Rheumatology

The Fiona Stanley Hospital Rheumatology Service provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to inpatient and outpatient care for adults with autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.

Patients with the following conditions are seen by our service:

• systemic autoimmune connective tissue disease, for example lupus, Sjogren syndrome, scleroderma
• inflammatory joint disease, for example rheumatoid arthritis
• spondyloarthritis
• autoinflammatory disorders
• vasculitis
• myositis.

Adult rheumatology general and sub-speciality clinics

These include the following clinics:

• General Rheumatology Clinic
• Scleroderma Clinic and Digital Ulcer Clinic
• Myositis Clinic
• Spondyloarthritis Clinic
• Vasculitis Clinic
• Gout Clinic
• Early Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic
• Rheumatology-Oncology Clinic
• Giant Cell Arteritis Clinic
• Connective Tissue Disease Clinic
• Rheumatology-Obstetrics Clinic

Early Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic

Early diagnosis and treatment lead to better long-term clinical outcomes and a better quality of life for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

The Early Inflammatory Arthritis (EIA) Clinic streamlines rapid outpatient rheumatology assessment and management of patients with suspected new onset rheumatoid arthritis. Read more about the EIA clinic, including how to refer a patient.

Patient information resources

• Arthritis Australia (external site)
• Australian Rheumatology Association (external site)
• Osteoarthritis Arthritis (external site)
• Patient PrepRheum Podcast (external site)
• Healthy Bones Australia (external site)

Refer a patient

Education and training opportunities

Our service provides educational and training opportunities for basic, advanced and post-fellowship clinical training across a wide range of rheumatology sub-specialties.

Our active research program including investigator-driven and industry-sponsored research. We provide research supervision for medical students, basic and advanced trainees, and can tailor fellowship opportunities on a case-by-case basis.

Contact us

Call our Fiona Stanley Hospital Helpdesk on 6152 2222 for all queries.

Location

Outpatient Clinic 6, Ground Floor, Fiona Stanley Hospital – see the Fiona Stanley Hospital map (PDF 1MB)

Opening hours

An on-site consultant rheumatologist is available 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday.

For the after hours on-call service (24 hours, 7 days) , phone the Fiona Stanley Hospital Helpdesk on 6152 2222.