To make an appointment, call 314-286-2635.
Washington University rheumatologists provide leading care for patients with rheumatic diseases (arthritis, musculoskeletal, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases). Our rheumatologists offer you a level of experience and expertise available at few centers in the nation, and we treat a wide range of complicated rheumatologic diseases including a variety of types of arthritis and vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels), as well as other diseases of the bones and joints.
At Washington University, the rheumatologists offer rheumatology treatment to patients with many different forms of arthritis, including:
- Arthritis
- Rheumatism
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Behcet’s disease
- Connective tissue disease
- Dermatomyositis
- Gout and pseudogout
- Lupus (SLE)
- Marfan’s syndrome
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
- Polymgalgia rheumatia
- Polymyositis
- Reiter’s syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- Scleroderma
- Temporal arthritis
- Vasculitis
- Wegener’s granulomatosis
![Kevin Baszis](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kevin-Baszis-280x386.jpg)
Kevin Baszis, MD
Pediatric Rheumatology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County
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Tarin Bigley, MD, PhD
Pediatric Immunology
Pediatric Rheumatology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
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Vladimir N Despotovic, MD
Critical Care
Rheumatology
Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
Center for Advanced Medicine
![Colin E. Diffie](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Colin-Diffie-280x386.jpeg)
Colin E. Diffie, MD
Rheumatology
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County
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Colleen Dostal, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Rheumatology
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
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Leslie Fogel, MD, PhD
Pediatric Immunology
Pediatric Rheumatology
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
![Maria Mayda, MD](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mayda-Maria_Rheum_300-280x386.jpg)
Maria Gonzalez-Mayda, MD
Rheumatology
Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
Center for Advanced Medicine
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County