Maximize Your RA Rheumatologist Visits: Tips for Effective Appointments

To make the most of a visit with your rheumatologist, it’s important to know what your doctor wants out of the visit, too.

“In general, the goal of the physician is to know how the patient is doing,” says Neal Birnbaum, MD, a rheumatologist at MarinHealth in San Rafael, California, and a past president of the American College of Rheumatology. “We want to know, is the patient responding to the treatment?”