Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP
Primary Location
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
- Appointment:
- 216.444.5632
- Desk:
- 216.445.7280
- Fax:
- 216.636.7604
Treatment & Services
- Administration Of Injectable Medications For Osteoporosis
- Adult Rheumatology
- Arthritic Knee Conditions
- Bone Density Testing
- Clinical Trials
- Cortisone injections
- Diagnosis of Osteoporosis
- Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA)
- General Rheumatology
- General Rheumatology including Lupus
- Hyaluronic acid (HA)
- Hyaluronic acid injections
- Immunoglobulin Infusion
- Immunology
- Immunotherapy
- Infusion Therapy
- Infusions Of Biologic Agents On Site
- Joint Aspiration
- Joint Injections
- Joint Preservation Center
- Medical Management of Early Osteoarthritis
- Medication Management
- Musculoskeletal Evaluation
- Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Musculoskeletal Treatment For Joint Pain
- Orthobiologics
- Rheumatology
- Therapeutic Injections
- Ultrasound-guided Procedures
- Viscosupplementation
- Viscosupplementation Injections
Specialty in Diseases & Conditions
- AIDS & HIV
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Arthritic Knee Problems
- Arthritis
- Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle
- Arthritis Of The Hip
- Arthritis Of The Knee
- Arthritis of the Thumb Base
- Arthritis of the Wrist & Hand
- Autoimmune Disease
- Autoinflammatory Syndromes
- Behcet's Disease
- Benign Hypermobility Joint Syndrome
- Buerger's Disease
- Bursitis
- Calcification Tendinitis
- Calcinosis
- Central Nervous System Vasculitis
- Chondrocalcinosis (Pseudo Gout)
- Churg-Strauss Syndrome
- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Connective Tissue Disorders
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Dermatomyositis
- Elbow Arthritis
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Syndrome
- Foot And Ankle Ulcers
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Gout
- Gout Arthritis
- Granulomatosis with Polyangitis (Wegener’s)
- Hand and Wrist Arthritis
- Hand Pain
- Hand Problems
- Henoch Schonlein Purpura
- Hip Arthritis
- Hip Disorders
- Hip Pain
- Immunodeficiency
- Immunosuppression
- Inflammatory Arthritis
- Iritis
- Joint Pain
- Knee Arthritis
- Knee Joint Disorders
- Knee Pain
- Lupus
- Lupus Anticoagulant
- Lupus Nephritis
- Metabolic Bone Disease
- Metabolic Diseases
- Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Impairments
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Myositis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis Of The Hips And Knees In The Elderly
- Painful Joints
- Palindromic Rheumatism
- Panuveitis
- Polumyalgia Rheumatica
- Polymyositis
- Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Radiculopathy
- Raynaud's Phenomenon
- Reactive Arthritis
- Relapsing Polychondritis
- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: How to Treat
- Sacroilitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleritis
- Scleroderma
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Pain
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Spondylitis
- Spondyloarthopathy
- Spondyloarthropathies
- Spondylosis
- Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
- Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
- Systemic Lupus
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Tendinosis
- Tendonitis
- Tenosynovitis
- Trigger Finger
- Vasculitis
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View All PlansAbout Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP
Betsy Kirchner is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She earned her under graduate degree in English Literature and Medieval Studies from Ohio Wesleyan University and her Master of Science in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University. She is currently working towards her Doctor of Nursing Practice at The Ohio State University.
Betsy has worked at the Cleveland Clinic since 2000 in the Immunology department. She provides care for patients with HIV, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lupus, and psoriatic arthritis as well as other autoimmune inflammatory diseases.
She is board-certified in Rheumatology Nursing and is on the Board of Directors of the Rheumatology Nurses Society. Betsy has published several articles and book chapters and has spoken at select national and international meetings. Her work-related areas of interest include vaccines and the effects of nutrition, activity and stress on autoimmune disease.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2004
Education & Fellowships
Graduate School - The Ohio State University
Columbus,
OH USA
2020
Graduate School - Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner
Cleveland,
OH USA
2000
Undergraduate - Ohio Wesleyan University
English
Delaware,
OH USA
1992
Certifications
- Family Nurse Practitioner
Specialty Interests
adult and pediatric immunodeficiency states/autoimmune diseases
136 Patient Satisfaction Reviews
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| Overall | Star Ratings | |
|---|---|---|
| Explains | 4.9 | |
| Courtesy, Respect & Concern | 4.9 | |
| Patient Rating of Doctor | 4.9 |
6 Patient Comments
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Reviewed on Jun 30, 2021
Provider was excellent
Reviewed on Jun 14, 2021
Elizabeth was the first provider that listened to all of my issues and she read my chart before meeting me!! I have had several bad experiences with CC providers who would brush me off or not believe me. I never felt uncomfortable explaining what was currently going on with me. She listened and advised me on the next steps.
Reviewed on Jun 7, 2021
appreciated seeing dr Kirchner. I was not feeling well and felt she was a good listener
Reviewed on Sep 30, 2020
not my usual doctor but she was amazing.
Reviewed on Aug 10, 2020
Care Provider was known to me by visit in 2017, CP was able to relate to me quickly about my current treatment and we did cover other options, and complications that could arise from such.
Reviewed on Aug 6, 2020
I love Betsy and Dr. Calabrese. They are life savers and always willing to work with me.