 1987. He attended St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed his Internship and Residency at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He continued his training with a Fellowship in Rheumatology, Immunology and Connective Tissue Disease at the Medical College of Virginia. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. Dr. Hauptman serves as the Head of the Division of Rheumatology at Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Franklin Square Hospital Center. He serves as part-time faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology.

Dr. Bansari Gujar joined Rheumatology Associates in 2014. She earned her medical degree from the University of Mumbai’s Terna Medical College in 2000, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois/Christ Hospital and Medical Center in 2005. After serving on the faculty at the University of Michigan in the Division of General Internal Medicine, she completed her fellowship in Rheumatology at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

Board certified in both Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Dr. Gujar is interested in all aspects of Rheumatology, with a special emphasis on integrative approaches that help patients with chronic autoimmune diseases thrive. She is passionate about caring for the whole person and empowering each patient to live well through personalized, evidence-based care. Her approach is guided by the belief that healing extends beyond physical symptoms, emphasizing connection, lifestyle, and overall wellness in every patient relationship.

Dr. Serafi joined Rheumatology Associates in August 2017 after completing his Rheumatology Fellowship at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital here in Baltimore. He looks forward to establishing himself as a provider in the Baltimore community and is interested in all aspects of Rheumatology. Dr. Serafi is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

Dr. Rehman joined Rheumatology Associates in September 2012 after completing her Rheumatology Fellowship at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency through Johns Hopkins University at Sinai Hospital here in Baltimore where she also served as a Hospitalist. Dr. Rehman is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Rheumatology.

Dr. Auerbach joined Rheumatology Associates of Baltimore in August 2024 after completing her Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. She completed her Internal medicine Residency in 2022, also at the University of Maryland. Dr. Auerbach is interested in all aspects of Rheumatology and is enthusiastic about establishing her clinical practice in Baltimore County, returning to the area where she grew up.

Dr. Patel joined Rheumatology Associates in December 2021 after being an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Department of Rheumatology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems for several years. She served on the faculty as an academic teacher and mentored trainees at all levels. She completed her Rheumatology training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, specializing in vasculitis. . Dr. Patel is dedicated to her special interest in vasculitis.

Dr. Vodusek joined Rheumatology Associates in September 2025 after completing his fellowship in Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University Division of Rheumatology. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in 2023. He is interested in all aspects of Rheumatology and looks forward to continuing to care for patients in the Baltimore community.

Ms. Lentz graduated from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1984 with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. She worked five years at University of Maryland and for ten years at the world renowned Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening. In 2000 she graduated with her Masters degree from University of Maryland School of Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She worked for eight years in general orthopedics and then in general internal medicine before joining Rheumatology Associates in January 2012.

Kathy is a board certified nurse practitioner with additional certification in orthopedics. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1978 obtaining a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and in 1983 obtained a Masters degree in Nursing. She worked for 20 years at Mercy Medical Center. In 1995 she competed post graduate studies in the nurse practitioner program at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She then worked as a nurse practitioner in the ED at St. Joseph’s Medical Center and later in a private internal medicine practice in Towson, Md. Over the last 25 years she has worked at Towson Orthopaedic Associates as a nurse practitioner caring for spinal issues as well as general orthopedics. While at Towson Orthopaedic Associates she co-founded the Bone Health Center and has treated patients with osteoporosis for the last 15 years.