Dr. Paul Sufka

Paul Sufka, MD, is a board-certified rheumatologist currently in private practice with Twin Cities Orthopedics, caring for patients across the Minneapolis–St. Paul region with an affiliation at United Hospital. He also contributes to academic training through ongoing teaching of rheumatology fellows at the University of Minnesota. His clinical practice focuses on comprehensive rheumatology care for autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, evaluation and management of rare autoinflammatory syndromes, and bone health with an emphasis on osteoporosis screening and prevention. Dr. Sufka’s research and professional interests center on the integration of AI and large language models into clinical workflows and EHRs, digital medicine and social media as vehicles for medical education and research dissemination, and infectious outcomes and vaccine response in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. He serves as Social Media Editor for the American College of Rheumatology journals Arthritis & Rheumatology, Arthritis Care & Research, and ACR Open Rheumatology, and is a member of the ACR Communications & Marketing Committee. He was a founding steering committee member and Technology and Marketing Lead for the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registry and is the creator of Superintelligent Medicine, focused on the intersection of AI and clinical practice. Dr. Sufka earned his MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Minnesota, served as Chief Resident at Regions Hospital/University of Minnesota, and completed a rheumatology fellowship at the University of Minnesota.