Daniel El-Bogdadi, MD, FACR

Dr. El-Bogdadi is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a B.S. degree in biological studies and received his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He completed his internal medicine training and his rheumatology fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he also served as an Instructor of Medicine.

Before joining Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Dr. El-Bogdadi practiced rheumatology at both Augusta Health Medical Center and Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. While there, he also served on the Board of Directors of Augusta Medical Group.

Dr. El-Bogdadi is the current President of the DC Rheumatism Society and serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University. He has also served at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) as a mentor to fellows in training and on the ACR insurance subcommittee. He has also been a spokesman for the Arthritis Foundation’s “Living Your Yes Program” encouraging patients to take control of their arthritis.

At Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Dr. El-Bogdadi serves as the Director of Physician Recruitment. He loves to practice medicine by allowing patients to take an active role in their care decision making. He also likes to think “outside the box” of traditional medicine and therapies. He has a special focus on the role of environmental and dietary factors in eliciting and perpetuating autoimmune diseases. Dr. El-Bogdadi has been recognized as a “Top Doctor” by Washingtonian Magazine.

Accepting patients at our Fairfax and Rockville facilities. The minimum age group accepted is 14 years.

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