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Dr. Maheswari Muruganandam, MD

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Rheumatologist · Physician (MD)

Albuquerque, NM

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Dr. Maheswari Muruganandam is a rheumatologist at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She directs the university's rheumatology fellowship program and teaches trainees.

About Dr. Maheswari Muruganandam, MD

Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026

Dr. Maheswari Muruganandam is a rheumatologist and internist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and sees patients through UNM Medical Group, with hospital affiliations at University of New Mexico Hospital and UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center.

She earned her medical degree at Annamalai University / Rajah Muthiah Medical College in India in 2005, completed internal medicine residency at Berkshire Medical Center (including a year as chief resident), and finished her rheumatology fellowship at the University of New Mexico. She became Associate Program Director of UNM's rheumatology fellowship in 2020 and Program Director in 2022, and she is listed as the fellowship's program director contact in the AMA FREIDA database.

Her published research focuses on rheumatic disease in the Southwest, including statin-associated immune-mediated necrotizing myositis in Native Americans, systemic sclerosis in Hispanic/Latino and Native American patients, Behcet's disease, and joint and soft-tissue injection techniques. She served on the American College of Rheumatology Abstract Oversight Committee (2022-2025), reviews for several medical journals, and received a UNM School of Medicine I-Teach teaching award in 2022.

CMS Open Payments records show $0 in industry payments to her across 0 records for 2021-2025. She has no personal public social media presence that could be identified, and no news coverage or public statements on vaccines, supplements, or alternative medicine were found.

Rheumatology fellowship director
She was named Associate Program Director of the UNM rheumatology fellowship in 2020 and Program Director in 2022. hsc.unm.edu
Listed program director in AMA database
She is listed as the program director contact for the UNM School of Medicine rheumatology fellowship (Program ID 1503421100) in AMA FREIDA. freida.ama-assn.org
Board certification listed
Her UNM faculty page lists certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine plus rheumatology certification. hsc.unm.edu
Research on Southwest populations
She was first author on a 2022 study of statin-associated immune-mediated necrotizing myositis in Native Americans, published in Rheumatology (Oxford). doi.org
Osteoarthritis treatment research
She was first author on a 2023 Journal of Orthopaedic Research paper on topical NSAID patches for osteoarthritis. doi.org
National committee service
She served as a member of the American College of Rheumatology Abstract Oversight Committee from 2022 to 2025. hsc.unm.edu
Journal peer reviewer
She reviews manuscripts for BMJ Case Reports, EMJ Rheumatology, and the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. hsc.unm.edu
Teaching award
She received the UNM School of Medicine Faculty Recognition I-Teach Award in 2022 for a pharmacology lecture and was named a UNM Medical Education Scholar for 2020-2021. hsc.unm.edu
Hospital affiliations
She is affiliated with University of New Mexico Hospital and UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center. doctor.webmd.com
No industry payments reported
CMS Open Payments shows $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records for 2021-2025. Industry payments are common and legal, and none were reported here. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov

Worth knowing

  • Most of her biographical details, including board certification, come from a single source: her own UNM faculty directory page. Certification was not independently confirmed through an ABIM or ABMS lookup. hsc.unm.edu
  • No license discipline, malpractice judgment, or criminal record was found in open web searches. However, the New Mexico Medical Board license verification and state court records were not directly queried, so this reflects the absence of search results rather than a verified check of those registries. nmmb.state.nm.us

Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)

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