Overview
Dr. ElTaraboulsi was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated valedictorian from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. He earned his medical degree from East Carolina University and completed a combined internal medicine-pediatrics program at Georgetown University Hospital. He completed rheumatology fellowship training at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
During training, Dr. ElTaraboulsi participated in clinical research and has published in the areas of scleroderma and osteoarthritis. His work has been presented at several conferences including the DC Rheumatism Society, American College of Rheumatology and Osteoarthritis Research Society International. He co-authored a textbook chapter on pseudogout and gout. He is trained in musculoskeletal ultrasound and implements its use for diagnostic and interventional purposes. He has special interest in transitional care as it applies to adolescents with chronic rheumatic conditions.
Dr. ElTaraboulsi is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology. He is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and participates in advocacy.
Dr. Eltaraboulsi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Interstitial Keratitis. His top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Tenosynovitis, and Gout.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
18111 Prince Phillip Dr, Suite 323, Olney, MD 20832
14995 Shady Grove Rd, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20850
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Alan Baer graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978 and completed his post-graduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. He was a faculty member at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, from 1986 to 2007, and served there as Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Fellowship Program Director. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2007 and is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Center. Since 2015, he has been an Investigator in the Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic at the National Institutes of Health. He was Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins University Rheumatology Practice at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from 2007 to 2014. Dr. Baer is currently engaged in a number of research studies in the area of Sjogren's syndrome, both at Johns Hopkins and in the NIH Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic. He was the principal investigator of the NIH subcontract to Johns Hopkins to conduct the Sjogren's International Registry (SICCA) and enrolled 300 patients into the registry. The SICCA registry has been a rich source of clinical data and biospecimens for research that Dr. Baer is conducting with colleagues at both Hopkins and the University of California-San Francisco. He is conducting a longitudinal observational study of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Dr. Baer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Interstitial Keratitis. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.
Inova Health Care Services
Yingxue Zhang is a Rheumatologist in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Zhang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Interstitial Keratitis. Her top areas of expertise are Interstitial Keratitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Sjogren Syndrome, and Osteoporosis. Dr. Zhang is currently accepting new patients.
Rheumatology Associates Of Baltimore LLC
Howard Hauptman is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hauptman has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Interstitial Keratitis. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Dr. Hauptman is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- OsteoporosisDr. Eltaraboulsi isDistinguished. Learn about Osteoporosis.
- Postmenopausal OsteoporosisDr. Eltaraboulsi isDistinguished. Learn about Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.
- Advanced
- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Eltaraboulsi isAdvanced. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Eltaraboulsi isAdvanced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- BursitisDr. Eltaraboulsi isAdvanced. Learn about Bursitis.
- FibromyalgiaDr. Eltaraboulsi isAdvanced. Learn about Fibromyalgia.
- GoutDr. Eltaraboulsi isAdvanced. Learn about Gout.
- MelorheostosisDr. Eltaraboulsi isAdvanced. Learn about Melorheostosis.
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- Adult Still's DiseaseDr. Eltaraboulsi isExperienced. Learn about Adult Still's Disease.
- Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis with TylosisDr. Eltaraboulsi isExperienced. Learn about Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis with Tylosis.
- Behcet DiseaseDr. Eltaraboulsi isExperienced. Learn about Behcet Disease.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Eltaraboulsi isExperienced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU)Dr. Eltaraboulsi isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU).
- Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE)Dr. Eltaraboulsi isExperienced. Learn about Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).