Claro Palma, MD

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Claro Palma, MD received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines, in Manila, Philippines. He completed internal medicine internship, then residency in Internal Medicine at the Worcester City Hospital in Worcester Massachusetts. He completed his fellowship in Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Missouri – Columbia. Dr. Palma is a member of the American College of Physicians, board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine / Rheumatology and is a Certified Clinical Densitometrist through the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Dr. Palma specializes in adult rheumatology and provides specialty care in diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, pseudogout, polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell/temporal arteritis, osteoporosis, systemic lupus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, Sjogren’s syndrome, Wegener’s granulomatosis, and vasculitis. Dr. Palma welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Monday: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Thursday: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm

Languages: Tagalog, English

Tags: elevated sedimentation rate, polymyalgia rheumatica, gout of the elbow, gout of the arm, arthritis of multiple joints, positive ccp, pseudogout, hand pain, gout of the hand, polyarthralgia, autoimmune diseases, ankylosing spondylitis, joint stiffness, joint swelling, arthralgia, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, systemic scleroderma, raynaud's disease, positive antinuclear antibody (ana) test, autoinflammatory diseases, gout, systemic lupus erythematosus, gout of the wrist, immunoglobulin g deficiency, scleroderma, sicca syndrome, muscle weakness, myalgia, multi system inflammatory syndrome, positive anca, acute arthritis, hand arthritis, dry mouth, antinuclear antibody (ana) blood test, complement deficiency, mixed connective tissue disease, bone densitometry, crystalline arthritis, sjogrens, giant cell arteritis, rheumatoid vasculitiis, joint disorder of multiple joints, arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus nephritis, lupus rash, biologic therapy for rheumatologic diseases, lyme disease, inflammatory myopathy, familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, positive rf, cranial arteritis, arthropathy, cold sensitivity hands, lupus panniculitis, rheumatoid arthritis, discoid lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid nodules, inflammatory arthritis (ia), localized scleroderma, inflammatory polyarthropathy

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