{"id":313,"date":"2010-10-19T15:26:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T19:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:50:08","slug":"scleroderma-clinical-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/for-patients\/scleroderma-clinical-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Scleroderma Clinical Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Scleroderma Clinic at Boston Medical Center is a multidisciplinary center renowned for its comprehensive care and cutting-edge research for patients with scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that causes hardening of the skin and internal organs. Internationally recognized as a leader in scleroderma, the clinic boasts the largest scleroderma program in New England and is the oldest and most experienced in the area.<br \/>\nOur clinic offers patients the highest level of expertise, experience, and innovation, providing the latest diagnostic and therapeutic measures, including access to clinical trials. We collaborate with specialists in cardiology, pulmonology, dermatology, gastroenterology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, orthopedics, urology, and other fields as needed.<br \/>\nThe clinic&#8217;s dedicated team of senior physicians possesses extensive experience in managing the many facets of scleroderma. Our mission is to improve the quality of life and outcomes for patients with scleroderma through state-of-the-art patient care and advanced therapeutic research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/about-us\/donate\/\" class=\"bulp-item-button bulp-promo-button bulp-promo-area1-button button-primary\">Support the Research of the Scleroderma Program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><strong>To arrange an appointment with our specialists, please contact Alice Anderson by phone at 617-358-6171 or by fax at 617-358-6586. Please specify \u201cScleroderma Visit.\u201d<\/strong> <strong>For more information, please visit our Boston Medical Center site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/departments\/rheumatology\/scleroderma-clinic\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Scleroderma Clinic at Boston Medical Center is a multidisciplinary center renowned for its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"parent":1129,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4807,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions\/4807"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}