Kernan Hospital
Special Programs
Rheumatology
The Rheumatology Division
offers the most advanced diagnosis and treatment of patients with arthritis
and other rheumatic diseases.
The division works closely with physical and occupational therapists, orthopaedic surgeons and the Center for Integrative Medicine to offer comprehensive patient management.
Patient Conditions
Among the conditions the division evaluates and treats include the following:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Spondyloarthropathies
- Vasculitis
- Polymyositis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Osteoporosis
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Osteoarthritis
- Crystal-induced arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
Comprehensive Evaluations
- Comprehensive rheumatologic evaluations
- Multidisciplinary evaluation
- Center for Integrative Medicine
Specialized Treatments
- State-of-the-art medical treatment
- Infusion facility for administration of intravenous medications
Research Activities
- Clinical trials for evaluation of promising new drug therapies for management of arthritis and SLE
- Basic laboratory investigations on the immunology of SLE, immunological abnormalities
in scleroderma and mechanisms of T-cell activation
- Factors associated with the development and progression of osteoarthritis
- Bone loss in older men and women
Services to Physicians
- Consultation on complicated cases
- Second opinions
- Special treatments or procedures
- Short-term and long-term management
For more information or to make an appointment, please call 410-448-6398 or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).
This page was last updated on: December 24, 2007.
