Christine Elias
Position:
Rheumatologist
Dr. Christine Elias is a Bay Area native and moved back to the area in 2014. She enjoys the diverse cultural climate in Northern California and enjoys serving the patients within the community where she grew up.
- Board Certified in Rheumatology
- Undergraduate studies: University of California, Davis
- Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin
- Internal Medicine residency: University of California, Irvine
- Rheumatology fellowship: University of California, Irvine
- Member of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Northern California Rheumatology Society (NCRS), and Association of Women In Rheumatology (AWIR)
- Volunteer with various non-profit organizations, such as the Lupus Foundation to provide patient educational seminars; guest lecturer at Stanford University School of Medicine Primary Care Associate Program
- Fluent in Vietnamese, some medical Spanish
- Fremont office Tuesdays and Fridays, Milpitas office Wednesdays
Conditions commonly treated include the following:
- Arthritis: including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout
- Osteoporosis
- Autoimmune diseases: lupus, scleroderma, myositis, Sjogren syndrome, vasculitis