Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Chandigarh Panchkula  Arthritis Care

Helping You In Your Fight Against Arthritis.

 

SCO 1, Swastik Vihar, Sector 5, Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula.

Panel Of Experts

 

Prof. R. J. Moots

Robert Moots is Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Liverpool, Head of the University of Liverpool Academic Rheumatology Unit and Consultant Rheumatologist at Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK. After qualifying in Medicine in London, UK, Prof. Moots trained in immunology at the Institute for Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford, where he earned his PhD. Prof. Moots continued his research at Harvard Medical School. He returned to the UK in 1997 and in 2002 became the youngest full Professor of Rheumatology and Head of Department.

Prof. Moots’ research interests lie in clinical and basic science aspects of rheumatic diseases, from bench to bedside. He has published extensively, won the prestigious Michael Mason prize for rheumatology research, is active in international medical and scientific societies and committees and each year receives invitations to lecture on every continent. Prof. Moots has extensive experience in drug development working with the pharmaceutical industry internationally and with bodies such as the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). He is Medical Advisor to major UK patient groups and in 2009 took over as Editor-in-Chief of Rheumatology. Clinical service remains an important part of his work and has recently become Director of the UK National Centre for Behçet’s disease at Liverpool.

 

 

Dr Vikas Aggarwal

Additional Professor (Immunology), Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP) India.

Dr. Vikas Agarwal did his MBBS and MD (Medicine) from King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India and DM in clinical immunology from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India. After a brief tenure as Asst. Prof. at Govt. Med. College and Hospital, Chandigarh, he joined back at his parent institute SGPGIMS, Lucknow where he is serving as Additional Professor in Immunology.

Dr. V. Agarwal is an excellent teacher, clinician and research worker. He has more than 50 international publications to his credit including in NEJM & Oxford Rheumatology. In addition he has been awarded the Dr JC Patel and Dr. BC Mehta Awards by the Journal of Association Physicians India (2000 and 2003), Best paper at IRACON 2004 and 2008, Japan College of Rheumatology International travel fellowship ( 2005 and 2006), European League against Rheumatism travel fellowship ( 2007), Zydus oration at IRACON (2007). He is currently involved in many research projects both at clinical and molecular level.