Brian Skaug, MD, PhD

Biography

Dr. Skaug did his medical and graduate training in the Medical Scientist Training Program at UT Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, receiving an MD/PhD dual degree in 2013. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at UT Southwestern from 2013-2016, followed by a Rheumatology fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) McGovern Medical School from 2016-2018. He joined the Rheumatology faculty at UTHealth Houston in 2018. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology and is a member of the American College of Rheumatology. He provides Rheumatology care and consultation at the UT Professional Building and Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center and at Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital within the Harris Health System. Dr. Skaug’s research is focused on identifying mechanisms that drive dysfunction of the immune system in the autoimmune disease scleroderma. His research is supported by an NIH/NIAMS Career Development Award and by the Rheumatology Research Foundation and has previously been supported by the Arthritis National Research Foundation and UTHealth Houston’s Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences.