Dr. Amy Gaultney, Pediatric Rheumatology
amy Gaultney, MD
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange
Specialty:
Board Certified:
Rheumatology Referrals
Physicians can refer patients to CHOC through our eCeptionist Referral Portal.
Dr. Amy Gaultney is a pediatric rheumatologist at CHOC Hospital in Orange County, California. As an expert in pediatric rheumatology, Dr. Gaultney cares for babies, kids and teens with a wide variety of rheumatologic conditions. She specializes in pediatric lupus, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, vasculitis and other rare rheumatologic diseases.
Dr. Gaultney’s research interests include medication adherence in rheumatologic disease, patient reported outcomes and medical ethics.
“I always view my patients as children first, patients second. My goal is to get the rheumatologic disease under good control so that the child can get back to doing whatever it is that brings them joy, whether in academics, the arts or athletics.”
-Dr. Amy Gaultney, MD, MTS
Locations
CHOC Specialists, Rheumatology
1201 W La Veta Ave
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-509-8617
fax: 714-509-4590
Education
- Medical School
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC - Pediatrics Residency
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC - Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Autoinflammatory/periodic fever syndromes
- Chronic iritis
- Dermatomyositis
- Dysautonomia syndromes
- Hypermobility-associated musculoskeletal pain
- Iridocyclitis
- Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis (JAS)
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
- Pain amplification syndrome and related pain syndromes
- Scleroderma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Vasculitis (including ANCA-associated)
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