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Dr.Rajiv Ranjan is a Rheumatologist and Immunologist with an experience of more 12 years as specialist and completed his DM in the Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Currently working as Visiting Consultant Rheumatologist at CK Birla hospital and W Pratiksha Hospital, Gurugram. He is also part time Visiting Consultant Rheumatologist at ESIC medical college and Hospital. Faridabad. He is a full time Rheumatologist at his own clinic Medgram (sector 49 and 84) Gurgaon.  Keen interest and understanding in management of Vasculitis, Arthritis, Scleroderma, Sarcoidosis, Sjogren Syndrome, Lupus(SLE), Spondyloarthritis, inflammatory myopathies, Osteoporosis, Metabolic bone diseases, Tuberculosis, Infectious diseases, other rare primary immune deficiency diseases and autoimmune diseases with Myositis being core area of research and expertise.

 Professional qualifications & Experience

·         Rheumatologist at Medgram - Two branches- 1. Sector-84, Gurugram 2. Sector 49, Eros Square mall, Gurgaon from November 2019

·         Visiting Consultant Rheumatologist at CK Birla Hospital(Gurgaon), ESIC MEDICAL COLLEGE (Faridabadd), and W pratiksha (Gurgaon)

Doctorate in Medicine (DM) - Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India

July 2016 to 1st July 2019

EULAR Course - Rheumatic Diseases

·         European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)

·         November 2015 to October 2017

·         Kilchberg, Switzerland

Senior Resident - Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

·         All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

·         July 2014 to July 2016

Doctor of Medicine (MD) - Internal Medicine

·         West Bengal University of Health Sciences, (North Bengal Medical College & Hospital)

·         June 2011 to June 2014

Medical Officer - Ophthalmology 

·         West Bengal University of Health Sciences, (North Bengal Medical College & Hospital)

·         April 2010 to September 2010

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B, B.S) -

·         West Bengal University of Health Sciences, (North Bengal Medical College & Hospital)

·         August 2004 to March 2010

 Awards & Accolades

·         Winner of Young Scholar Award (Torrent) in Rheumatology, Cochin, 2018

·         Winner of both Oral Presentation and DM Quiz at CME on Infections and Rheumatic Diseases- 2017, organized by P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre

·         Third Runner-up in -IRA DM Rheumatology Quiz at IRACON Lucknow, 2017

·         Fifth in Rheumatology Quiz by Delhi Rheumatology Association, Delhi, 2016

·         Winner of Dr. S.D. Deodhar All India Intercollegiate Post Graduate Rheumatology Quiz, Hyderabad 2015

Publication

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Dhooria A, Dhir V. Butterfly rash: hallmark of lupus. QJM Int J Med [Internet]. [cited 2019 May 23]

·         Jha S, Kumar RR, Dhooria A, Sharma A. Nail pitting: a key clinical sign of psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatology [Internet]. [cited 2019 May 23]

·         Kumar RR, Kumar U, Groove Sign- A Heeding Clue to Eosinophilic Fasciitis, European Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (in press)

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Dhooria A, Jain S, Dhir V. Martel’s sign: Characteristic sign of gouty arthritis, J clin Rheumatol (in press)

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Jain S, Dhir V. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) – It is more than just the Spine! J clin Rheumatol (in press)

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Jain S, Sharma A. A case of leprosy misdiagnosed as lupus, J clin Rheumatol (in press)

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Dhooria A, Dhir V. Telescoping of fingers, J clin Rheumatol (in press)

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Jain S, Sharma A.l Mechanic’s Hand: Is It a Marker of Disease relapse?  Rheumatology (in press)

·         Dwivedi P, Kumar RR, Dhooria A, Adarsh MB, Malhotra S, Kakkar N, et al. Corticosteroid-associated lupus pancreatitis: a case series and systematic review of the literature. Lupus. 2019 May;

·         Kumar RR, Sharma V, Jha S, Sharma A. Secondary Osteoarthropathy: An Unusual Cause of Polyarthralgia. J Clin Rheumatol Pract Rep Rheum Musculoskelet Dis. 2019 Feb 1; doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000972.

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Sharma A. Strawberry gingivitis: a rare manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis. QJM Int J Med. 2019 Jan 1;112 (1):53–53.

·         Jhuria R. Laxman, S jain, Kumar RR. Xanthomas in familial hypercholesterolemia. Imaging in medicine. March 2019; Volume 9(5):21

·         Dodamani MH Jr, Kumar RR, Parkhi M, Basher R. Rare cause of fever of unknown origin: gastrointestinal stromal tumour. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Mar 28;2018. pii: bcr-2017-223013.

Book Chapter

·         Kumar RR, Kumar U. PUO due to CTD in: PUO APICON monogram. 2016.

·         Kumar RR, Sharma A. Classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, In: Sharma A, Handa R, editor. Myositis monogram. 2018.

·         Kumar RR, GSRNK naidu, Jha S, Sharma A. History and epidemiology of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, In: Sharma A, Handa R, editor. Psoriasis. 2019(in press).

Conference Abstracts

·         Kumar RR, Jha S, Mittal S, Chatopadhya A, Dhooria A, Sharma K, Nada R , Minz R , Dhir V, Jain S, Sharma A. Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients in tertiary center of PGIMER [abstract]. Poster Presentations. Indian J Rheumatol 2018;13, Suppl S2:93-241.

·         Jha S, Sharma A, Acharya N, Kumar RR, Dhooria A, Nada R, Das A, Jain S. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and mimickers presenting with midline destruction [abstract]. Poster Presentations. Indian J Rheumatol 2017;12, Suppl S2:16-132.

·         Jha S, Kumar U, Dinda AK, Soneja M, Ranjan P, Kumar RR, Singh G, Sreeniavs V, Mahajan S. Clinicopathological Correlation with Outcome in Patients with Lupus Nephritis - A Retrospective Cohort Study [abstract]. IRACON 2016: Poster Presentations. Indian J Rheumatol 2016;11, Suppl S1:20-108.

Conference and CME

·         Participated in 11th DHR-ICMR-PGI Workshop on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases held at Advanced Pediatrics Centre in October 2018

·         Participated in XII Autoantibody Workshop held at SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India in August 2018

·         Presented poster in 1st Vasculitis Symposium held at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India in March 2018

·         Contributed as faculty in ‘The Basic & Translational immunology Course’ held at SGPGI, Lucknow, India in November 2017

·         Participated as delegate in Ten topics in Rheumatology & Uvea Rheumatology Interface held at New Delhi, India in October 2017

·         Presented two oral presentations at CME on Infections and Rheumatic Diseases- organized by P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre held at Mumbai, India in August 2017

·         Attended the IRA Scholars’ Retreat organized at SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India in August 2017

·         Attended the 4th National Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop held at SGPGI, Lucknow, India in April 2017

·         Attended the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop held at Cochin, India in November 2016

·         Participated as delegate Rheuma- Meet, Gurgaon, India in January 2016

·         Participated in the 'Rheumatology Update- 2015' held at All India Institute of Medical Sciences

·         Participated as delegate in National CME interface of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Hyderabad, India in August 2015

·         Participated as delegate 4th Annual Conference by Indian College of Physicians at Siliguri, India in 2013

·         Participated as delegate at APICON 2013, Coimbatore, India.

·         Participated as delegate NRS Haematology update, Kolkata, India in 2013

·         Participated in training of 1st ventilation workshop at Siliguri, West Bengal, India, in November 2012

·         Participated in Clinical Rheumatology at North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, India in 2012

·         Participated as delegate 3rd Annual Conference by Indian college of physicians at Siliguri, India in 2012

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