Medha Barbhaiya, M.D., MPH
Medha Barbhaiya, M.D., MPH

Medha Barbhaiya, M.D., MPH

Rheumatology
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Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, more

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About Medha Barbhaiya, M.D., MPH

Dr. Medha Barbhaiya graduated from Columbia University where she majored in the Biological Sciences. She received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, and completed her residency in internal medicine at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical College. During her rheumatology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Dr. Barbhaiya obtained a Master's in Public Health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also received a Distinguished Fellow Award from the American College of Rheumatology and a Scientist Development Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation. After completing her rheumatology fellowship, Dr. Barbhaiya joined the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School faculty as a rheumatologist and clinical researcher, during which time she was also a recipient of the Brigham and Women's Faculty Career Development Award.


In 2017, Dr. Barbhaiya joined the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College as a rheumatologist and clinical researcher and was also a recipient of an Investigator Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation. Her research interests focus on studying environmental and lifestyle risk factors and outcomes related to rheumatic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome. Dr. Barbhaiya specializes in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, inflammatory arthritis, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, pregnancy, vasculitis, scleroderma, Sjogren's syndrome, and Raynaud's, along with other rheumatologic conditions.


Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Rheumatology
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Expertise

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Education

  • Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital

  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

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Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Physician

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

  • Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

Education

  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital

Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Physician
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Rheumatology