Rheumatology Subspecialty Clinics (PGY5)

Ankylosing Spondylitis and Spondyloarthropathy Clinic: 4 months 
This is one of the largest AS clinics in the US with about 500 AS-related visits per year. The clinic takes place one afternoon a week with Dr. John Reveille, a world-renowned expert in the field of spondylarthritis and SLE. Many of the patients in this clinic participate in longitudinal cohort studies of ankylosing spondylitis and are involved in clinical trials.

Scleroderma Clinic: 4 months
This is one of the largest scleroderma clinics in the US with over 600 scleroderma-related visits per year. The clinic takes place two afternoons a week with Dr. Maureen Mayes and Dr. Shervin Assassi, both experts and pioneers in scleroderma research and practice. Through this clinic and the department’s scleroderma research, we have one of the largest scleroderma skin, DNA, and serum repositories in the world.

Pediatric Rheumatology: 2 months
This clinic takes place one morning a week with Dr. Ankur Kamdar, a pediatric rheumatologist.

Dermatology: 1 month
This clinic takes place one morning a week with two of our UT Dermatologists who have a special interest in dermatology-rheumatology patients.

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic: 12 months:
This clinic takes place one full day a week at UT Physicians with Dr. Filemon Tan. The clinic provides diagnostic and procedural services for the UT Rheumatology practice as well as other UT Physicians and community clinics. Fellows learn how to perform and interpret protocol-based diagnostic scans and perform US-guided procedures, supervised by attending rheumatologists certified in MSK ultrasound by ARDMS and the ACR. Fellows can become USSONAR or APCA certified during their second year.