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photo Ashok Kumar, MD

Rheumatology

Email: kumara39@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-858-0338
Contact
Office: UPMC, Division of Rheumatology
4448 Old William Penn Highway
Murrysville, PA 15668
 
Phone: 412-858-0338
Fax:
E-mail: kumara39@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
MBBS, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1978
MD (Medicine), AIIMS, New Delhi, 1981
Training
Residency (Medicine), AIIMS, New Delhi, 1981
Research Fellowship, Clinical Immunology, AIIMS, New Delhi, 1989
Fellowship in Rheumatology, RNHRD, Bath, United Kingdom, 1998
Clinical Interest
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
Educational Interest
Clinical training of residents and fellows in rheumatology
Notable Achievements
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

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