Dr. Priyanka Kharbanda

Dr. Priyanka Kharbanda is a Senior Consultant Rheumatologist at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj. After doing an MD in Medicine, she completed her DNB in 2011, and Rheumatology from PD Hinduja Hospital Mumbai. She has specialised in RHEUMATPID ARTHRITIS, SLE/ LUPUS, VASCULITIS, SCLERODERMA, MYOSITIS, ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS/ back pain, and PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS. She is the winner of the APLAR Travelling Fellowship in the year 2010. She has presented various papers at national and deliberative conferences. She has various publications in national and international journals.

1) Best Paper from India Award Presented at APLAR 2010. 2) Health Care Excellence Award 2019 and 2022. 3) Prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance in non-diabetic young ischaemic heart disease patients. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 4) A patient with Progressive Dyspnoea JICAM 2005; 6 (3): 201-3. 5) Profile of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients attending a private tertiary hospital Rheumatology Clinic. Indian Journal of Rheumatology Vol.3 Issue 4 Dec 08: 144-147. 6) Prevention of Infections in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases. Indian Journal of Rheumatology vol 3 Issue 2 June 2008:63. 7) Scleroderma and Hypermobility: An unusual combination. JAPI vol 57, feb 2009 :153. 8) Evolution and Outcome of Lupus, souvenir IRA 2009;32-35. 9) Tumour Necrosis Factor–alpha blocker Induced Tuberculosis -1542, The Journal of Rheumatology 2010;37;7. 10) Infective Endocarditis – A tale of two cases and the lesion ( re) learned 3195 JAPI, May 2010 Vol 58. 11) Psuedointestinal obstruction in Lupus –Our experience of 4 cases. is under consideration for publication in the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 12) Extra glandular manifestation of Primary Sjogren syndrome: A retrospective study of 37 patients under consideration for publication in the Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 13) Role of plasmapheresis in rheumatologic emergencies in IRACON 2012 synopsis. 14) Chapter on – Ultrasound in Rheumatology in Manual of Rheumatology fifth edition.