Rheumatology Consultation - Doz. Dr. Johannes GRISAR

"When the lockdown started due to Covid-19 many national and international patients were very concerned about their disease and their treatment. In these challenging times, Online Video Consultations turned out to be an excellent tool to overcome obstacles like travel restrictions making it again possible for international patients to see their preferred physician face to face."

"Patients are now becoming free of pain faster, often it takes only two or three consultations for the patient to see and feel positive progress with their new therapy."

"It happens to many patients that a diagnosis is not performed properly. Having a second opinion often shows essential new insights to the patient and physician making new treatments and therapies much more effective. In a few cases, a second opinion can be even life-saving." - Doz. Dr. Johannes Grisar

Ideal process of an online consultation:

1. Patient sends relevant files and history in advance
2. The physician reviews all documents and prepares for the online consultation
   - this saves a lot of time and makes the process even more effective
3. In the video online consultation, the physician will ask specific questions to the patient in order to find out the best treatment
   - If an in-person consultation is mandatory, the physician of Wiener Privatklinik will send clear advice for a physician close to the patients' residence. Optional the patient will also receive support from WPK’s Case Managers to plan a trip to WPK hospital in Vienna/Austria.
4. A personal therapy plan will be discussed and assigned to the patient
   - if necessary the interdisciplinary board of physicians at WPK will support the planning and process for the best possible treatment of the patient
5. New check-ups might be advised
6. Follow-up video consultations (discounted - 50 %) scheduled if necessary

About Doz. Dr. JOHANNES GRISAR

Doz. Johannes Grisar, M.D. studied and graduated at the Medical University of Vienna from 1991 to 1998. In his doctoral thesis, he investigated the role of CD54 in monocytes undergoing transendothelial migration. He then completed his fellowship in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Division of Rheumatology at the Medical University of Vienna headed by Professor Josef Smolen. In 2009, he became an associate Professor with his postdoctoral lecture qualification titled „Endothelial progenitor cells in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus“.

He also has been awarded fellowships from the American Arthritis Association and the Austrian Science fund working at the Stanford University of Medicine in California in Professor Cornelia Weyand´s lab from 2009 to 2011.

In 2013 he changed from the Medical University in Vienna to the St. Vincent Hospital in Vienna working as a Specialist and Senior Consultant in Rheumatology for 4 years. Since 2017 he serves as head of the outpatient department of Sanatorium Hera and since 2012 he runs a private practice at the Wiener Privatklinik.

Prof. Grisar achieved several awards including the prestigious Billroth-price of the Viennese medical association.

He is a member of the Austrian Society of Rheumatology and the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine, and he is also Vice-Head of the Karl Landsteiner Institute of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology.

His main focus is in rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and systemic lupus erythematosus.