Welcome Ajay Mathur, MD, FACP

Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes board-certified rheumatologist Ajay K. Mathur, MD, FACP, to its medical staff.

Dr. Mathur joins the team at Penn Highlands Rheumatology at 1029 Country Club Road, suite 203, in Monongahela.

Dr. Mathur has more than three decades of experience and has practiced in the Monongahela area for more than 30 years. He is a fellowship-trained rheumatologist, which means he has received the top level of training and is considered a specialized expert in his field. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Mathur’s research has won numerous awards, and he has been published in leading medical journals.

Common treatments and procedures include arthritis; fibromyalgia; joint, tendon and bursa cortisone injections; lupus; managing complex biologic drugs in the treatment of serious arthritis and related diseases; osteoporosis; spondylitis; and vasculitis.

Prior to joining Penn Highlands, Dr. Mathur practiced at Mon Valley Hospital in Monongahela, where he was the medical director of the arthritis program. He also practiced rheumatology in Pittsburgh.

Dr. Mathur graduated from the Medical College at the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur, India. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown and S.M.S. Hospital in Jaipur, India. He completed his fellowship in rheumatology at Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

He is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, and he is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

To make an appointment or to find out more about rheumatology services at Penn Highlands Healthcare, call 724-258-9680 or visit www.phhealthcare.org/rheumatology.