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Scleroderma Clinic

The Scleroderma Clinic focuses on patients with systemic sclerosis or scleroderma, mixed-connective tissue disease, Sjögren's syndrome and inflammatory myositis. Patients benefit from the diverse expertise of the Scleroderma Clinic doctors, including a dermatologist and plastic surgeon specializing in autoimmune disease.

Clinic doctors also work closely with colleagues in the Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic and the Heart Failure Clinic, enrolling patients in clinical studies of autoimmune lung disease and pulmonary hypertension.

To check the status of your appointment request, send an email to the Rheumatology Clinic.

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Getting Here

Scleroderma Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Floor B1
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353–4967
Fax: (415) 353–2530

Hours: Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

What to Bring

  • Health insurance information including authorizations or referrals
  • List of prescription medications and dosages
  • List of medications that you're allergic to
  • List of questions you may have
  • Recent test results related to your condition
  • Paper and pencil to take notes

Last updated April 30, 2012

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Clinic Team

Tamiko R. Katsumoto
Dr. Tamiko R. Katsumoto,
director of the Scleroderma Clinic
Andrew J. Gross
Dr. Andrew J. Gross,
rheumatologist
Kari Connolly
Dr. Kari Connolly,
dermatologist and rheumatologist
Lianne Simone Gensler
Dr. Lianne Simone Gensler,
rheumatologist