Anand N Malaviya
Anand N. Malaviya, MD, FRCP (London), Master-ACR & APtAR, FACE, FICR, FAMS, FMASC
Father of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in India
Dr. Anand N. Malaviya is widely regarded as the father of rheumatology and clinical immunology in India. After training under the legendary Prof. Robert Schwartz in Boston, USA, he returned to India in 1968 and pioneered the field of rheumatology and clinical immunology. At the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, he established the country's first clinical immunology laboratory and immunology clinic, transforming the diagnosis and management of systemic immunoinflammatory rheumatic diseases (SSRDs).
A prolific researcher, Prof. Malaviya has published over 500 research papers, including a landmark 1968 study in The Lancet on low-dose methotrexate for inflammatory myopathies. He has contributed to more than 50 textbook chapters, including the API Textbook of Medicine and the Oxford Textbook of Spondyloarthritis.
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