Anan J Haija, MD

Dr. Anan Haija, MD completed his residency at Penn State University, Hershey Medical Center in June 2009, and his Rheumatology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in June 2011. Dr. Haija's goal is to provide compassionate patient care and make sure patients live as close to a normal life with their arthritis and autoimmune diseases. One of his main goals is to have patients understand and get involved as much as possible in their disease management. Dr. Haija's was a reviewer of the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology in 2011, he also co-authored a book chapter titled "The role and effect of complementary and alternative medicine in systemic lupus erythematosus" for the Rheumatic Disease Clinics in North America. He also edited a book chapter "Complementary and Alternative Therapies" for the book Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Rheumatology 3rd edition which is expected to be published in 2013. Dr. Haija is licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is an active member of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology."