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Sabrina A. Gmuca, MD MSCE

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Rheumatology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Center for Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases
2716 South Street, 11-121
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3260
Fax: 215-590-4750
Education
BS (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
University of Rochester, 2007.
MD
State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, 2011.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2018.
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Selected Publications

Sellars S, Leonard J, Butler N, McGill M, Green S, Miller V, Tomescu O, Sanders R, Gmuca S. : Exploring Menstrual Dysfunction in Adolescents with Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Review. World Congress Pediatric Gynecology (WCPAG) April 2026.

Gmuca et al. : Selection of Core Measures in Development of a Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance based Pediatric Pain Registry for Management of Amplified Pain Syndrome. Pediatric Research Symposium, Minneapolis, MN March 2026.

Gmuca S, Butler N, Leonard J, Tomlinson AZ, Xiao R, McGill M, Cronholm PF, Young JF, Palermo TM, Rosenberg AR, Weiss PF. : Baseline Characteristics of Adolescents with Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Resilience Coaching. US Association for the Study of Pain, Philadelphia, PA March 2026.

Sellars S, Leonard J, Butler N, McGill M, Green S, Miller V, Tomescu O, Sanders R, Gmuca S. : Exploring Menstrual Dysfunction in Adolescents with Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Review. Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Seattle, WA March 2026.

Chern I, Butler N, McGill M, Xiao R, Cronholm PF, Young JF, Palermo TM, Weiss PF, Rosenberg AR, Gmuca S.: Examining Hope in Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Children 13(4): 457, March 2026.

Abel D, Butler N, Chatterjee A, Tavlin S, Kellom K, Chang JC, Gmuca S. : A Qualitative Exploration of Adherence to Methotrexate in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. J Pediatr. Jan 2026.

Sellars S, Leonard J, Butler N, McGill M, Green S, Miller V, Tomescu O, Sanders R, Gmuca S. : Exploring Menstrual Dysfunction in Adolescents with Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Review. World Congress Pediatric Gynecology (WCPAG) 2026 Annual Meeting 2026.

Wells R, McGill M, Gmuca S, Mani A, Sherry DD. : Acute Pain in Children with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Prospective Controlled Study of Intensive Interdisciplinary Treatment. Children 12(10): 1357, Oct 2025.

Shocken DM, Connelly MA, Gmuca S, et al. : Preliminary Findings in the Validation of the Modified Pain and Symptom Assessment Tool in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome. American College of Rheumatology Convergence, Chicago IL Oct 2025.

Gmuca S, Leonard J, Tomlinson AZ, McGill M, Butler N, Xiao R, Cronholm PR, Palermo TM, Young JF, Rosenberg AR, and Weiss PF. : Identifying Psychosocial Profiles in Youth with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A K-Means Clustering Analysis of Resilience Subgroups. poster presented at American College of Rheumatology Convergence, Chicago IL. October 2025.

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