The 20 Best Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Doctors in Texas, US

Curry Koening is a Rheumatologist in Austin, Texas. Dr. Koening is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Vasculitis, Microscopic Polyangiitis, and Temporal Arteritis. Dr. Koening is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Szalasny has been recognized as a Top Doc 2023, 2024, and 2025 by Austin Monthly Magazine. Winners are nominated by their peers as among the best in their region/nation in their medical specialty. Dr. Szalasny is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Juvenile Temporal Arteritis, Temporal Arteritis, and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA).

Dr. Gerdes attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX. He then completed a residency in family medicine at John Peter Smith Hospitals in Fort Worth, TX. Dr. Gerdes is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Gerdes is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Temporal Arteritis, Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Juvenile Temporal Arteritis, and Necrotizing Vasculitis.

Matthew Hogenmiller is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist in Flower Mound, Texas. Dr. Hogenmiller is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Fibromyalgia, Necrotizing Vasculitis, and Raynaud Phenomenon.

Heidi Schneider is a Rheumatologist in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Schneider is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

Dustin Stidger is a Rheumatologist in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Stidger is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Fibromyalgia, Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriasis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

Margarita Fallena is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Fallena is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Pneumoconiosis, Rheumatoid Lung Disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).

Thomas Geppert is a Rheumatologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Geppert is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Juvenile Temporal Arteritis.

Stanley Cohen is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Cohen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Endoscopy.

Sarra Musa is a Rheumatologist in Beaumont, Texas. Dr. Musa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Ankylosing Spondylitis, Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), and Rheumatoid Lung Disease.

Dr. Afeefa Chaudhry is board-certified in internal medicine and specializes in geriatric medicine. She began her medical career in 1997 working in the area of women’s health. Dr. Chaudhry settled in North Texas in 2008 and previously worked for seven years in a senior care clinic in the Lewisville area before joining Texas Health Physicians Group in 2022. She is experienced in caring for patients with dementia and other challenging disorders associated with the aging population. Dr. Chaudhry earned her medical degree at King Edward Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her internal medicine residency through the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York City. She went on to complete a geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. Dr. Chaudhry is a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Chaudhry is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Tracheitis, Renovascular Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young.

Dr. Vaseer joined the faculty at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) in 2025. She graduated from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan and completed her initial Internal Medicine training at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, New York. She furthered her training with a rheumatology fellowship at the University of Oklahoma where she also held the position of Associate Professor and Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program before moving to BUMC. Dr. Vaseer has a keen interest in managing complex autoimmune conditions including systemic rheumatic disease related lung disease, systemic sclerosis, vasculitis and rheumatoid arthritis. Currently, she continues her commitment to education, mentoring and shaping the next generation of physicians, while being affiliated with Texas A&M University. Dr. Vaseer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Relapsing Polychondritis, Scleroderma, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc).

Zoran Kurepa is a Rheumatologist in Flower Mound, Texas. Dr. Kurepa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Gout, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, and Bursitis.

Imran Iqbal is a Rheumatologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Iqbal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Fibromyalgia.

Sonia Bajaj is a Rheumatologist in Crowley, Texas. Dr. Bajaj is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Sjogren Syndrome, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Arthritis.

Jonathan Thomas is a Rheumatologist in Texarkana, Texas. Dr. Thomas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Antisynthetase Syndrome, Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Sjogren Syndrome.

Iftikhar Chowdhry is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Chowdhry is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Vasculitis, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).

Dr. Sandeep Agarwal is a board certified rheumatologist and physician scientist with an independent research laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine. He is the rheumatology subspecialty director at the Baylor Clinic. His clinical interests are largely in autoimmune and arthritic diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic sclerosis/scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective disease, Sjogren's syndrome, vasculitis, polymyalgia rheumatica and osteoarthritis. Dr. Agarwal has a specific interest in autoimmune diseases that involve fibrosis of the skin, lungs and other internal organs, which is also the focus of his laboratory research. Dr. Agarwal's laboratory is studying the mechanisms that underlie the development of autoimmune and fibrotic disease, including systemic sclerosis/scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. His laboratory is interested in the cells that mediate the fibrotic process, in particularly the interactions between fibroblasts and macrophages. His laboratory has identified increased expression of cadherin-11 in patients with scleroderma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and demonstrated that cadherin-11 is a critical mediator of lung and skin fibrosis in mouse models. His laboratory has determined that cadherin-11 is an important regulator of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and also regulates macrophage behavior. His laboratory has continues to utilize mouse models, cellular and molecular immunology techniques and samples from patients to determine how cadherin-11 is regulating the development of fibrosis. He is currently working to translate these research findings into the care of patients with autoimmune fibrotic diseases. In addition to cadherin-11, his laboratory has identified a number of other candidate molecules involved in autoimmunity and fibrosis. Ultimately, Dr. Agarwal and his laboratory seek to understand the complex cellular and molecular interactions that lead to tissue fibrosis with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets of patients with these diseases. Dr. Agarwal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). His top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

Li Jiang is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist in Frisco, Texas. Dr. Jiang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Raynaud Phenomenon, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis, and Trabeculectomy.

Virginia Reddy is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Reddy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Raynaud Phenomenon.