Academic Interests
Dr. Kumar’s clinical interest in rheumatology is broad-based and includes rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies, psoriatic arthritis, infective arthritis, adult Still’s disease, SLE, scleroderma, inflammatory myopathies, Sjogren’s syndrome, MCTD, overlap CTDs, vasculitides (including Behcet’s syndrome) and antiphospholipid syndrome.
- MBBS, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1978
- MD (Medicine), AIIMS, New Delhi, 1981
- Residency (Medicine), AIIMS, New Delhi, 1981
- Research Fellowship, Clinical Immunology, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1989
- Fellowship in Rheumatology, RNHRD, Bath, United Kingdom, 1998
Education & Training
- Head, Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1994-2009
- Editor, Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2006-2009
- President of the Indian Rheumatology Association in December, 2007-2009
- Member of APLAR Expert Committee for drafting APLAR RA Treatment Recommendations, 2015 and 2018
- MN Passey Award for Distinguished Services [Lifetime Achievement Award] of Indian Rheumatology Association, 2016
- Outstanding Clinician Award’ 2021 during Ahuja-Bajaj symposium organized by NDOC, India., 2021
- Clinical Director & Head of Rheumatology at Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 2009-2023
Honors and Awards
