About Myositis India

Medical Advisory Board

Meet our expert advisory members and switch tenure years to view evolving board composition across periods.

Dr. Anushka Aggarwal

Dr. Anushka Aggarwal

Medical Advisor

Location: New Delhi

MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi MD Medicine from Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi DrNB Rheumatology resident from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi Committed to Myositis care and awareness in India. Actively involved in academic and clinical aspects of Myositis research

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Dr. Chengappa Kg

Dr. Chengappa Kg

Medical Advisor

Location: Mysuru

Rheumatologist with over eight years of experience. I have been working at a tertiary care hospital that caters to many patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis and overlap myopathies. My core areas of interest are outcome measures in myositis and in understanding the damage progression because of muscle inflammation in myositis.

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Dr. Liza Rajasekhar

Dr. Liza Rajasekhar

Medical Advisor

Location: Hyderabad

She has more than 25 years of experience as teacher and clinician in the field of rheumatology. She has been associated with Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad for all her professional life after training at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in Internal Medicine and for Laboratory Immunology at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

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Dr. Mahabalehwar

Dr. Mahabalehwar

Medical Advisor

Location: Mysore

Asst Professor of Rheumatology, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysore MBBS, MD Medicine, DM Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Madras Medical College. Member of many Rheumatology Organisations with active participation in research work. Currently working on a project on Juvenile Dermatomyositis.

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Dr. Neeraj Jain

Dr. Neeraj Jain

Medical Advisor

Location: New Delhi

Dr Neeraj Jain DNB, FACR, FRCP (Edin) Professor, GRIPMER, Vice Chairman and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi , India. He did his Fellowship in Rheumatology from Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Disease, Bath, UK and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.

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Dr. Pankti Mehta

Dr. Pankti Mehta

Medical Advisor

Location: Toronto

MBBS, MD Medicine from Seth GS Medical College and KEM hospital, Mumbai. DM Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.

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Dr. Sundeep Kumar Upadhyana

Dr. Sundeep Kumar Upadhyana

Medical Advisor

Location: New Delhi

MBBS, MD Medicine, DM Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology, Senior Consultant Rheumatology, Professor AHER, Faculty DrNB National (Rheumatology).

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Dr. Vishnu

Dr. Vishnu

Medical Advisor

Location: New Delhi

Academic neurologist working as associate Professor at AIIMS New Delhi. In charge of AIIMS Comprehensive Neuromuscular Disorders clinic where they manage both acquired and inherited Neuromuscular disorders. Also, a faculty fellow of MRC funded ICGNMD (International centre for Genomic Medicine in Neuromuscular diseases). Actively involved in research activities and patient care.

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