General Info

Dr. John G. Paty, Jr. and Dr. Charles W. Sienknecht first brought rheumatology subspecialty care to this region when they opened this practice in 1975 at the Doctor's Building on McCallie Avenue in Chattanooga. With the addition of Dr. J. Eugene Huffstutter in 1984, the practice continued to grow and the name was changed to Arthritis Associates to best reflect the mission of the group to serve the future rheumatology needs of the Chattanooga area. The rheumatologists in our group served on the clinical staff of the UT College of Medicine for several years helping to provide teaching and training for future rheumatologists and were the sole physicians staffing the rheumatology clinics (including both adult and pediatric clinics) at Erlanger Medical Center.