Maria Farooq, MD, and Frederick A. Talip, MD, have joined Lexington Medical Center’s Lexington Rheumatology practice.

Dr. Farooq earned her medical degree from Punjab Medical College in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

She trained as a 2nd-year rheumatology fellow, treating a variety of complex diseases ay 3 hospitals, managing a comprehensive inpatient consulting service and teaching residents and students through curriculum, presentations, lectures and grand rounding. During this time, she also worked in the primary care clinic at Buffalo General Hospital and as a research volunteer in the Endocrinology at Millard Filmore Gates Hospital.

Dr. Talip completed an internal medicine residency at State University of New York-Buffalo at Mercy Hospital and a rheumatology fellowship at Roger Williams Medical Center at the Boston University School of Medicine in Providence, RI.

Board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, Dr. Talip is an American College of Rheumatology Fellow and American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomate with more than 15 years of experience treating rheumatic conditions.

Both are accepting new patients at Lexington Rheumatology, 146 North Hospital Dr., Ste 550,West Columbia. Call (803) 936-7410.