Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Department of Medicine
Welcome from the Division Head
elcome to the home page for the
Division of Rheumatology at the University of Washington
in Seattle. The missions of this division are research,
education and patient care of the many kinds of arthritis
and all the rheumatic diseases. Nine full-time faculty
members, thirty volunteer clinical faculty members and an
able staff carry out the programs of this division.
embers of this division have expertise in the
diagnosis and management of a broad spectrum of rheumatic disease,
including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, systemic lupus erythematosus, gout, spondylitis, reactive arthritis,
inflammatory muscle diseases, various forms of
vasculitis, soft tissue syndromes and other less frequent
rheumatic diseases. Patient care is provided at the
University of Washington Medical Center, the Harborview
Medical Center, the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health
Care System, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center. Specific information on the clinics is
listed under Patient Care. 
he faculty teaches medical
students, students in other health-related fields,
residents in internal medicine, and resident physicians
training in other specialties of medicine. The division
has an active fellowship program to prepare individuals
for a career in rheumatology. The fellowship program is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education and is funded by a research training
grant from the National Institutes of Health. More
information is available under Fellowship Programs. 