
Teja Mahadeshwar Kapoor, MD

Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
ColumbiaDoctors - Riverdale
Insurances Accepted
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About Teja Mahadeshwar Kapoor, MD
Dr. Teja Kapoor has clinical and research interests in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and recently joined as an attending in the Columbia Lupus Center. She has given presentations on Lupus at local and national conferences. She is also one of the adult rheumatologists in the Adolescent Rheumatology Transition Program for young adults with autoimmune diseases who are transitioning from their pediatric rheumatologist.
Dr. Kapoor is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and is very involved with teaching fellows, residents, and medical students. She is a Columbia alumnus where she completed her rheumatology fellowship training.
Dr. Kapoor is a graduate of New York Medical College and completed her medicine residency at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. She has experience working in a high-patient volume practice taking care of patients with rheumatologic diseases in the community setting and continues to practice general rheumatology and perform joint injections in her practice in Columbia Univ. Medical Center and ColumbiaDoctors Riverdale offices. She brings a compassionate and personalized approach to each of her patients. She is fluent in Hindi and Marathi.
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Rheumatology
Languages Spoken
- Hindi
- Marathi
Specialties & Expertise
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Autoimmune Disease
- Autoimmune Disease in Pregnancy
- Joint Injections
- Lupus
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- SLE - Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
- Trigger Finger Therapy
Education
- Internship: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Residency: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Leadership, Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital