Rheumatology
Rheumatology
Our rheumatology practice encompasses all aspects of rheumatology. The population we service is highly diverse, with significant numbers of patients of Native American/Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and Asian as well as African ancestry. Particular clinical and research interests focus on disorders prevalent or serve muscle and lung disease, and patients requiring management of autoimmune disorders overlapping with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or axial spondylitis. Patients are seen in the UNLV Health Internal Medicine Clinics; we also attend to hospitalized patients at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada needing inpatient rheumatology consultation.
Winn Chatham, MD
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Dr. Chatham, Professor of Internal Medicine at the Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV graduated from Duke University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and received his medical doctorate from Vanderbilt University. After completing a residency in Internal Medicine at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and then serving for three years in the National Health Service Corp he then completed subspecialty fellowship training in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Mitchell Forman, DO
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Mitchell Forman, DO, is the director of the rheumatology fellowship program at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.
A rheumatologist for more than 40 years, including four years of directing a rheumatology clinical practice until 2022 at UNLV Health, Dr. Forman helped found the Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine in Henderson, where he served as dean for 12 years. During his time at Touro, he also served terms as president of the Nevada State Medical Association and the Clark County Medical Society.
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