As the chief of the Division of Rheumatology, I am delighted to have faculty members who demonstrate a strong commitment to patient care and education. We currently have 5 faculty members who see patients at the Fontaine practice and additionally we have satellite practices at Pantops and Fishersville.
The fellowship program continues to flourish under the guidance of Dr Don Kimpel and we have been fortunate to match graduates to our fellowship program from the UVA internal medicine residency program for the past 3 years.
Recognizing the increasing complexity of medical care in patients with multi-system auto-immune disease, we are exploring opportunities to develop more formal partnerships with other specialties. To this end, Dr Adam Carlson will be part of a combined pulmonary-rheumatology clinic for patients with interstitial lung disease.
Under the guidance of Dr. Paul Katzenstein, the infrastructure for clinical trials has been assembled and enrollment is about to start for patients with ANCA associated vasculitis to be treated with an anti C5a monoclonal therapy.
In the setting of robust clinical demand for rheumatologic care, we are looking forward to the addition of Jae Hee Yun, MD to the Division. Dr Yun recently finished her fellowship at Columbia University and will be joining the Division later this year.
Janet Lewis, MD
Rheumatology Division Chief
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