Peter Nigrovic | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Peter Nigrovic | Education
Undergraduate School
Amherst College
1989, Amherst, MA
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital
1996, Boston, MA
Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
1999, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Brigham & Women's Hospital
2004, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
2006, Boston, MA
Peter Nigrovic | Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Adult Rheumatology)
- American Board of Pediatrics (Rheumatology)
Peter Nigrovic | Professional History
Dr. Nigrovic graduated from Amherst College in philosophy and obtained his medical doctorate at Harvard Medical School. He trained in pediatrics and internal medicine at the Harvard Combined Med/Peds Program before completing fellowship in pediatric and adult rheumatology at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, joining the staff of both hospitals in 2004. In 2021 he became Chief of the Division of Immunology at Boston Children’s Hospital. He also directs the Brigham’s Center for Adults with Pediatric Rheumatic Illness (CAPRI), specializing in the long-term care of individuals with childhood-onset rheumatic disease. In his academic work, he directs the Nigrovic laboratory, a basic and translational research group focused on mechanisms of inflammation in arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. He is Professor of Pediatrics and holds the Prince Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud Chair in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.