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Rheumatology

The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Division of Rheumatology is the largest rheumatology division in the country and is the model of an academic rheumatology program, fostering world class rheumatology care throughout the York Avenue Institutions, autoimmunity and musculoskeletal education at all levels, and cutting edge basic, translational, clinical and drug trials investigation. Aside form these responsibilities, HSS physicians also deliver and set the standard for the best in musculoskeletal peri-operative care to the 22,000 patients who have a broad range of orthopedic surgeries at HSS annually.

Today’s division of rheumatology maintains the 50-year long tradition of excellence in research through its continued focus on defining the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, the anitphospholipid syndrome, pregnancy-related problems, the vasculitides and scleroderma, and translating those findings into cutting edge therapeutics.

Our rheumatology training program is second to none and, while it fosters the development of superb clinical rheumatologists, we strive to train the future academic rheumatology leaders in research. Over 80% of our trainees remain in academic medical centers as physician-scientists, clinician scholar educators or clinicians. Many of them continue their close research collaborations with HSS.

Our educational outreach expands way beyond York Avenue through our national leadership in rheumatology education and our impressive website (www.hss.edu) that has 200,000 unique visitors per month. Our Clinician-Scholar-Educators employ modern educational theory and technology and are integrated into the Weill Cornell Medical Education Program.

Our close integration into the clinical, education and research activities of our world-class York Avenue sister institutions is exemplified by our important role in education at all levels of training, including the Weill Cornell Clinical Translational Science Center, many collaborative research projects, and our partnership with the Department of Public Health on the Center for Educational and Research on Technology grant that focuses on outcomes in knee, hip and shoulder replacements.