The ACR and ARHP have prepared information for patients about 30 rheumatic diseases and 12 rheumatic conditions, about the rheumatology health professional team members who treat patients with arthritis, and about several common medications used to treat rheumatic diseases.
Disease-Specific Information
Listed below are some of the more common diseases and conditions treated by rheumatology health care professionals. Use this information as a starting point in your research about rheumatic diseases.
Disease or Condition |
Date Updated |
Author(s) |
Language |
|---|---|---|---|
2013-03 |
Pier Luigi Meroni, MD |
English | |
2013-03 |
Pier Luigi Meroni, MD |
Español | |
2012-09 |
Joseph J. Biundo, MD and Perry J. Rush, MD |
English | |
2013-03 |
Phil Hashkes, MD, MSc |
English | |
2012-07 |
Ann Reed, MD |
English | |
2013-03 |
Phil Hashkes, MD, MSc |
English | |
2013-02 |
Leslie Crofford, MD |
English | |
2012-08 |
William Docken, MD |
English | |
2012-08 |
William Docken, MD |
Español | |
2012-06 |
Shreyasee Amin, MD |
English | |
2012-06 |
Shreyasee Amin, MD |
Español | |
2012-09 |
H. Ralph Schumacher, MD |
English | |
2012-09 |
H. Ralph Schumacher, MD |
Español | |
2012-06 |
Carol A. Langford, MD MHS |
English | |
2013-02 |
Leonard H. Calabrese, DO |
English | |
2013-02 |
Luis R. Espinoza, MD |
English | |
2013-03 |
Phil Hashkes, MD, MSc |
English | |
2012-08 |
Susan Shenoi, MD, MS |
English | |
2013-01 |
Marc Miller, MD |
English | |
2012-06 |
Leslie S. Abramson, MD |
English | |
2012-06 |
Leslie S. Abramson, MD |
Español | |
2012-06 |
Suzanne Li, MD, Francesco Zulian, MD and Thuy Beam, RN |
English | |
2013-02 |
Ellen Ginzler, MD and Jean Tayar, MD |
English | |
2013-02 |
Ellen Ginzler, MD and Jean Tayar, MD |
Español | |
2013-02 |
Robert Kalish, MD |
English | |
2012-08 |
Robert L. Wortmann, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Thitinan Srikulmontree, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Thitinan Srikulmontree, MD |
Español | |
2012-04 |
Susan Hylland, MD |
English | |
2012-09 |
Stuart Silverman MD |
English | |
2012-03 |
Shreyasee Amin, MD, CM, MPH |
English | |
2012-03 |
Shreyasee Amin, MD, CM, MPH |
Español | |
2013-01 |
Roy Altman, MD |
English | |
Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis Syndrome (Juvenile) |
2013-03 |
Phil Hashkes, MD, MSc |
English |
2013-02 |
William P. Docken, MD |
English | |
2013-02 |
William P. Docken, MD |
Español | |
Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (CPPD) (formerly called Pseudogout) |
2012-09 |
H. Ralph Schumacher, MD |
English |
2012-09 |
H. Ralph Schumacher, MD |
Español | |
2012-09 |
Paul Emery, MD and Zoe Ash, MD |
English | |
2012-09 |
Paul Emery, MD and Zoe Ash, MD |
Español | |
2013-02 |
Vivian Bykerk, MD |
English | |
2012-08 |
Eric Ruderman, MD and Siddharth Tambar, MD |
English | |
2012-08 |
Eric Ruderman, MD and Siddharth Tambar, MD |
Español | |
2013-02 |
Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH |
English | |
2013-02 |
Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH |
Español | |
2012-07 |
Christopher Wise, MD |
English | |
2012-07 |
Christopher Wise, MD |
Español | |
2013-01 |
Christopher Wise, MD |
English | |
2012-11 |
John D. Reveille, MD |
English | |
2012-07 |
Lori Tucker, MD and Sandra Watcher, RN, BSN |
English | |
2013-02 |
Paul A. Monach, MD, PhD and Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH |
English | |
2013-02 |
Robert P. Sheon, MD, FACP |
English | |
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (Juvenile) |
2013-03 |
Phil Hashkes, MD, MSc |
English |
2013-02 |
Paul A. Monach, MD, PhD and Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH |
English |
Additional Topics of Note
Disease or Condition |
Date Updated |
Author(s) |
Language |
|---|---|---|---|
2012-02 |
Joan Marie Von Feldt |
English | |
2012-02 |
David Borenstein, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
David Borenstein, MD |
Español | |
2012-02 |
Arthur Kavanaugh, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Marie Westby, BSc.PT |
English | |
2012-02 |
Marie Westby, BSc.PT |
Español | |
2012-05 |
Donald Marcus, MD |
English | |
2012-05 |
Donald Marcus, MD |
Español | |
2012-02 |
Frank C. Arnett, MD and Shervin Assassi, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Erika Heidi Noss, MD, PhD and Jonathan Scott Coblyn, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Lan X. Chen and H. Ralph Schumacher, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Matthew J. Kraay, MS, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals |
English | |
2012-02 |
Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals |
Español | |
2012-02 |
David Borenstein, MD |
English | |
2012-02 |
Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, MD, PhD and |
English | |
2012-02 |
Amye L. Leong, MBA |
English |




