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Rheumatology Clinic

The Rheumatology clinic offers clinical care, research, and education. The comprehensive and coordinated multidisciplinary team provides diagnosis and treatment for children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases. These diseases include:
and other less common inflammatory diseases.

The Pediatric Rheumatology Program includes pediatric clinics and a transition program for older adolescents and young adults with rheumatic diseases. 

Rheumatology has a strong research program that includes both clinical and basic research into inflammatory rheumatic diseases of childhood. The members of this program are at the leading edge of new research initiatives in pediatric rheumatology through active collaborations with many organizations.

These include:
  • Canadian organizations such as the Canadian Pediatric Rheumatology Association (CPRA) and the Canadian Network for Improved Outcomes in SLE (CaNIOS)
  • North American organizations such as the Children’s Arthritis and Rheumatic diseases Research Association (CARRA) and the Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG)
  • International organizations such as the Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO)
    Ongoing research into pediatric rheumatic diseases is integrated routinely into the clinical program to ensure the best care and quality improvement.

Teaching is an important part of the pediatric rheumatology team’s mission. The pediatric rheumatologists, together with their team members, teach medical students, residents, and other health professionals from Canada and around the world. The division has one of only three Royal College approved training programs for pediatric rheumatology in Canada.

 		 
     

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