Gretchen Henkel is an award-winning health and medical journalist based in California. She reports on clinical and outcomes research and practice management issues, as well as patient-centered and culturally competent care for various specialties, including hospital medicine, rheumatology, oncology, otolaryngology and long-term care. As an editorial consultant for the SAMHSA-funded National Child Traumatic Stress Network, she develops content for toolkits on assessment and treatment of childhood abuse and trauma, and is the managing editor of the NCTSN quarterly newsletter, IMPACT.
Co-morbidities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and related autoimmune diseases often warrant a multidisciplinary approach to treatment. When it comes to inflammatory and fibrotic lung conditions in these patients, collaboration between pulmonary/critical care specialists and rheumatologists is essential, say two rheumatologists recently interviewed by The Rheumatologist. Both followed their rheumatology fellowship training with additional fellowships…
Rheumatologist Richard Brasington, MD, says patient John Reigstad’s active participation in treatment decisions shows how much improving quality of life matters
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases program recognized for excellence in training, innovation
Questions around prescribing steroids as bridge therapy, in long-term low dosages, or low-dose timed-release formulas, or not at all evoke controversy among rheumatologists
Approachability, collaboration foster excellence in this basic science, clinical and epidemiological research program
Cross-talk between bone biology, immune system may shed light on joint erosion, refine therapeutic targets for RA
A career marked by scientific discovery, collaboration
Diversity, depth of department’s clinical and research programs are its hallmarks
Rheumatologists at the California Rheumatology Alliance 10th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting discuss challenges to diagnosing, managing spondyloarthritides
Rheumatologists at the California Rheumatology Alliance 10th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting in San Francisco outline disease classification criteria, treat-to-target approach to lupus