The Rheumatology department offers a wide range of services to patients for diagnosis and treatment of joint, bone and connective tissue diseases.
In addition, the department also offers diagnosis and treatment to patients with back pain and works closely with collegues in the Hopsital’s pain clinics to help patients devlop long-term pain management programmes.

There are over 200 types of rheumatic and arthritis disease with arthritis being the second most common cuase for time off work. Early diagnosis and treatment is therefore essential in ensuring that patients can control their disease.

The Rheumatology department accepts referrals from GP’s and also from tertiary sources for a range of conditions including:

- Rheumatoid, Inflammatory and Psoriatic Arthritis
- Back, neck and shoulder pain
- Spondylitis
- Fibromyalgia,
- Polymyalgia
- Gout,
- Temporal arthritis,
- Vasculitis,
- Sarcoidosis,
- Sjogren’s syndrome

Our Rheumatology department is one of the largest departments of its kind in the country and offers a range of specialist clinics and has close links with several departments in the hospital. The department also has one of the most active Rheumatology research programmes in the israel which means that our clinicians are at the forefront of care and treatment.

Sub-specialties
- Metabolic bone diseases and osteoporosis screening
- Sports Injuries Clinic
- Fibromyalgia Clinic
- Musicians and performing
  artists
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinic