Dr. Anushka Aggarwal

• DrNB Rheumatology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi (2022–2025): Advanced training in complex rheumatologic care, multidisciplinary management, and academic work with Myositis India.
• Visiting Fellow – Dutch Myositis Group, Radboud UMC & Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands (2025): Specialized training in advanced muscle imaging (USG, MRI) with hands-on, patient-focused learning.
• Visiting Fellow – Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA (2024): Exposure to cutting-edge research, clinical trials, and advanced academic rheumatology practice.
• Visiting Fellow – Rheumatology, Army Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi (2024): Training in ANA diagnostics, MSK ultrasound, tissue biopsy, and nailfold capillaroscopy.
• Senior Resident – Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi (2022): High-volume clinical care experience managing approximately 1200 patients over four months.
• MD Medicine from Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi
• M.B.B.S. from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

• Delhi Medical Council
• Association of Physicians of India
• Delhi Rheumatology Association
• Indian Rheumatology Association
• International Myositis Assessment & Clinical Studies Group (IMACS)
• Myositis India – Patient Support Organisation

• 99.2 percentile in PG Medical Entrance Exam (2019)
• AIR 37 in UG Medical Entrance Exam (2013)
• AIR 3 in KIIT Entrance Exam
• Cleared MRCP Part 2
• Completed EULAR eLearning Course on Rheumatic Diseases (2023)
• Recipient of multiple international travel grants (APLAR, ICCR, EULAR)
• Awarded Excellence in Medical Advocacy & Research – Myositis India
• First Prize, Rheuma Humour Contest – IRACON 2025
• Commendation Certificate from NBEMS for thesis research
• Most Promising Researcher Award 2025 (Rheumatology)

Research Projects

• Thesis: Cardiometabolic risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (150 patients)
• Thesis: Sleep quality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (90 cases, 90 controls)
• Primary Investigator – IMACS Project (SyNC Study)
• Co-Primary Investigator – International Phase 3 Psoriatic Arthritis Trial

Publications

Multiple publications in Rheumatology, Rheumatology International, Journal of Rheumatology, Indian Journal of Rheumatology, and Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology.

Focus Areas

• Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
• Anti-synthetase syndrome
• Myositis registries
• Rheumatologic clinical trials
• CAR-T therapy in rheumatic diseases

Book Chapters

• Myositis Profile and the Internist – Progress in Medicine, 2025
• CAR-T Cell Therapy in Connective Tissue Diseases – Rheumatology Clinics, 2025

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Spondyloarthritis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Scleroderma
• Sjögren's syndrome
• Mixed connective tissue disease
• Systemic vasculitis
• Takayasu arteritis
• Behçet's disease
• Gout and other crystal arthropathies
• Inflammatory myopathies
• Osteoporosis
• Osteoarthritis
• Immunology