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Pediatric rheumatologists treat children with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases that affect joints, muscles, bones, skin and other tissues. These diseases affects a child’s ability to move and play. Our goal is to improve their quality of life with early intervention.

Conditions treated (list is not comprehensive)

  • Angioedema
  • Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
  • Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
  • Hypermobility Syndrome
  • Immunodeficiencies
  • Juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Juvenile DermatomyositisJuvenile
  • Idiopathic Arthritis
  • Kawasaki Disease
  • Periodic Fever Syndromes
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Scleroderma
  • Sjogren’s Syndrome
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
  • Vasculitis

Kevin Baszis

Kevin Baszis, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County

Tarin Bigley, MD, PhD

Pediatric Immunology
Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Leslie Fogel, MD, PhD

Pediatric Immunology
Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County

Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul

Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, MD

Pediatric Immunology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Bradley Ornstein, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County

Erica Schmitt, MD, PhD

Erica Schmitt, MD, PhD

Pediatric Immunology
Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County

Claire Seper, CPNP-PC

Pediatric Rheumatology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County

Reema Syed

Reema Syed, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology
Rheumatology

Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Center for Advanced Medicine
Village Square – North County

Katie Varrone

Katie Varrone, CPNP

Pediatric Immunology

Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital