RheumaConsult
RheumaConsult — Portland, OR
Board-certified rheumatologists. Same-week consultations available.
3,400+
patients in active care
RheumaConsult
Welcome
What brings you in today?
Choose what fits best — there are no wrong answers.
Conditions We Treat
Every form of
inflammation.
Dr. Priya Patel
MD, FACR — Biologic Therapies
Biologic Therapy & Targeted Treatment
"Choosing a biologic is not a lottery. It is pattern recognition — matching the right mechanism to your specific inflammatory architecture."
Dr. Patel has spent fifteen years navigating the biologic landscape with patients who have failed conventional DMARDs. She tracks treatment response longitudinally, titrating dosage around life events — travel, surgery, pregnancy — so the therapy fits the life, not the other way around.
- TNF inhibitors, IL-6 blockers, JAK inhibitors — matched to your bloodwork profile
- Biologic tapering protocols when remission holds for 12+ months
- Injection site coaching and side-effect monitoring at every visit
Lupus Co-Management & Organ Monitoring
"Lupus is a moving target. The skill is not treating the flare in front of you — it is reading the quiet months before it arrives."
Dr. Okonkwo trained in nephrology before completing her rheumatology fellowship, which means she coordinates kidney, cardiac, and neurological monitoring within a single care relationship. Patients with SLE do not need to explain their disease to a new specialist every time a new organ speaks up.
- Lupus nephritis screening and co-management with nephrology
- Hydroxychloroquine dosing adjusted to lean body weight and retinal risk
- Pregnancy planning and flare prevention during peripartum windows
Dr. Adaeze Okonkwo
MD, PhD — Lupus & Connective Tissue Disease
Dr. Rafael Reyes
MD — Musculoskeletal Imaging & Ultrasound
Imaging Interpretation & Precision Diagnosis
"An X-ray shows you what already happened. Ultrasound shows you what is happening right now, in real time, in the joint in front of you."
Dr. Reyes performs musculoskeletal ultrasound in clinic, reading synovial thickening and power Doppler signal during the same appointment where treatment decisions are made. He trained at Hospital for Special Surgery and brought point-of-care imaging into routine follow-up — shortening the diagnostic lag that used to stretch across two referrals and six weeks.
- Point-of-care joint ultrasound — same appointment, same decision
- MRI and X-ray correlation explained in plain language at every visit
- Ultrasound-guided joint injections with real-time needle placement
What patients say
The first appointment that felt like listening.
"After three years of morning stiffness stealing the first hour of my day, Dr. Patel found the right biologic in two visits. I had forgotten what it felt like to open my hands without waiting."
Margaret D.
RA patient, 14 months in care
"Dr. Okonkwo coordinates everything — nephrology, cardiology, my OB. I used to dread my chart. Now I actually understand it."
Simone A.
SLE patient, 3 years in care
"The ultrasound in the same room where we made the treatment decision changed everything. No more waiting six weeks to see if the injection worked."
Thomas R.
PsA patient, 8 months in care
Download Your Flare Toolkit
A bundled PDF containing a daily symptom tracker, a plain-language medication comparison chart, and a lab-results glossary — the same tools our care team hands to every new patient.
Flare Tracking Sheet
Log pain levels, stiffness duration, and triggers across 30 days
Biologic Comparison Chart
Side-by-side view of 12 common biologics with mechanism and typical dosing
Lab Results Glossary
Plain-language explanations of CRP, ESR, anti-CCP, ANA, and 14 more markers