Doruk Erkan, MD
Dr. Erkan received his medical degree at Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey. After his Internal Medicine residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, he completed his Rheumatology fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Dr Erkan is an Assistant Attending Rheumatologist and Clinical Researcher at Hospital for Special Surgery and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He has a long-standing research interest in the field of autoimmune diseases, with particular focus on the antiphospholipid syndrome and lupus. Dr. Erkan has received several honors and awards from the American College of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Foundation for his research. He has published over 70 articles including research papers and invited editorials, as well as 15 book chapters, and he has given over 100 presentations. He is the co-editor of the Neurology volume of the Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Disease and the Associate Editor of Hospital for Special Surgery’s Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders.
AppointmentsAssistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Associate Physician-Scientist, The Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases
American Board of Rheumatology, 2001
Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2000
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1999
MD, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, US
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Young Investigator Initiative Award, US Bone and Joint Decade, 2006
Lupus Research Award, New York Community Trust, 2004
Dorothy W. Goldstein Young Scholar Award, Arthritis Foundation, New York Chapter, 2002
Rheumatology Fellow Award, American College of Rheumatology, 2001
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Arthritis Foundation, New York Chapter, 2001
American College of Rheumatology, Fellow
New York Rheumatism Association, Executive Committee