What Sets Our Program Apart
Rheumatology Fellows Have Opportunities To:
- Make tremendous improvement in our community’s rheumatologic care
- Care for patients of varied backgrounds with a variety of rheumatologic diseases
- Learn the most up to date pathophysiology treatments for rheumatologic diseases
Conditions We Treat:
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Gout/Pseudogout
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Inflammatory myopathy (polymyositis and dermatomyositis)
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Osteoarthritis
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Osteopenia/osteoporosis
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Scleroderma
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Sjogren’s syndrome
- Spondyloarthropathies (Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn’s Disease-associated Arthritis, Ulcerative Colitis-associated Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Reactive Arthritis)
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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Vasculitis
While chronic pain syndromes and genetic connective tissue disorders such as fibromyalgia and Ehler-Danlos syndrome are neither immunologic nor autoimmune, we evaluate these patients for underlying medical conditions which could contribute to their symptoms and provide treatment recommendations to their primary care providers.
We collaborate with many other specialties to optimize the care of non-rheumatologic patients by providing expertise with immunomodulators and immunosuppressants. These include but are not limited to ophthalmologists treating patients with inflammatory eye disease (including sarcoidosis), otolaryngologists with patients with autoimmune hearing loss, pulmonary providers with patients with interstitial lung disease and cardiologists caring for patients with pericarditis.
Because many of our patients have rheumatologic diseases which affect multiple organ systems, we partner with other specialists to optimize the care of our patients in a multidisciplinary fashion.
Where You'll Train
Primary Clinical Sites
- Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
- Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
- Community Private Practices
