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(504) 896-9385 |
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8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
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| Locations: |
Children's Hospital, Main Campus
Children's Hospital, Metairie Center
Children's Hospital Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge
Children's Hospital Burdin-Riehl Clinic in Lafayette |
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Physicians:
Abraham Gedalia, MD
Amanda Brown, MD
Victoria Dimitriades, MD
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The Rheumatology Department provides consultation and treatment for children from birth to age 21. Comprehensive diagnostic and care facilities are also offered. The program is part of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), a national network of pediatric rheumatology researchers created to foster, facilitate and conduct high quality clinical research in the field of pediatric Rheumatology.
The program utilizes a multidisciplinary team which includes:
- Rheumatologist Nurse coordinator
- Physical therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Social workers
- Dieticians
Management expertise includes, but is not limited to:
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- Juvenile dermatomyositis
- Systemic lupus erythematosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Musculoskeletal pain syndromes
- Joint hypermobility
- Fibromyalgia
- Growing pains
- Joint hypermobility
- Periodic fever syndromes
- Childhood vasculitis
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Abraham Gedalia, MD
Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology and Professor of Pediatrics,
LSU Health Sciences Center, Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem
Specialty Training:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Special Interests:
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Musculoskeletal pain syndrome, Sarcoidosis, Familial Mediterranean fever |
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Pediatric Rheumatologist, Children's Hospital
Professional School: St. George's University, West Indies
Internship: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children's Hospital Pittsburg, Pediatric Rheumatology |
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Immunologist, Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Professional School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: Drexel University, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, Pediatrics
Specialty Training: LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, Immunology
In Area Since: 2005
In Practice Since: 2006 |
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