Professor AB Maharaj is a consultant rheumatologist at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital and a faculty member of Walter Sisulu University’s Health Sciences Faculty. He completed his undergraduate training in India and his postgraduate studies at the College of Physicians of South Africa. He received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam, which focused on psoriatic arthritis. From 2006 to 2018, he served as the Head of Department (HOD) of Internal Medicine at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, affiliated with the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Professor Maharaj is involved in several international committees, including the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) and the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA)

He serves as the Deputy Editor for Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology (BPRCR). He was the guest editor of two special editions on (i) Precision Medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis and (ii) Tropical Rheumatology. With a focus on spondyloarthritis, he has a strong publication record and is a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology. He has presented at numerous local and international academic meetings. He was the lead author of the SARAA treatment guidelines for axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis.

Professor Maharaj is on the editorial board of several international peer-reviewed journals and has presented at numerous local and international congresses.