Dr Geraldino-Pardilla is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Lupus Clinic at Columbia University, New York City, NY. She received her MD from INTEC University in the Dominican Republic where she graduated summa cum laude; completed her internal medicine residency at SUNY Upstate University, and a rheumatology fellowship at Columbia University. In addition, she completed training in musculoskeletal ultrasonography with the Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists (USSONAR) as well as in the performance of synovial tissue biopsies under ultrasound guidance.

Her areas of clinical and research interest include cardiovascular disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).