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Paul Sufka, MD

Paul Sufka (@psufka) is a staff rheumatologist with HealthPartners Medical Group and Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN and an assistant program director for the University of Minnesota Department of Internal Medicine. He is interested in technology and social media in medicine, fitness. He occasionally blogs at http://paulsufka.com, and is one of the co-founders of both The Rheumatology Podcast and the Rheumatology Journal Club on Twitter #RheumJC.

Articles By Paul Sufka, MD

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Muscle Loss and Frailty in Rheumatic Disease

At the 2019 ACR annual meeting, several abstracts looked at the importance of myopia (muscle wasting due to illness at any age) and sarcopenia (age related muscle wasting) in the setting of various rheumatologic diseases.

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MRI in the Diagnosis and Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common condition seen by both primary care and in the rheumatology office.

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Negotiation Skills for Rheumatologists

Physicians as a group are trained to have excellent clinical skills, but the difference between an average and extremely successful physician often comes down to factors outside of their ability to provide clinical care. 

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Emerging Trends in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

While I’m only 7 years into a (hopefully) long career in the field of rheumatology, the pace at which we are seeing advances in new medications and earlier detection of rheumatoid arthritis requires you to continually refresh your approach to the disease.    We

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Tech Tools for Rheumatologists Version 3.0

On Monday November 11th, Dr. Suleman Bhana, presented Tech Tools for Rheumatologists Version 3.0.  Dr.

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What I'm Looking Forward to at #ACR16

The ACR Annual Meeting (#ACR16) is such a huge event that it’s worth your time to spend an hour or two planning your time at the meeting. Here's my tentative #ACR16 session schedule.

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