Donald Wexler, MD, is an attending rheumatologist at Sunnyview Rehabilitation, Ellis and St. Clare's hospitals, all located in Schenectady, as well as a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Albany Medical College. After earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Wexler earned his medical degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He completed a medical internship and medical residency at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, followed by a two-year rheumatology fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Wexler is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the Rheumatology Subspecialty Board, and the National Board of Medical Examiners. Additionally, he earned a certification in bone densitometry from the International Society for Clinical Densitometry in 1998. A Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology, Dr. Wexler has served as a board member and past chairman of the medical and scientific committee of the Northeast New York Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Dr. Wexler has been in private practice as a rheumatologist for 21 years and also served as coordinator of rheumatic care for a major health maintenance organization in the northeastern United States. He is the past president of the Schenectady County Medical Society and a past member of the CORC National Committee on Rheumatic Care. Additionally, he is a past board member of MVMA, the independent practice association (IPA) of MVP Health Plan and now serves on MVMA's Finance Committee. |