Scleroderma Clinics and Centers
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ALABAMA
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
510 20th Street South
Faculty Office Tower 844
Birmingham, AL 35294
Contact Information
Phone: 205-934-2813
Web: www.health.uab.edu
Kirklin Clinic
Department of Rheumatology
2000 6th Avenue South, Third Floor
Birmingham, AL 35249
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 205-801-8000 (general information)
Phone: 205-934-9999 (UAB HealthFinder)
Participating Physician
Barri J. Fessler, MD
ARIZONA
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Division of Rheumatology
13400 E. Shea Boulevard
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 480-301-8484 (appointments)
Phone: 480-301-4342
Web: http://www.mayoclinic.org/rheumatology-sct/
Participating Physicians
Leroy Griffing, MD
Lester Mertz, MD
Catherine Harmon, MD
April Chang-Miller, MD
Mehrdad Mazlumzadeh, MD
CALIFORNIA
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto VA Health Care System
3801 Miranda Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Clinic Hours
Monday afternoons
Contact Information
Abigail Agustin, RN
Phone: 650-721-7119 (appointments)
Phone: 650-493-5000 ext. 62042 (physician questions)
Web: http://stanfordhospital.org
Participating Physicians
Lorinda Chung, MD, MS
David Fiorentino, MD
University of California, San Francisco
UCSF Box 0517
San Francisco, CA 94143-0517
Clinic Hours
Monday mornings
(Must be referred by physician)
Contact Information
Phone: 415-476-7927
Phone: 415-353-7878 (appointments)
Web: http://www.dermatology.ucsf.edu/
Participating Physicians
Coordinating Investigator: Kari Connolly, MD
Local participant: David Wofsy, MD
UCLA
1000 Veteran Avenue, Room 32-59
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1670
Clinic Hours
Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 310-825-8414 (appointments)
Web: http://rheumatology.ucla.edu/
Participating Physicians
Philip Clements, MD
Daniel E. Furst, MD
Harold Paulus, MD
Dinesh Khanna, MD
COLORADO
National Jewish Medical Research Center
1400 Jackson Street, Room G014
Denver, CO 80206
Clinic Hours
Thursday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 303-398-1355
Phone: 800-222-5864 (Appointments)
Web: http://www.nationaljewish.org/
Participating Physicians
Aryeh Fischer, MD
Kevin Brown, MD
Richard Meehan, MD
Marc Cohen, MD
Denver Medical Center
777 Bannock Street, #4000
Denver, CO 80204-4507
Clinic Hours
Monday - Thursday 5:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Friday 5:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contact Information
Phone: 303-436-5902 (DGH)
Phone: 303-436-5774 (University)
Web: http://www.denverhealth.org/
Participating Physician
David H. Collier, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
1775 Aurora Court, Room 3102 (courier)
PO Box 6511, Mail Stop B115 (postal service)
Aurora, CO 80045
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 303-724-7610
Clinic Information
Rheumatology Clinic
University of Colorado Hospital
1635 Aurora Court, Room 4600
Aurora, CO 80045
Clinic Contact Information
Note: need referral from a physician
Phone: 303-436-5902 (Dr. Collier)
Phone: 720-848-1940 (Clinic)
Web: http://www.uch.edu/conditions/bones-joints-muscle/arthritis/index.aspx
Participating Physicians
David H. Collier, MD
CONNECTICUT
University of Connecticut Health Center
Division of Rheumatic Diseases
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-1310
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 860-679-3605
Participating Physicians
Naomi F. Rothfield, MD
Micha Abeles, MD
Santhanam Lakshminarayanan, MD
John Waterman, MD
James Seibold, MD
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Georgetown University Hospital
Department of Medicine of Rheumatology 3PHC
3800 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 202-444-6200 (appointments)
Web: http://georgetownuniversityhospital.org/body.cfm?id=476
Participating Physician
Virginia Steen, MD
ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Chicago
Section of Rheumatology
1819 West Polk Street, CMW
Room A312, M/C 733
Chicago, IL 60612
Contact Information
Phone: 312-413-9310
Web: http://uillinoismedcenter.org/
Scleroderma Clinic, M/C 771
1801 West Taylor Street – 3A
Chicago, IL 60612
Clinic Hours
Mondays 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tuesday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Outpatient Clinic Appointment Request:
Phone: 312-996-1682 (new patients) or 312-355-1700
Participating Physicians
Suncica Volkov, MD
Shiva Arami, MD
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Galter Pavilion (at Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
Department of Rheumatology
675 North St. Clair, Suite 14-100
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM –5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 312-695-8628
Web: http://www.nmh.org/nm/home
Participating Physicians
John Varga, MD
Monique E. Hinchcliff, MD
The University of Chicago
Section Rheumatology, MC 0930
5841 South Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Contact Information
Phone: 773-702-5379
Web: http://www.uchicago.edu/
Rheumatology Clinic
Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, 4C
5758 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 4055
Chicago, Illinois 60037
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 AM –5:00 PM
Clinic Contact Information
Phone: 773-702-6119 (for appointments)
Participating Physicians
Saima Chohan, MD
Marcus Clark, MD
James Curran, MD
Tammy Utset, MD
Richard Keating, MD
Nadera Sweiss, MD
Timothy Niewold, MD
INDIANA
University of Indiana School of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
1110 W. Michigan Street, LO 545
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5100
Contact Information
Phone: 317-274-7718
Participating Physician
Rafael G. Grau, MD
LOUISIANA
Louisiana State University
1501 Kings Highway
Center of Excellence of Arthritis and Rheumatology
Mailing Address
LSUMC
PO Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
Clinic Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday appointments 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 318-675-5930
Web: http://www.lsu.edu
Participating Physician
Samina Hayat, MD
MARYLAND
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center
5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Room 1B7
Baltimore, MD 21224
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 9:00 AM -3:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 410-550-7715
Web: http://scleroderma.jhmi.edu/
Participating Physicians
Fredrick M. Wigley, MD
Laura Hummers, MD
Francesco Boin, MD
Ami A. Shah, MD
MASSACHUSETTS
University of Massachusetts Medical School
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Rheumatology Division
119 Belmont Street
Worcester MA 01605
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 508-334-5224
Web: http://www.umassmemorial.org
Participating Physicians
Katherine Upchurch, MD
Firas Alkassab, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Rheumatology Section, E-5
72 East Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30–5:30 (except Wednesdays)
Contact Information
Phone: 617-638-4310
Web: http://www.sctc-online-org
Participating Physicians
Peter Merkel, MD, MPH
Robert Simms, MD
Robert Lafyatis, MD
MICHIGAN
University of Michigan Scleroderma Program
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
PO Box 481 Lobby M-2500
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 734-763-3110
Web: www.med.umich.edu/scleroderma
Participating Physicians
Kristine Phillips, MD
Elena Schiopu, MD
Ann J. Impens, PhD
Fazle Mahmood, MD
Michigan State University
West Michigan Rheumatology
1155 East Paris SE, Suite 100
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM – 4:15 PM (Closed 12:15 – 1:00 PM daily)
Contact Information
Phone: 616-459-8088
Web: http://mi-arthritus.com
Participating Physicians
Richard W. Martin, MD
Andrew J. Head, MD
Aaron Eggebeen, MD
James Birmingham, MD
Kristine Phillips, MD
MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota Medical School
420 Delaware Street SE
A624 Mayo Building
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Scleroderma Clinic
Division of Rheumatic & Autoimmune Diseases
516 Delaware Street SE
6A PWB (Phillip Wagensteen Building)
Minneapolis, MN 55445
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 612-624-6843
Phone: 612-625-8690 (appointments)
Participating Physicians
Jerry Molitor, MD
Hyun Kim, MD
Mark Pritzker, MD
Monica Colvin-Adams, MD
Daniel Duprez, MD
NEW JERSEY
Robert Wood Johnson Scleroderma Program
51 French Street
Medical Education Bldg-558
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 732-418-8484
Web: http://rwjms.umdnj.edu
Participating Physician
Vivien Hsu, MD
NEW YORK
North Shore University Hospital
NYU School of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology and Allergy - Clinical Immunology
2800 Marcus Avenue, Suite 200
Lake Success, NY 11042
Clinic Hours
Vary Monday - Friday
Contact Information
Phone: 516-708-2550
Participating Physicians
Richard Furie, MD
Avram Goldberg, MD
The Center for Rheumatology
1367 Washington Avenue, Suite 101
Albany, NY 12206
Clinic Hours
Tuesday mornings and Wednesday afternoons
Contact Information
Phone: 518-489-4471
Web: http://Joint-docs.com
Participating Physicians
Lee S. Shapiro, MD
Joel Kremer, MD
Norman Romanoff, MD
Neal Greenstein, MD
Dorota Hausner-Sypek, MD
Victoria Michaels, MD
L. Frank Cavaliere, MD
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke Scleroderma Research Center Clinic
2F, 200 Trent Drive, Box DUMC3874
Durham, NC 27710
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 919-684-4499
Web: www.dukehealth.org
Participating Physician
E. William St. Clair, MD
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC)
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Clinic
200 Trent Drive
Box 102351, 126 Hanes House
Durham, NC 27710
Clinic Hours
Monday - Wednesday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 919-668-7630
Web: www.dukehealth.org
Participating Physician
Victor F. Tapson, MD
PENNSYLVANIA
Thomas Jefferson University
The Scleroderma Center
833 Chstnut Street, Suite 740
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Clinic Hours
Fridays 8:20 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 215-955-6680
Participating Physicians
Sergio A. Jimenez, MD, MACR
Thomas Jefferson University
Division of Dermatology
211 South 9th Street, Suite 600 Walnut Towers Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
146 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 201
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Clinic Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM (Hours may vary in each clinic)
Contact Information
Phone: 215-955-8430 (Philadelphia Clinic)
Phone: 610-664-0134 (Bala CynWyd Clinic)
Web: www.jeffersonhospital.org/rheumatology
Participating Physician
Chris T. Derk, MD
Nora Sandorfi, MD
Oscar Irigoyen, MD
Michelle Meltzer, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Arthritis and Autoimmunity Center
Falk Medical Building, 3601 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2B
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 412-647-6700
Web: www.arthritis.pitt.edu
Participating Physician
Thomas A. Medsger, Jr., MD
SOUTH CAROLINA
Medical University of South Carolina
Division of Rheumatology
135 Rutledge Avenue, 5th Floor
Charleston, SC 29425
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 843-792-1414
Web: www.musc.edu/rheumatology
Participating Physicians
Richard M. Silver, MD
Edwin A. Smith, MD
Alan N. Borwn, MD
Marcy B. Bolster, MD
Holly Mitchell, MD
Faye Hant, DO
TENNESSEE
UT Medical Group
Division of Rheumatology
1325 Eastmoreland, Suite 365
Memphis, TN 38104
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 901-448-7260
Web: www.utmedicalgroup.com
Participating Physicians
Shehla J. Atiq, MD
Yamini Menon, MD
TEXAS
University of Texas Rheumatology Clinic
6410 Fannin, Suite 600
Houston, TX 77030
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 832-325-7191
Web: www.utdocs.com/adultclinic/rheumatology
Participating Physicians
John Reveille, MD
Maureen Mayes, MD
Frank Arnett, MD
Filemon Tan, MD
Noranna Warner, MD
Shervin Assassi, MD
Sandeep Agarwal, MD
William Ratnoff, MD
UTAH
University of Utah
Rheumatology Clinic
50 N. Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 801-581-7724
Participating Physician
Tracy M. Frech, MD
WASHINGTON
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Rheumatology Clinic
1100 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Clinic Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 206-223-6824
Web: www.virginiamason.org
Participating Physicians
Jane Buckner, MD
Jeffrey S. Carlin, MD
Pedro Trujillo, MD
Stanford Peng, MD, PhD
Kori Dewing, ARNP, MN
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