Departments of Instruction

Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics

This division emphasizes excellence in teaching, basic and clinical investigation, and patient care relevant to rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. Clinical and investigative training are available for students, house staff, and postdoctoral fellows. Full-time faculty participate in teaching and patient care activities in clinics in The University of Texas Health Science Center Professional Building, the LBJ Hospital, the Thomas Street HIV Clinic, and the Internal Medicine Inpatient Services of Memorial Hermann and LBJ General hospitals.

Basic and clinical investigative interests focus on the multisystem rheumatic diseases, especially ankylosing spondylitis, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis, HIV-associated rheumatic diseases, and other types of arthritis.  Genetic control of disease susceptibility, autoantibody production, outcome studies, and pathogenic mechanisms, especially by the HLA and other genetic systems, is a major research interest and provides many projects, technologies, and collaborations for interested trainees.