Adult Rheumatology

What is a Rheumatologist?

Rheumatologists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic symptoms or a previous diagnosis of rheumatic disease. Specialist physicians will work with the patient’s primary medical team to provide ongoing management of acute and chronic diseases.

Patients with the following medical conditions would benefit from seeing a Rheumatologist:

Rheumatoid arthritis
Connective tissue disease
Spondyloathropathies
Poorly controlled gout
Patient on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
Osteoarthritis/Psoriatic Arthritis
Soft tissue pain syndromes
Lupus