How to Use rheumatology in a Sentence

rheumatology

noun
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  • These kinds of mysteries were one of the great pleasures of working in rheumatology.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The groom, 36, is a physician and a fellow in the department of rheumatology at Vanderbilt.
    — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, my dad’s rheumatology practice has been flooded with new patients, including many from far-flung cities or out of state.
    — Devorah Goldman, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Young is trained in internal medicine and rheumatology, as well as hospice and palliative-care medicine.
    — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Over the next few months, a group of orthopedic and rheumatology patients in New Zealand will get to test out the 3D colored X-rays in clinical trials.
    — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2018
  • His father retired as the chief of pediatric rheumatology at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, in the Bronx.
    — New York Times, 23 June 2019
  • Hopkins placed first in psychiatric care and rheumatology.
    — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 27 July 2021
  • The rheumatology team recommended blood tests to look for evidence of GPA and rule out other possibilities.
    — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Kim, an assistant professor in the division of rheumatology, said one perplexing finding is that steroid use also appeared to diminish the vaccine response.
    — Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2021
  • Wallace is board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Though scientific knowledge has advanced a good deal since then, rheumatology still relies on intuition and pattern recognition, as well as on definitive tests and cutting-edge therapies.
    — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • That’s because in rheumatology—the medical field that specializes in inflammation and the immune system—the underlying cause of most conditions remains a mystery, so diseases are often defined by appearances alone.
    — WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
  • During Dubin’s first week as a new doctor, in a unit on the sixteenth floor of Bellevue, his team included an older resident in psychiatry, a rheumatology fellow, and a gerontologist who normally works in one of the hospital’s outpatient clinics.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 6 May 2020
  • Because there are no doctors who have any depth of experience with MIS-C, infectious disease physicians are huddling in-house with colleagues in specialties such as cardiology, hematology and rheumatology.
    — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The pharmacies, which are owned by the hospital systems, focus on specialties such as oncology, neurology, rheumatology, and diabetes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Historically, the majority of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine prescriptions have come out of a narrow band of specialties like rheumatology.
    — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Twelve of the specialty areas are derived from data sources like Medicare, while the remaining three — ophthalmology, psychiatry, and rheumatology — are determined entirely by expert opinion.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • In a 2020 survey on physician lifestyle and happiness, specialists in rheumatology were determined to be the happiest of doctors, followed by general surgery, public health and preventive medicine, allergy and immunology and orthopedics.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • For 12 of those specialties, U.S. News ranked hospitals based largely on data, while in four of them — ophthalmology, psychiatry, rehabilitation and rheumatology — results were based on expert opinions gathered through surveys of physicians.
    — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2021
  • Hopkins was ranked nationally in 15 specialties, including being ranked No. 1 in geriatrics, neurology & neurgosurgery, and rheumatology, and No. 2 in nephrology and urology.
    — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 30 July 2019
  • Shields Health and Excelera were among the first companies to work with hospitals across the country to establish onsite specialty pharmacies, focusing on treatment areas such as oncology, neurology, rheumatology, and diabetes.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Internists—best known as primary care physicians—would take one test while those who chose subspecialties of internal medicine—cardiovascular disease, critical care, infectious disease, rheumatology—sat for additional exams.
    — Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
  • Chronic illness treatment, endocrinology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, psychiatric counseling and overall long-term care — all have become more available in recent times.
    — Alex Kulitski, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Much of that work involved bringing new products through the long development and regulation-heavy process from concept to launch, with experience in therapeutic areas including oncology, urology, pain medicine, cardiology, and rheumatology.
    — Diane Mastrull, Philly.com, 28 July 2017
  • Neither hospital made it to U.S. News’ national rankings of a dozen adult specialty programs, including cardiology, neurology and rheumatology.
    — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • That frequently includes cancer patients and also neurology or rheumatology patients.
    — Tom Murphy, The Denver Post, 11 June 2017
  • These 22 products compete in nine molecule classes across oncology, rheumatology, diabetes care, and now ophthalmology.
    — Jeff Baldetti, STAT, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Sitka has built a physician network that covers 20 specialties, including cardiology, gynecology, and rheumatology.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The clinic, at UC Health in Corryville, includes cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, rheumatology, psychology and dermatology.
    — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2021
  • This team includes pediatric experts from critical care, infectious disease, hospital medicine, immunology, emergency medicine, rheumatology, hematology, cardiology, and primary care.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2020

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