If you are enrolled in Medicare, please review this page regarding telehealth visits.
The Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Hospital for Special Surgery is affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine, and provides complex and comprehensive diagnostic services for children with rheumatic diseases and related conditions.
Our expertise includes:
- juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- lupus
- pediatric scleroderma
- vasculitis of childhood
- Lyme disease
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Other pediatric rheumatology conditions
Virtually every medicine that is used by the adult rheumatologist - in the appropriate child, with very careful monitoring - is now used by our experienced pediatric rheumatologists with excellent outcomes. With new biologic therapies, many of them tested at Hospital for Special Surgery, along with physical therapy, the disease can be controlled and children can regain normal function.
Dr. Carlson she has been my child pulmonary Doctor for almost for 4 years. She very caring and loving person. She care for her patients. Also has a good communication with patient and explain great medical condition, also very helpful when you need anything according for your medical matter. I’m glad to have her in my child medical care 😊
He was very courteous and very polite and very respectful and professional professional and he tended to me with the upmost professional
Couldn’t be more pleased with my visit with Dr. Simmons and her staff. I was thoroughly informed and treated with care and redpect.