A Specialist in Rheumatology
Dr. Wais Afzal is a rheumatologist and strives to provide individualized patient care. He treats bone, joint and autoimmune disorders.
He specializes in these procedures:
- Arthrocentesis: Dr. Afzal will use a syringe to collect fluid from a joint to diagnose conditions such as gout, arthritis and certain infections.
- Intra-articular injections: Treating inflammatory joint disorders by delivering a shot to the afflicted joint. This procedure relieves pain.
- Bursal aspiration: Removing fluid from the joints using a syringe. This treats bursitis, a painful condition afflicting joints.
- Bursal injections: Steroid injections to soothe joint pain. These injections reduce inflammation and help relieve pain.
- Skin punch biopsies: This diagnostic technique removes a cylindrical core of skin that is only a few millimeters in diameter. This biopsy is used to diagnose skin disorders.
He mainly treats:
- Adult-onset Still’s disease
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Gout
- Inflammatory myositis
- Lupus
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Overlap syndromes
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Pseudogout
- Regional musculoskeletal disorders
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Seronegative spondyloarthritis
- Undifferentiated connective tissue disease
- Vasculitis
Dr. Afzal is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.
Speaks: English, Persian, Dari, Pashtu
Background Information
Additional Locations
Sanford Aberdeen Clinic
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
Sanford Imagenetics
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105