This website is written and edited by Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD, a pediatric and adult rheumatologist affiliated with Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. It is a personal educational website; the institutions do not endorse its content.
Different kinds of content
Patient guides explain conditions and help prepare for care. Clinician articles discuss clinical reasoning and evidence. Personal stories describe an individual’s experience. Historical recordings and articles reflect their original context and are labeled when included in the library archive.
Sources and uncertainty
Medical guides link to professional recommendations, research or reliable patient resources. A consensus statement, a clinical trial, a cohort study and an individual story offer different kinds of evidence. A new publication does not automatically change care for everyone.
These pages are educational summaries, not exhaustive reviews. They do not replace evaluation by a treating clinician. The site does not provide an individual diagnosis, prescription or emergency response.
Authorship and dates
Credits should identify the people responsible for the writing and any additional review. A publication or content-update date tells you when material was added or changed. It is not a claim that an independent specialist has reviewed the page. Design or navigation changes do not constitute a medical review.
Clinical content should be reconsidered when relevant guidance or safety information changes. Readers should consult the linked original guidance and current product information when making professional decisions.
Disclosures
Dr. Hausmann has previously served as a consultant to Novartis. Novartis had no relationship to the talks adapted for this website and had no input into the website articles. See the disclosures page for the website’s funding and affiliate-link information.
Privacy and practical tools
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Using an article in care
Bring the page address and your question to an appointment. If a statement appears inconsistent with current guidance, compare it with the cited source and ask your clinician for context. This website is not a secure clinical messaging service.
General education, not a diagnosis or an individual treatment plan. Use these resources with your own care team. How this website is edited.