Residency
Oscar Irigoyen, MD
Acting Director,
Division of Rheumatology
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The Division of Rheumatology provides resources for educational, research and patient-care programs for the Department of Medicine. Educational programs are offered at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels and include a fully accredited fellowship program. A clinical rheumatology conference is held weekly and a research conference held in collaboration with the Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine is held weekly. The clinical conferences feature invited speakers of national reputation, case management and review conferences, x-ray reviews and a Journal Club.
During an elective in clinical rheumatology, the resident is exposed to the full spectrum of rheumatic, connective-tissue, metabolic and degenerative musculoskeletal disorders. The staff teaches residents bursa, tendon sheath and joint injection and aspiration techniques, as well as crystal identification in synovial fluid. In addition to outpatient experience, resident responsibilities include inpatient consultations and attending rounds.
The division operates an Arthritis Center, which utilizes a team approach to the treatment of arthritis. Out-patient service programs of the division accommodate approximately 10,000 patient visits per year. The programs include a scleroderma center, a lupus center, a Sjogren's Syndrome center, a lupus pregnancy center, an osteoporosis center and a general rheumatology and arthritis center that serves about 3,600 patients a year.
The Osteoporosis Center is operated in conjunction with the endocrinology and gynecology services.
Extensive research activities are conducted by members of the division.
and encompass the wide spectrum of rheumatic diseases with a focus on molecular and genetic aspects.
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