Committed to Complex Rheumatologic Problems

Dr. Alan Zalkowitz, with over 40 years experience, started the Arthritis and Rheumatology Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC and started the Lupus Foundation of New Jersey.

Born in New York City, Dr. Zalkowitz received his Bachelor of Science from Brooklyn College. He graduated from the Catholic University of Louvain Medical School in Belgium, one of the premier rheumatology centers in Europe and affiliated with the Rockefeller Institute. Dr. Zalkowitz then interned in the McGill University program in Montreal, Canada, followed by his residency at Yale University New Haven and its affiliates.

Thereafter, Dr. Zalkowitz helped run the arthritis, lupus and gout clinics at Mount Sinai Hospital for several years. He has been recognized for 20 straight years by Castle Connolly and the last four years in the New York Times as one of the foremost rheumatologists on the East Coast.

He is available to see patients.

SPECIALTY:

• Rheumatology

EDUCATION:

• Brooklyn College
  • Bachelor of Science

RESIDENCY & TRAINING:

• Stanford Hospital
• Yale New Haven Medical Center
  • Residency
• Mount Sinai Hospital New York City
  • Fellowship in Rheumatology

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

• American Board of Internal Medicine
• Rheumatology

HONORS & AWARDS:

• Castle Connolly Top Doctors
• Best Doctors in the Metropolitan Area
• Inside New Jersey honoree

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• The Medical Society of Bergen County
• American College of Rheumatology, New Jersey Chapter
• Lupus Foundation of New Jersey, founder