Robert A. Terkeltaub, MD, is Chief of Rheumatology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Diego and Professor of Medicine and Interim Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Division Chief at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Terkeltaub received his medical degree at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and completed residency and training programs at Montreal General Hospital in Clinical Rheumatology and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Terkeltaub has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Terkeltaub regularly serves on NIH and arthritis research foundation Study Sections and is Associate Editor of Arthritis and Rheumatism and is the author of Gout & Other Crystal Arthropathies. Dr. Terkeltaub’s research has concentrated principally on gout, calcification, and osteoarthritis.