Associate Professor Sammel is a Sydney based rheumatologist and vasculitis specialist. He sees patients with all forms of inflammatory, connective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases and has subspecialist expertise in vasculitis. Vasculitis refers to a family of conditions where the immune system attacks blood vessels and includes conditions such as giant cell arteritis, Takayasu arteritis, ANCA associated vasculitis, cryoglobulinaemia, IgG4 and Behcet disease.
A/Prof Sammel has public hospital appointments at Prince of Wales and Sydney Eye Hospitals. At these sites he leads the rheumatology vasculitis service and coordinates clinical trials. He admits and consults on patients with general rheumatological conditions including gout, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, SLE (lupus), osteoarthritis, myositis and bursitis. He also provides rheumatology support for the uveitis, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension teams.
