Rheumatology
Rheumatology is involved in patient care, education, and clinical research for patients with inflammatory arthritis and other connective tissue disorders. Dr. Roger Lidman and rheumatologists from several area private practice groups contribute their time to educating our students and residents. Many are involved in outpatient clinical research studies, primarily evaluating the efficacy and safety of new therapeutic interventions.
Residents and medical students work with attending physicians to evaluate and manage patients with rheumatic disorders in inpatient settings at area hospitals and outpatient settings at private practices and the Sentara Ambulatory Care Center.
Welcome, Dr. Berney!
We are excited to announce our new Division Chief of Rheumatology, Dr. Seth Berney. Dr. Berney attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. He went on to obtain his M.D. degree from the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Seth completed his IM residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama. He remained at the University of Alabama-Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama to complete a fellowship in Rheumatology. He then went on to complete a fellowship in rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, also at the University of Alabama- Birmingham. He continued with a post-doctoral research fellowship in Developmental and Clinical Immunology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
He has continued his education through the Six Sigma Green Belt for Health Care program at Villanova University, as well as the Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers course through the Harvard School of Public Health at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA. He most recently served as Professor in Rheumatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR. He joined U of A as a Professor of Medicine with tenure, and the Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, in October of 2014.
Before the University of Arkansas, Dr. Berney was also a Professor of Medicine with tenure at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport from 2007 to 2014. He served as the Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology there, as well as the Director of the Center of Excellence for Arthritis and Rheumatology, from 2005 to 2014. Dr. Berney served as an Associate Professor at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport from 2001 to 2007 and as an Assistant Professor there from 1995 to 2001. Seth has been board-certified in Internal Medicine since 1991, and in Rheumatology since 1996. Dr. Berney has an extensive history of leadership and commitment to the study and care of patients with immunological issues.
