ADC’s Rheumatologists have trained at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world including The Mayo Clinic, The Massachusetts General Hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, The Walter Reed Institute of Research and The University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston, Texas.  ADC Rheumatologists are all board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.  Our physicians treat more than 100 types of arthritis, including common diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and rare diseases such as relapsing polychondritis and multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Additionally, ADC Rheumatologists offer consultative and continuing care for patients with:

1. Autoimmune, connective tissue, inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases. Special interests of physicians include rheumatic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, dermatomytosis, Lyme Disease, and polymyositis, gout, systemic vasculitis and the spondyloarthropathies including Reiter's syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and enteropathic arthritis.

2. Skeletal disorders.  Specialty interests include osteoarthritis, Paget's disease of bone, osteoporosis and osteomalacia.

3. Metabolic disorders that effect the musculoskeletal system including Gout and pseudo gout.

4. Regional anatomic pain syndromes including knee pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, bursitis, tendonitis, and low back pain. Special tests and procedures performed include arthrocentesis and therapeutic joint injections.

The Rheumatology Section has expertise in:

1. Proficiency in the use of drug therapies including:
   
   The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, disease modifying drugs, biologic response modifiers, glucocorticoids, antihyperuricemic drugs, and antibiotic therapies for arthritic problems.

2. Examination of all joints, periarticular structures and muscular units for:
   
   Anatomical and functional abnormalities, to construct differential diagnoses of symptom/sign complexes pertinent to rheumatic diseases, and regarding the indications for arthroscopy and total joint replacement.

3. Technical proficiency to perform:

	Diagnostic aspiration and analysis of synovial fluid by light and polarized light microscopy
	Therapeutic injection of joints, bursae, tenosynovial structures and entheses
	Nailfold capillary microscopy
	Administration of controlled clinical trials in rheumatic diseases

Appointments:

To make an appointment with one of our Rheumatologists please call: 512/901-4018.  New patient appointments are available. 

If you are a registered patient with ADC you can also make an appointment online using e-Access, the secure and easy way to stay connected to ADC.  For more information just click on e-Access.

Office Hours:

Routine patient appointment hours are Monday through Friday
8:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm.  Phone calls received after 4:00 pm will be returned the following business day.

James Crout, MD, Main Clinic
Eduardo Cepeda, MD, Main Clinic, South Clinic
Kevin Osgood, MD, Main Clinic
Christopher Parker, DO, Main Clinic
Monty Tew, MD, Round Rock Clinic, Main Clinic