Rheumatologists specialize in and provide treatment for various autoimmune diseases that affect the joints, muscles, and blood vessels. Some conditions for which patients seek care from a rheumatologist include rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, polymyalgia rheumatica, and systemic autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, myositis, systemic sclerosis, uveitis, and vasculitis.

The majority of rheumatologists at Associate Clinic accept referrals from Calgary’s Rheumatology Central Triage program. Some of our rheumatologists manage their own referrals; if so, this is noted in their individual biographies.

Dr. Ina Cusnir is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada) in both Rheumatology and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Moran Toro is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Community Rheumatologist. She has a special interest in inflammatory arthritis, rheumatic diseases in pregnancy, and young adults with rheumatic diseases.

Dr. Gary Morris is a rheumatologist who has been practicing at the Associate Clinic for 20 years. He received his Ph.D. in protein chemistry in 1993 and graduated from the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, in 1996.

Dr. Olga Ziouzina is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. She received her diploma, with honours, from Irkutsk Medical University, Irkutsk, Russia, and an MD from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba