The Section of Rheumatology is the home of The Myositis Center at the University of Chicago Medicine, the only comprehensive center devoted to myositis in the state of Illinois. Our multidisciplinary team of experts works together to diagnose the different types of myositis, identify disease complications, and establish a comprehensive medical plan intended to provide disease control and quality of life to patients with all kinds of myositis or inflammatory myopathies: dermatomyositis, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, antisynthetase syndrome, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, juvenile dermatomyositis, and overlap myositis syndromes. 

In addition to providing state-of-art clinical care to patients with myositis, our team is also devoted to research in myositis. We work closely with The Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, a leading immunology research program focused on integrating basic science, translational, and clinical research. Our center is also a collaborator of national and international projects in myositis research. Finally, located in the heart of Hyde Park, in the south side of Chicago, the University of Chicago Medicine and our Myositis Center are committed to building a more equitable health care system to our patients.