Weather Advisory: Temporary Door Closure

Due to extreme cold, access through the Moakley Building's entrance off Boston Medical Center Place will be temporarily closed from 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, through 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2.

All patients and visitors should use the main entrance for the Menino and Yawkey Buildings during this time. The hospital remains open and operating as normal.

We appreciate your patience as we take these precautions during severe winter weather.

Vasculitis Program

Conditions We Treat

Conditions we see include, but are not limited to:

  • Large-vessel vasculitis
  • Giant cell arteritis (including temporal arteritis)
  • Takayasu arteritis

Medium-Vessel Vasculitis

  • Polyarteritis nodosa

Small-Vessel Vasculitis

  • ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV)
  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
  • Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)
  • Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA)

Immune-Complex Small Vessel Vasculitis

  • IgA vasculitis (Henoch–Schönlein purpura)
  • Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome
  • Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
  • Anti–GBM disease

Other Conditions

  • Behçet disease
  • Cogan syndrome
  • Relapsing polychondritis
  • VEXAS syndrome
  • Central nervous system vasculitis
  • Several organ-isolated vasculitis types
  • Conditions that may mimic vasculitis