Dr. Huma Sohail is a board-certified rheumatologist at the Arthritis Center of North Georgia, seeing patients at the Gainesville location. She brings more than 13 years of rheumatology experience, a distinguished academic background, and specialized expertise in complex and multi-system autoimmune disease.

Originally from Lahore, Pakistan, Dr. Sohail earned her medical degree (MBBS) from Allama Iqbal Medical College before pursuing advanced training in internal medicine and rheumatology in London, England. After coming to the United States, she completed her internal medicine residency at McLaren Regional Medical Center/Michigan State University in Flint, Michigan — where she served as chief medical resident and was recognized with the Outstanding PGY-1 Trainee Award, the Resident Teacher Award, and the Internal Medicine Academic Excellence Award. She then completed her rheumatology fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, one of the country’s leading academic rheumatology programs, where she received intensive clinical and research training. Prior to joining ACNG in 2016, Dr. Sohail served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Dr. Sohail is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Rheumatology, and is an active participant in the ABIM Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment — a distinction reflecting her ongoing commitment to staying at the forefront of the field. She is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the American College of Physicians, and the Georgia Society of Rheumatology. She holds admitting and consulting privileges at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville and Braselton, and at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens. She continues to teach and supervise internal medicine residents, medical students, and physician assistants affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

Her clinical interests encompass the full spectrum of rheumatologic disease, with particular expertise in inflammatory muscle disease, vasculitis, scleroderma, autoimmune eye disease, paraneoplastic rheumatic syndromes, and complex, refractory autoimmune conditions. She is experienced in biologic and targeted synthetic DMARD therapy, infusion therapy, joint aspiration, intra-articular injections, and the management of multi-system autoimmune disease. Her research contributions include a published case series and narrative review on paraneoplastic rheumatic disorders in Cureus (2021), poster presentations at the American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meetings, and multiple invited grand rounds and rheumatology lectures at national and institutional levels. She has received the ACR Outstanding Abstract Award and the ACR FIT Travel Award for her research.

Dr. Sohail’s approach is patient-centered and evidence-based, with a strong emphasis on listening, education, and shared decision-making. She treats the whole patient — not just the diagnosis — creating individualized treatment plans aimed at improving function, quality of life, and long-term outcomes. Her background in academic medicine and clinical research allows her to bring cutting-edge therapies to patients who need them most, particularly those with complex or overlapping conditions. “Autoimmune diseases are highly individualized,” she says. “There is no one-size-fits-all treatment. I encourage patients to come prepared to share their symptoms openly so we can work together as a team.”

Dr. Sohail has volunteered as a physician at the Genesee County Free Medical Clinic and with the Patient Welfare Society in Lahore, Pakistan. She speaks English, Urdu, and Punjabi.