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Washington University rheumatologists provide leading care for patients with rheumatic diseases (arthritis, musculoskeletal, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases). Our rheumatologists offer you a level of experience and expertise available at few centers in the nation, and we treat a wide range of complicated rheumatologic diseases including a variety of types of arthritis and vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels), as well as other diseases of the bones and joints.

At Washington University, the rheumatologists offer rheumatology treatment to patients with many different forms of arthritis, including:

  • Arthritis
  • Rheumatism
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Behcet’s disease
  • Connective tissue disease
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Gout and pseudogout
  • Lupus (SLE)
  • Marfan’s syndrome
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
  • Polymgalgia rheumatia
  • Polymyositis
  • Reiter’s syndrome
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Sjogren’s syndrome
  • Scleroderma
  • Temporal arthritis
  • Vasculitis
  • Wegener’s granulomatosis

Atinuke Aluko, MD

Rheumatology

Locations:
Village Square – North County
Center for Advanced Medicine

Kevin Baszis

Kevin Baszis, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County

Tarin Bigley, MD, PhD

Pediatric Immunology
Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Vladimir N Despotovic, MD

Critical Care
Rheumatology

Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
Center for Advanced Medicine

Colin E. Diffie

Colin E. Diffie, MD

Rheumatology

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County

Colleen Dostal, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Rheumatology

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2

Nicole Droz, MD

Nicole C. Droz, MD

Rheumatology

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine Multispecialty Center
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County

Leslie Fogel, MD, PhD

Pediatric Immunology
Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Anthony R. French

Anthony R. French, MD, PhD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital