Overview
Heather North is a Rheumatologist in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Dr. North and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Juvenile Temporal Arteritis, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Dr. North is currently accepting new patients.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- UnitedHealthcare
- Humana
Locations
705 -a 6th Ave W, Hendersonville, NC 28739
800 N Justice St, Hendersonville, NC 28791
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
When evaluating expertise, MediFind pulls from factors such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
To learn more about how MediFind determines the expertise levels, check out our expert tiers page.
- Distinguished
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
- Juvenile Temporal Arteritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
- Advanced
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis with Tylosis
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)
- Bursitis
- Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE)
- Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
- Experienced
- Antisynthetase Syndrome
- Arthritis
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis
- Dermatomyositis
- Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome
- Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss Syndrome)