Meet Dr. Robicheaux

Dr. Rochelle Robicheaux Metoyer is a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine (MD) and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MPH). She is board certified by American Board of Internal Medicine in Rheumatology and maintains her board certification in general Internal Medicine.

She is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology. She is a Certified Clinical Densitometrist. She is trained in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, used in the diagnosis and monitoring of inflammatory joint diseases and soft tissue inflammatory conditions. During her training and academic career at Ochsner, she served as Chief Medical Resident and principal investigator in various rheumatology clinical research projects, primarily in the areas of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus.

She has given numerous academic lectures to her peers and rheumatology fellows in training. Her special interests include systemic lupus, scleroderma, inflammatory muscle diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis.