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Ways the career can specialize
Pediatric rheumatology
Children with juvenile arthritis and lupus. A separate fellowship route through pediatrics, with few specialists.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound
Scanning joints in clinic instead of sending patients away for imaging. An extra certification that adds procedures to your day.
Clinical trials and research
Autoimmune drug development is one of the busiest areas in medicine, and academic rheumatologists sit at the center of it.
Lupus and vasculitis centers
Specialist clinics at academic hospitals that take the hardest cases from a whole region.