Bernadette C. Siaton, MD, MEdHP

As a rheumatologist, Dr. Siaton diagnoses and treats arthritis and other diseases of the bones, joints and muscles. She has special clinical interests in:

• Crystal-induced arthritis (a type of inflammatory arthritis)
• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Scleroderma (autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and fibrosis, or thickening, in the skin and other areas of the body)
• Sjogren's syndrome (disorder of your immune system that mainly causes dry eyes and dry mouth)
• Spondyloarthropathies (forms of arthritis that can affect the spine and nearby joints)
• Systemic lupus erythematosus, or lupus (long-lasting autoimmune disease that can affect many parts of the body)

Dr. Siaton is an associate professor of medicine at University of Maryland School of Medicine.