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OUR SERVICE

Our clinical team has been assembled to facilitate the evaluation and treatment of children with rheumatic diseases. 

Each child referred to the arthritis/rheumatology program will be seen by a pediatric physician and nurse specializing in the evaluation and care of children with rheumatic diseases. 

Coordination of visits with consultants in other pediatric medical specialties, pediatric physical and occupational therapy, pediatric ophthalmology, and pediatric orthopaedics can also be arranged when needed through this program.

Links

• Pediatric Divisions and Programs, University of Minnesota
• Fairview Pediatric Rehabilitation
• Department of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota
• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota

OUR PATIENTS

Children are seen from a wide geographical area, most commonly Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Michigan (UP). The most common reasons for these visits are:

Juvenile Arthritis (JIA)
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

Pauciarticular-onset JRA
Polyarticular-onset JRA
Systemic-onset JRA

SEA Syndrome
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arthritis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Reactive Arthritis/Reiter's Syndrome
Psoriatic Arthritis

Other Rheumatic Diseases
Behcet's Disease
Dermatomyositis
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Sjogren's Syndrome
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic Scleroderma
Systemic Vasculitis

Infection - Related Arthritis
Lyme Arthritis
Post-Infectious Arthritis
Viral Arthritis

APPOINTMENTS

Children are seen primarily on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview Specialty Clinic (Phillips-Wangensteen Building 4th floor on the University Campus).

Clinic map
Information on parking

New patient appointments are scheduled through the Pediatric Rheumatology office at 612-626-4598. We need the mailing addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers for your child's primary care physician and consultants. Appointments are scheduled only after we receive relevant medical records, including physician notes, laboratory results, x-rays, and reports.

Returning patient appointments are scheduled directly through the clinic at 612-626-6777 or through the Health Access Line at 888-256-9787.

For all types of appointmets, be sure to bring shorts and a short sleeve shirt for your child to wear during the examination, and any new laboratory, x-ray, or physician reports that were not already sent.