What We Treat

Who is a Rheumatologist?

A rheumatologist is an internist who has sub-specialized in the treatment of musculoskeletal and auto-immune diseases. Diagnosis of auto-immune diseases often is challenging as there is no single test or study that can definitively diagnose these conditions. Rheumatologists act like detectives, putting together information from the patient and interpreting labs and images to discover the correct diagnosis.

These are some of the diseases and conditions that Comprehensive Rheumatology Center treat:

Auto-Immune Diseases:

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Behcet Syndrome
• Crohn’s/Ulcerative colitis- associated arthritis
• Dermatomyositis
• Lupus
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica
• Polymyositis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Raynaud’s syndrome

• Reactive arthritis (Reiter Syndrome)
• Relapsing polychondritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sarcoidosis
• Scleroderma
• Sjogren’s syndrome
• Still’s disease
• Temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis)
• Vasculitis

Musculoskeletal Diseases:

• Arthritis associated with infection
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Gout
• Joint hypermobility syndrome
• Marfan syndrome
• Neck and back pain
• Osteoarthritis
• Pseudogout

Tendonitis:

• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Golfer’s elbow
• Tennis elbow
• Trigger finger

Other:

• Dupuytren’s contracture
• Osteoporosis
• Paget’s disease
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)