Castle Connolly Doctor ID: 83CC029461
Specialty: Rheumatology
Special Expertise: Arthritis, Osteoporosis
Hospital Affiliations: Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Delray Medical Center
Dr. David Alboukrek was born in Mexico City and grew up in Guatemala, where he attended medical school. He went on to complete a family medicine residency program in Guatemala City before moving to the United States. He did a one year fellowship in Child Psychiatry at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, followed by a residency in internal medicine at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. He then completed a fellowship in Rheumatology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX.
Dr. Alboukrek is board-certified in internal medicine and has been re-certified in rheumatology. He has been a member of multiple medical societies in the USA and abroad. Dr. Alboukrek is an Affiliate Clinical Professor at Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, where he has been a preceptor for first and second year medical students, and participates in clinical activities such as elective rotations with the third and fourth year medical students and second and third year internal medicine residents.