What is Rheumatology?
Rheumatology is a subspecialty in internal medicine and pediatrics that deals with the joints, soft tissues, autoimmune diseases, and heritable connective tissue disorders.
As a rheumatologist, Dr. Barnes specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and therapy of musculoskeletal disease and systemic autoimmune diseases and conditions. Treatment includes nonsurgical options for arthritis.
Rheumatic diseases and conditions treated include:
- Lupus
- Scleroderma
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Gout
- Pseudogout
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Osteoarthritis
- Joint Injections
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Systemic Vasculitis
- Inflammatory Myopathies
- Arthritis Associated with Gastrointestinal Disease
- Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
- Reactive Arthritis
- Temporal Arteritis
- Joint Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoporosis
- Tendonitis and Bursitis
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- Adult Onset Still’s Disease
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
Meet our Rheumatologist – Dr. Jammie Barnes
Dr. Barnes is a board-certified rheumatologist now seeing patients at 575 Hill Country Drive, Suite 101, in Kerrville. She has been practicing rheumatology since 2012, and looks forward to providing healing services in the Texas Hill Country.
Referral required.
Ready to schedule an appointment? Call us at 830.258.6249.