Bento Mascarenhas, M.D., FACP, FACR, is the Director of the Arthritis Center at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, New York. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College. He received his Medical Degree in 1961 from Escola Medico-Cirurugica De Goa in India. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Lawrence Hospital in Broxville, New York. He was a Resident and Chief Resident at Westchester County Medical Center in 1966 and 1967. He completed fellowships in Internal Medicine at Cornell University Medical College, and in Rheumatology at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. He has specialty certifications in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He is a member of numerous professional societies, and has published and presented widely in his field.