Dr. Paula J. Rackoff is the Assistant Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. Her medical specialty is Rheumatology, with Specializations and clinical interests in Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, Spondylitis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Hormones, Auto Immune Diseases, Spondyloarthropathies and Vasculitis. 

Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine in Rheumatology, Dr. Rackoff is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.   She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine and her fellowship in Rheumatology at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT.  She holds an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Dr. Rackoff was named in the 2011 edition of Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.”

Specialty

Rheumatology

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1989, American Board of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, 1994

Medical School

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1986

Residency

Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT, 1987–1989

Fellowship

Rheumatology, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1990-1992