David G. Borenstein, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
The George Washington University Medical Center
Partner, Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Washington, DC

Dr. Borenstein received his undergraduate degree at Columbia University and his medical school, internal medicine, and rheumatology training at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the rheumatology faculty at The George Washington University Medical Center in 1978 and rose to the rank of Professor of Medicine and of Neurological Surgery and was the Director of The Spine Center for 6 years. In 1997, he joined Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, the largest rheumatology practice based in Maryland and Washington, DC. continued...

Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC
Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates is the largest rheumatology practice in the Washington, DC area. For more than 30 years, the group has served the community. Dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of persons with disorders of joints, muscles, tendons and other connective tissue, the practice has treatment centers in Wheaton, Rockville, and Chevy Chase, Maryland and in Washington, DC.

Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates integrates excellent medical care with comprehensive services, maintaining a full-service laboratory, x-ray facilities, a physical therapy division, three centers for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and three infusion centers. The practice provides patients the opportunity to access the most recent and innovative technologies through their active clinical research program that allows participation in national trials to evaluate new medications for the treatment of arthritis, osteoporosis, and a variety of rheumatic diseases.

Dr. Borenstein is the author or co-author of more than 100 journal articles and books including Heal Your Back (2011) and Back in Control (2003); and three medical textbooks: Low Back and Neck Pain: Comprehensive Diagnosis and Management 3rd Edition, Low Back Pain: Medical Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management 2nd Edition, and Neck Pain: Medical Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management. The low back pain text has been recognized by the American Association of Medical Libraries as one of the 200 essential books for a medical library.