Dr. Robert Terkeltaub MD

Robert Terkeltaub, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation, University of California, San Diego. After earning his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Dr. Terkeltaub completed postdoctoral training in Immunopathology research at Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. His research concentrates on gout and ectopic calcification phenotypes of crystal deposition disease, gout clinical trials and treatment guidelines and outcomes in the disease, and the interfaces of inflammation, urate metabolism, and skeletal biology in these disorders. Dr. Terkeltaub has ~340 publications with over ~34,000 citations, has edited 2 textbooks, and has served as co-Editor and first ever Review Articles Editor of Arthritis and Rheumatology. Among his named lectureships was the 6th Morris Ziff Distinguished Lecturer at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and the 1st Malawista Memorial Lecturer at ACR. He also is Honorary Professor at Qingdao University, China. Dr. Terkeltaub has a long record of service on multiple editorial boards and scientific advisory committees, and is founding President of G-CAN (Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Drystal-Associated Disease Research Network).