Rheumatology

Appointments for the Rheumatology Immunology Outpatient Clinic

Dear patient

Due to the large number of requests from patients with rheumatological or immunological diseases, some of whom are very seriously ill, we are forced to evaluate the appointment requests individually and can unfortunately only accept a small number of patients for an appointment in accordance with the criteria of §116b. This mainly affects patients with severe forms of the underlying disease and patients with a well-founded suspicion of collagenosis or vasculitis.

Appointments can only be made at short notice by registering with your attending physician; inpatient admission may also be recommended.

In order to be able to process your inquiry regarding a rheumatological disease as specifically as possible, we would ask you to complete our questionnaire and send it to us with the specified documents.

In order to process your appointment request, we need the following:

1. The fully completed rheumatism questionnaire (see above) if a rheumatic disease is suspected
   OR the fully completed immunodeficiency questionnaire (see above) if an immunodeficiency is suspected
   
2. A report from your physician stating why an appointment with us is necessary
   
3. A current medication plan
   
4. A current laboratory (not older than 14 days) with differential blood count, CRP and ESR
   
5. For appointment requests to clarify an immunodeficiency, we require the determination of immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin A and immunoglobulin M in addition to the differential blood count, CRP and ESR.

Please note:

Due to the high volume of requests, incomplete documents (see points 1 to 5) cannot be processed.

Please understand that incomplete requests must be disposed of accordingly for data protection reasons.

Thank you for your understanding

Prof. Dr. med. Torsten Witte

Dr. med. Gerrit Ahrenstorf

PD Dr. med. Diana Ernst

PD Dr. med. Alexandra Jablonka