Linda "L." Ray, MD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Peds-Rheumatology
Email:
lray@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-2944
Education
| University of TX Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Pediatric Rheumatology | 1992 |
| University of MS Medical Center, Pediatric Ambulatory Fellowship | 1987 |
| University of MS Medical Center, Pediatric Residency | 1985 |
| University of MS Medical Center, MD, Medical Degree | 1982 |
| Mississippi State University, BS, Basic Science | 1979 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Pediatric Rheumatology, ABP | 12/1994 - 12/1994 |
| Re-certification, ABP | 10/2015 - 10/2025 |
| Certification, International Society of Bone Densitometry, ISCD | |
| Certification, Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics | 1988 - Present |
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine | 07/2000 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Clinical Assistant Professor, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 09/1992 - 07/2000 |
| Instructor, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/1986 - 06/1990 |
| School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics |
Sponsored Program Funding
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Yeker RM, Pinal-Fernandez I Kishi T, Pak K, Targott IN, Miller FW, Rider LG, Mammen AL. Anti-NT5C1A autoantibodies are associated with more severe disease in patients with juvenile myositis. Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. 2018 May; 77(5) 714-9. | 2018 |
| Moorthy LN, Baldino ME, Kurra V, Puwar D, Llanos A, Peterson MG, Hassett AL, Lehman TJ, International SMILEY Collaborative Group Relationship between health-related quality of life, disease activity and disease damage in a prospective international multicenter cohort of childhood onset systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Lupus 2017 March; 26 (3) 255-265. | 2017 |
| Habers GE, Huber AM, Mamyrova G, Targoff IN, O'Hanlon TP, Adams S, Pandey JP, Boonacker C, vanBrussel M, Miller FW, van Royen-Kerkhof A, Rider LG; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Study Group Brief Report:Association of Myositis Autoantibodies, Clinical Features, and Environmental Exposures at Illness Onset with Disease Course in Juvenile Myositis Arthritis Rheumatology. 2016 March; 68 (3) 761-8 | 2016 |
| Ringold S, Hendrickson A, Abramson L, Beukelman T, Biler PR, Bohnsack J, Chalom EC, Gewanter HL, Goettliev B, Hollister R, Hsu J, Hudgins A, Ilowite NT, Klein-Gitelman M, Lindsley C, Loper Benitez JM, Lovell DJ, Mason T, Milojevic D, Moorthy LN, Nanda K, Onel K, Prahalad S, Rabinovich CE, Ray L, Rouster-Stevens K, Ruth N, Shishov M, Spalding S, Syed R, Stoll M, Vehe RK, Weiss JE, White AJ, Wallace CA, Sobel RE. Novel method to collect medications adverse events in juvenile arthritis: results from the childhood arthritis and rheumatology research alliance enhanced drug safety surveillance project. Arthritis Care Research (Hoboken). 2015 Apr; 67 (4) 529-37. | 2015 |
| Mamyrova Gm Katz JD, Jones RV, Targoff IN, Lachenbruch PA, Jones, OY, Miller FW, Rider LG; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group Clinical and laboratory features distinguishing juvenile polymyositis and muscular dystrophy. Arthritis Care and Research (Hoboken). 2013 Dec; 65(12); 1969-75 | 2013 |
| Thomas KS, Ray LI, Giles HW, Nowicki MJ Sternoclavicular joint arthritis are the initial presentation of Crohn's disease in and adolescent. Clinical Pediatrics (Philadelphia). 2013 August;52(8:767-9 | 2013 |
| Rider LG, Shah M, Mamyrova G, Huber AM, Rice MM, Targoff IN, Miller FW; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group. The myositis autoantibody phenotypes of the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Medicine (Baltimore). 2013 Jul; 92(4): 223-43. | 2013 |
| Shah M, Mamyrova G, Targoff IN, Huber AM, Malley JD, Rice MM, Miller FW, Rider LG; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group. The clinical phenotypes of the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Medicine (Baltimore). 2013 Jan; 92(1) 25-41. | 2013 |
| Rider LG, Wu L, Mamyrova IN, Targoff, Miller FW on behalf of the Childhood Myositis Heterogenecity Collaborative Study Group Environmental Factors Preceding Illness Onset Differ in Phenotypes of the Juvenile Idiopathic Myopathies Rheumatology (Oxford) 49:12, 2010 | 2010 |
| Mamyrova G, O'Hanlon TP, Sillers L, Malley K, James-Newton L, Parks CG, Cooper GD, Pandey JP, Miller FW, Rider LG; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group. Cytokine gene polymorphisms as risk and severity factors for juvenile dermatomyositis. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2008 Dec, 58(12); 3941-50. | 2008 |
| Bingham A, Mamyrova G, Rother KI, Oral E, Cochran E, Premkumar A, Kleiner D, James-Newton L, Targoff, IN, Pandey JP, Carrick DM, Sebring N, O'Hanlon TP, Ruiz-Hidalgo M, Turner M, Gordon LB, Laborda J, Bauer SR, Blackshear PJ, Imundo L, Miller FW, Rider LG; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Study Group. Predictors of acquired lipodystrophy in juvenile-onset dermatomyositis and a gradient of severity. Medicine (Baltimore) 2008 Mar; 87 (2); 70-86. | 2008 |
| Pachman L, Abbott K, Sincaore J, Amoruso L, Dyer A, Lipton R, Ilowite N, Hom C, Cawkwell G, White A, Rivas-Chacon R, Kimura Y, Ray L, Ramsey-Goleman R Duration of Illness is an Important Variable for Untreated Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis Journal of Pediatrics. 2006;148(2):247-253 | 2006 |
| Smith JC, Peck J, Ray L Aortoarteritis and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in an Adolescent Black Male American Journal of Otolaryngology.2004;25:5 | 2004 |
| Vedanarayanan V, Subramony S, Ray L, Evans OB Treatment of Childhood Dermatomyositis with High Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin Pediatric Neurology.1995; 13:4 | 1995 |
| Ray L Pauciarticular Juvenile Arthritis Healthy Baby.1994;7:5 | 1994 |
| Ray L Neonatal Lupus Healthy Baby.1993;6:3 | 1993 |
| Habers GEA, Huber AM, Mamyrova G, Targoff IN, O'Hanlon TP, Adams S, Pandey JP, Boonacker C, van Brussel M, Miller FW, van Royen-Kerkhof A, Rider LG for the Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Study Group Association of Myositis Autoantibodies, Clinical Features, and Environmental Exposures at Illness Onset with Disease Course in Juvenile Myositis Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2016 68:3 761-768 | |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Transitioning from Tween agers to Adults, James Cassidy Conference, Shreveport, LA | 06/2023 |
| Ophthalmology Grand Rounds, Uveitis, Ophthalmology Department | 10/2014 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, LeBonheur, Memphis, TN | 06/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Neonatal Outcome of Infants Born to Mothers with Systemic Lupus Erythematus, SSPR, New Orleans, LA | 02/1999 |
| Poster Presentation, Coagulation Profiles in Four Patients with CerebrovascularThrombosis, Park City Rheumatology Meeting, Park City | 1998 |
| Poster Presentation, Effect of Fluidotherapy and Active Range of Motion Exercises (AROM) on Wrist Range of Motion (ROM) in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), Park City Rheumatology Meeting, Park City | 1998 |
| Poster Presentation, Height and Weight Measurements in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Park City Rheumatology, Park City | 1998 |
| Poster Presentation, Neonatal Outcome of Infants Born to Mothers with Systemic Lupus Erythematus, Park City Rheumatology Meeting, Park City | 1998 |
| Poster Presentation, Anti-Jo1 Autoantibodies Define a Clinically Homogenous Subset of Childhood Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (IIM), American College of Rheumatology | 1995 |
| Case Management, HLA B27 Spondyloarthropathy |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Best Doctors In America | |
| Recognition by Pediatric Section American College of Rheumatology for Services Associated with Hurricane Katrina, Pediatric Section of American College of Rheumatology |
Professional Membership and Service
| Brookwood Rheumatology, Attendee, Meeting, Clinical Congress of Rheumatology | 2015 |
| CARRA, Attendee, Meeting, CARRA Annual Meeting | 2015 |
| American College of Rheumatology, Attendee, Meeting, Annual Meeting | 2014 |
| Brookwood Rheumatology, Attendee, Meeting, Clinical Conference of Rheumatology | 2014 |
| Pediatric Rheumatology, Attendee, Meeting, Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium | 2014 |
| Arthritis Foundation, Member | 1992 - Present |
| CARRA - Childhood and Arthritis Research Alliance, Member, Subsection of American College of Rheumatology | |
| Childhood Myositis Study Group, Member | |
| American College of Rheumatology, Member | |
| American Academy of Pediatrics, Member |
Committee Service
| James Cassidy Conference, Poster Review | 2022 - 2022 |
| Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Member | 2000 - Present |
| Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Member | 1992 - Present |
| Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group, Member | 1992 - Present |
| Quality Improvement, Member | 1992 - 1997 |
| American Heart Association, Affiliate Heart Faculty | 1988 - 1990 |
| Performance Improvement, Member | 1985 - 1990 |
Community Service
| Jambalaya Jubilee, Teaching Parents in small groups | 06/2018 - 06/2018 |
| Jambalaya Jubilee, Key Note Speaker and Small Group Lecturer | 06/2017 - 06/2017 |
| Jambalaya Jubilee, Small Group Lecturer | 06/2016 - 06/2016 |
| Presentation at Children's Museum, Provided poster, materials on bone health, and activities for Children | 01/2016 - 01/2016 |
| Jambalaya Jubilee, Small Group Discussions with Parents | 06/2015 - 06/2015 |
| KAMP Kiwanis, Support for Families - yearly program | 06/2002 - 06/2011 |
| Camp MASH, Teaching for parents | 06/2001 - 06/2001 |
| Jambalaya Jubilee Rheumatology Retreat, Teaching Faculty for Parents | 06/1996 - 06/2011 |
| Lupus Foundation, Lecturer for Family Support | 09/1992 - Present |
| Arthritis Foundation, Family Fun Days - talks on JIA | 07/1992 - Present |
| American Heart Association, Celebrity Waiter | 02/1988 - 02/1998 |
Other Service
| PRINTO, Project to look at disease activity in JIA patients | 03/2023 - Present |
| Amgen (Enbrel), Speaker Bureau | 07/2002 - 07/2008 |
| Provided Data on Referral Patterns for Oligoarticular JIA | 07/1999 - 2000 |
| Consultant, Regional Consultants' Meeing on the Management of Arthritis and Pain | 12/1998 - 12/1998 |
| Base Pairs, Two Students Working on Neonatal Lupus Project | 07/1993 - 08/1994 |
| Pediatric Rheumatology Registry, Contributor | 02/1992 - 1996 |
Teaching Experience
| Nursing, Lecture, Lecturer, SLE | Spring 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer | Annual 1992 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator | Annual 1992 |
| Medicine, Course, Course Director, Pediatric Rheumatology | Annual 1992 |
Directed Student Learning
| M-3 Students | 2018 - Present |
| M-3 Students | 1992 - Present |
Fellows supervised
| Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow, Training Faculty, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2022 - 06/2025 |
| Pediatric Rheumatology, Attending Physician, 10 fellows supervised | 09/1992 - Present |
Residency Training
| Pediatric Rheumatology, Attending Physician | 1992 - Present |