Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BLA, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, 2003
• MD, Graduated with Distinction, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2004

Training

• Pediatric Resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2004 - 2007
• Pediatric Chief Resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2007 - 2008
• Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine, 2008 - 2011
• Education Skills Training, WUSM, 2018 - 2019

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2007 - PresMO, State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
• 2008 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
• 2013 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology
• 2018 - PresRheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (RhMSUS) Certification; American College of Rheumatology
• 2019 - PresIL, Department of Financial and Professional Registration
• 2021 - PresAR, Arkansas State Medical Board

Honors and Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha member, 2003 - Pres
• March 2015 Lecturer of the Month, WUSM/SLCH Residency Didactics, 2015
• August 2015 Lecturer of the Month, WUSM/SLCH Residency Didactics, 2015

Recent Publications view all (21)

Publication Co-Authors

Megan A. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.

Phillip I. Tarr, M.D.

David A. Hunstad, M.D.

Andrew J. White, M.D.

Nuri B. Farber

Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, MD, MSCI

Anthony R. French, MD, PhD

Charles Samson, M.D.

Jane M. Garbutt, M.D.

Vikas Dharnidharka, M.D., M.P.H.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Kevin Baszis, M.D.

1. Orandi AB, Fotis L, Lai J, Morris H, White AJ, French AR, Baszis KW. Favorable outcomes with reduced steroid use in juvenile dermatomyositis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2021;19(1):127. PMCID:PMC8369654  PMID:34404425 
2. Maller J, Fox E, Park KT, Paul SS, Baszis K, Borocco C, Prahalad S, Quartier P, Reinhardt A, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Shipman-Duensing L, Terreri MT, Simard J, Lavi I, Chalom E, Hsu J, Zisman D, Mellins ED, CARRA Legacy Registry Investigators.. Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children With Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2021;48(4):567-574. PMCID:PMC7736056  PMID:32541073 
3. Saper VE, Chen G, Deutsch GH, Guillerman RP, Birgmeier J, Jagadeesh K, Canna S, Schulert G, Deterding R, Xu J, Leung AN, Bouzoubaa L, Abulaban K, Baszis K, Behrens EM, Birmingham J, Casey A, Cidon M, Cron RQ, De A, De Benedetti F, Ferguson I, Fishman MP, Goodman SI, Graham TB, Grom AA, Haines K, Hazen M, Henderson LA, Ho A, Ibarra M, Inman CJ, Jerath R, Khawaja K, Kingsbury DJ, Klein-Gitelman M, Lai K, Lapidus S, Lin C, Lin J, Liptzin DR, Milojevic D, Mombourquette J, Onel K, Ozen S, Perez M, Phillippi K, Prahalad S, Radhakrishna S, Reinhardt A, Riskalla M, Rosenwasser N, Roth J, Schneider R, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Shenoi S, Smith JA, Sönmez HE, Stoll ML, Towe C, Vargas SO, Vehe RK, Young LR, Yang J, Desai T, Balise R, Lu Y, Tian L, Bejerano G, Davis MM, Khatri P, Mellins ED, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Investigators.. Emergent high fatality lung disease in systemic juvenile arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019;78(12):1722-1731. PMID:31562126 
4. Orandi AB, Dharnidharka VR, Al-Hammadi N, Baszis KW, CARRA Legacy Registry Investigators.. Clinical phenotypes and biologic treatment use in juvenile dermatomyositis-associated calcinosis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2018;16(1):84. PMCID:PMC6311016  PMID:30594206 
5. Macias E, Nieman E, Yomogida K, Petrucci O, Javidan C, Baszis K, Anwar S. Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: a case report and literature review. BMC Pediatr. 2018;18(1):373. PMCID:PMC6263045  PMID:30486815 
6. Orandi AB, Baszis KW, Dharnidharka VR, Huber AM, Hoeltzel MF, CARRA Juvenile Myositis subgroup.. Assessment, classification and treatment of calcinosis as a complication of juvenile dermatomyositis: a survey of pediatric rheumatologists by the childhood arthritis and rheumatology research alliance (CARRA). Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2017;15(1):71. PMCID:PMC5609060  PMID:28934971 
7. Fotis L, Shaikh N, Baszis KW, Samson CM, Lev-Tzion R, French AR, Tarr PI. Serologic Evidence of Gut-driven Systemic Inflammation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2017. PMID:28916545 
8. Fotis L, Baszis KW, White AJ, French AR. Four Cases of Anti-PM/Scl Antibody-positive Juvenile Overlap Syndrome with Features of Myositis and Systemic Sclerosis. J Rheumatol. 2016;43(9):1768-9. PMID:27587018 
9. Fotis L, Tuttle PV 4th, Baszis KW, Pepmueller PH, Moore TL, White AJ. Azathioprine therapy for steroid-resistant Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a report of 6 cases. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2016;14(1):37. PMCID:PMC4918135  PMID:27333803 
10. Fotis L, Baszis KW, French AR, Cooper MA, White AJ. Mesenteric vasculitis in children with systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Rheumatol. 2015. doi:10.1007/s10067-015-2892-3  PMID:25687984 
11. Khanna G, Sargar K, Baszis KW. Pediatric vasculitis: recognizing multisystemic manifestations at body imaging. Radiographics. 2015;35(3):849-65. doi:10.1148/rg.2015140076  PMID:25969938 
12. Tarbox JA, Keppel MP, Topcagic N, Mackin C, Ben Abdallah M, Baszis KW, White AJ, French AR, Cooper MA. Elevated double negative T cells in pediatric autoimmunity. J Clin Immunol. 2014;34(5):594-9. doi:10.1007/s10875-014-0038-z  PMCID:PMC4047151  PMID:24760111 
13. Kitcharoensakkul M, Schulz CG, Kassel R, Khanna G, Liang S, Ngwube A, Baszis KW, Hunstad DA, White AJ. Scurvy revealed by difficulty walking: three cases in young children. J Clin Rheumatol. 2014;20(4):224-8. doi:10.1097/RHU.0000000000000101  PMID:24847751 
14. Vogel T, Kitcharoensakkul M, Fotis L, Baszis K. The heart and pediatric rheumatology. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2014;40(1):61-85. doi:10.1016/j.rdc.2013.10.008  PMID:24268010 
15. Mon T, L'ecuyer S, Farber NB, White AJ, Baszis KW, Hearn JK, Spiegel TE, French AR, Kitcharoensakkul M. The use of electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus and catatonia. Lupus. 2012;21(14):1575-81. doi:10.1177/0961203312464803  PMID:23161578 
16. Baszis KW, Singh G, White A, Thatayatikom A. Recurrent cardiac tamponade in a child with newly diagnosed systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2012;18(6):304-6. doi:10.1097/RHU.0b013e3182685857  PMID:22955481 
17. Uribe AG, Huber AM, Kim S, O'Neil KM, Wahezi DM, Abramson L, Baszis K, Benseler SM, Bowyer SL, Campillo S, Chira P, Hersh AO, Higgins GC, Eberhard A, Ede K, Imundo LF, Jung L, Kingsbury DJ, Klein-Gitelman M, Lawson EF, Li SC, Lovell DJ, Mason T, McCurdy D, Muscal E, Nassi L, Rabinovich E, Reiff A, Rosenkranz M, Schikler KN, Singer NG, Spalding S, Stevens AM, Cabral DA, ARegistry for Children with Vasculitis e-entry (ARChiVe) Network. Increased sensitivity of the European medicines agency algorithm for classification of childhood granulomatosis with polyangiitis. J Rheumatol. 2012;39(8):1687-97. doi:10.3899/jrheum.111352  PMID:22589257 
18. Li SC, Torok KS, Pope E, Dedeoglu F, Hong S, Jacobe HT, Rabinovich CE, Laxer RM, Higgins GC, Ferguson PJ, Lasky A, Baszis K, Becker M, Campillo S, Cartwright V, Cidon M, Inman CJ, Jerath R, O'Neil KM, Vora S, Zeft A, Wallace CA, Ilowite NT, Fuhlbrigge RC, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Localized Scleroderma Workgroup. Development of consensus treatment plans for juvenile localized scleroderma: a roadmap toward comparative effectiveness studies in juvenile localized scleroderma. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64(8):1175-85. doi:10.1002/acr.21687  PMID:22505322 
19. Morishita K, Li SC, Muscal E, Spalding S, Guzman J, Uribe A, Abramson L, Baszis K, Benseler S, Bowyer S, Campillo S, Chira P, Hersh AO, Higgins G, Eberhard A, Ede K, Imundo L, Jung L, Kim S, Kingsbury DJ, Klein-Gitelman M, Lawson EF, Lovell DJ, Mason T, McCurdy D, Nanda K, Nassi L, O'Neil KM, Rabinovich E, Ramsey SE, Reiff A, Rosenkranz M, Schikler K, Stevens A, Wahezi D, Cabral DA, ARChiVe Investigators Network. Assessing the performance of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score at diagnosis for children with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in A Registry for Childhood Vasculitis (ARChiVe). J Rheumatol. 2012;39(5):1088-94. doi:10.3899/jrheum.111030  PMID:22337238 
20. Baszis K, Toib D, Cooper M, French A, White A. Recurrent parotitis as a presentation of primary pediatric Sjögren syndrome. Pediatrics. 2012;129(1):e179-82. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-0716  PMID:22184654 
21. Baszis K, Garbutt J, Toib D, Mao J, King A, White A, French A. Clinical outcomes after withdrawal of anti-tumor necrosis factor α therapy in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a twelve-year experience. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(10):3163-8. doi:10.1002/art.30502  PMID:21702011