Rajendra Junior Carmona MBBS, FRCPC

Dr. Rajendra Junior Carmona is a rheumatologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University. He completed medical school and an internship at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad). He went on to do an Internal Medicine Residency and Rheumatology Fellowship at McMaster University, following which he joined the faculty at McMaster in 2009. His clinical interests include all inflammatory arthropathies (including rheumatoid arthritis, and seronegative disorders such as ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and enteropathic arthritis), as well as inflammatory ocular diseases.

Dr. Carmona is actively involved in the undergraduate and postgraduate training programs and is the Director of Medical Foundation 5, McMaster MD Program. He is also a Royal College examiner for the Rheumatology certification examination. He is the recipient of the McMaster Department of Medicine Undergraduate Teaching Award (2015). Dr. Carmona is also the creator of Rheumtutor.com, an open-access website that hosts an array of educational content that he develops. This includes the acclaimed video series “McMaster MSK Examination Series” and “McMaster MSK Injection Techniques”. These tools are used by universities and trainees across North America and internationally.