Alana M. Nevares, MD

Dr. Alana Nevares is a rheumatologist who specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions affecting the joints, muscles, and immune system. She earned her medical degree from Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Nicaragua and completed her internal medicine residency at John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County in 2015. Dr. Nevares furthered her training with a rheumatology fellowship at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2017, bringing 16 years of medical experience to her practice. She provides care in English to patients throughout the region.

Dr. Nevares practices at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, where she focuses on complex autoimmune conditions. She treats patients with anti-synthetase syndrome and helps manage systemic autoimmune conditions that can affect multiple organs. Her expertise includes caring for patients with non-infectious uveitis, a condition that causes eye inflammation. Dr. Nevares performs comprehensive blood tests and …complete blood counts to monitor her patients' health and uses creatinine tests to evaluate kidney function.