Faculty
Kenneth S. O'Rourke, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology.
Dr. O'Rourke joined the faculty following Rheumatology fellowship training at the University of Michigan. He received his MD degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and did his Internal Medicine residency at David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base. Dr. O'Rourke's clinical interests are in general rheumatology as well as in the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and myopathies. During his fellowship he obtained expertise in various interventional skills including arthroscopy, needle muscle biopsy, minor salivary gland biopsy, and tidal joint irrigation. His research interests include the development of arthroscopy as a clinical and research tool for the rheumatologist, the development of protocols for the treatment of severe knee disease in inflammatory arthritides and the role of needle biopsy in the evaluation of inflammatory myopathies, and the development of combined fellowship training programs in rheumatology and geriatrics.