Rheumatology Services Return to McFarland Clinic, Welcoming Melissa Chiston, MD

McFarland Clinic is pleased to announce the return of rheumatology services. Melissa Chiston, MD, has joined McFarland Clinic’s Rheumatology Department in Ames.

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Dr. Chiston received her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology from Drake University in Des Moines. She went on to receive her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Chiston completed her internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and her Rheumatology Fellowship from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

As a rheumatologist, Dr. Chiston will offer services for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, gout, and lupus. She will also offer services for autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren’s syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease, and scleroderma in addition to metabolic bone diseases such as Osteoporosis, musculoskeletal conditions, and vasculitis.

Alejandra Londono, MD, has also joined the Rheumatology department. For more information, please contact the Rheumatology department.