Dr. Terkeltaub received his medical degree at McGill University in Montreal and completed his residency and specialty training in Internal Medicine and Clinical Rheumatology at Montreal General Hospital. He is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He is currently Professor of Medicine in the Rheumatology/Allergy/Immunology Division at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Prior to his appointment at UCSD in 1985, he was associated with the Department of Immunology at the Scripps Research Institute.