Empowering patients with rheumatic disease
Dr Sarina Kempe is a consultant rheumatologist based in Sunshine Coast, QLD in Australia. She relocated with her family to live permanently in sunny Queensland and has started working at Coast Joint Care in Maroochydore since December 2019. Sarina was born in Germany and received her primary education in Malaysia in, as such is fluent in English and also Malay. Dr Sarina Kempe graduated from University of Southampton, UK in 2005 and continued to work as a junior doctor in Bath and Wales, UK. Dr Sarina Kempe then moved to Australia to complete her basic physician training and specialised advanced training in Rheumatology at The Alfred Hospital, Monash Medical Centre and Box Hill Hospital in Melbourne as well as Townsville Hospital including remote indigenous settlements in Queensland. She gained experience in private rheumatology clinics at Eastern Rheumatology and Peninsula Rheumatology in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. In 2018, Sarina and her family moved to Malaysia where she spent a year working as a Consultant Rheumatologist at a private hospital - Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara in Kuala Lumpur. Dr Sarina Kempe has a range of rheumatological interests including the treat to target management of inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis as well as gout. She also treats osteoarthritis, connective tissue diseases, and a wide variety of musculoskeletal complaints. She emphasizes patient empowerment through education regarding their chronic diseases and aims to provide a personalized and tailored management program through shared decision making. She is open-minded, compassionate and uses the best available scientific evidence to guide treatment decisions.
