Rheumatologist Business Cards for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease Medicine

Rheumatologists are the physician specialists who diagnose and treat inflammatory arthritis, autoimmune diseases, soft tissue disorders, and metabolic bone disease — managing the complex, chronic, and often systemic diseases that affect the joints, muscles, bones, and connective tissue throughout the body. Rheumatology is a consultation-intensive subspecialty: primary care physicians, orthopedic surgeons, dermatologists, nephrologists, pulmonologists, and other specialists routinely refer patients with autoimmune disease to rheumatologists for diagnosis, management, and biologics initiation.

What Rheumatologist Cards Include

Your Credentials

• MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine)
• ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) board certified — required; Internal Medicine primary certification precedes rheumatology subspecialty
• ABIM board certified in Rheumatology — subspecialty certification after Internal Medicine
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine in Rheumatology
• ACR member (American College of Rheumatology) — primary professional organization
• FACR (Fellow, American College of Rheumatology) — earned fellowship designation
• State medical license

Your Rheumatic Disease Specialties

Inflammatory arthritis:

• Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) — seropositive and seronegative
• Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
• Ankylosing Spondylitis / Axial Spondyloarthropathy (AS/axSpA)
• Reactive Arthritis
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
• Undifferentiated Inflammatory Arthritis

Connective tissue diseases:

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
• Sjogren's Syndrome (Primary and Secondary)
• Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma — limited and diffuse)
• Polymyositis / Dermatomyositis (Inflammatory Myopathies)
• Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)

Vasculitis:

• Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) and Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
• ANCA-associated vasculitis (GPA, MPA, EGPA)
• Behcet's disease

Crystal arthropathies:

• Gout (monosodium urate crystal disease)
• Pseudogout (CPPD — calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease)

Osteoporosis:

• Osteoporosis diagnosis and management
• DEXA scan interpretation
• Bisphosphonate and denosumab management
• Fragility fracture prevention

Other:

• Fibromyalgia
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
• Raynaud's Phenomenon

Your Therapies and Procedures

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs):

• Conventional DMARDs: methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), sulfasalazine, leflunomide
• Biologic DMARDs: TNF inhibitors (adalimumab/Humira, etanercept/Enbrel, infliximab/Remicade), IL-6 inhibitors (tocilizumab/Actemra, sarilumab/Kevzara), IL-17 inhibitors (secukinumab/Cosentyx, ixekizumab/Taltz), IL-12/23 and IL-23 inhibitors (ustekinumab/Stelara, risankizumab/Skyrizi), B-cell depletion (rituximab/Rituxan), T-cell co-stimulation blockade (abatacept/Orencia), anti-BLyS (belimumab/Benlysta for lupus)
• JAK inhibitors (tofacitinib/Xeljanz, baricitinib/Olumiant, upadacitinib/Rinvoq, filgotinib)
• IVIG infusion therapy

Procedures:

• Arthrocentesis (joint aspiration and injection)
• Corticosteroid joint injections
• Synovial fluid crystal analysis
• Soft tissue injections (bursa, tendon sheath)

Design for Rheumatologists

Clinical Authority, Medical Specialist

Color palette:

• Navy + white: medical specialist authority
• Dark teal + white: clinical rheumatology
• Charcoal + white: precision medicine

Back of Card

1. "Rheumatologist, MD | ABIM Certified | FACR | ACR | [State] Licensed"
2. "RA | Lupus (SLE) | Psoriatic arthritis | AS | Sjogren's | Scleroderma | Vasculitis | Gout"
3. "DMARDs | Biologics | JAK inhibitors | Joint injections | DEXA | Osteoporosis | IVIG"
4. "Complex autoimmune disease | Biologics management | Joint aspiration | Crystal arthritis"
5. "New patients: [phone] | [email] | [website] | [Institution / Practice]"

Checklist

• [ ] MD or DO
• [ ] ABIM board certification (Internal Medicine)
• [ ] ABIM subspecialty (Rheumatology)
• [ ] ACR membership
• [ ] FACR (if earned)
• [ ] Inflammatory arthritis (RA, PsA, AS, JIA)
• [ ] Connective tissue diseases (lupus, scleroderma, Sjogren's, myositis)
• [ ] Vasculitis (GCA, PMR, ANCA)
• [ ] Crystal arthritis (gout, pseudogout)
• [ ] Osteoporosis / DEXA
• [ ] Biologics management
• [ ] JAK inhibitors
• [ ] Joint injection procedures
• [ ] Institution affiliation