Ved Chaturvedi
Lt Gen MD, DM is a Professor and Senior Consultant in Rheumatology at Sir Ved Chaturvedi
Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. After completing his DM from the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate
Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, he was entrusted with modernising the Department of
Rheumatology at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi. He started medical
arthroscopy and established a modern immunology laboratory in 2000. He was first to use
biologics for rheumatic diseases in 2002 and is known for his concept of low-dose lnfliximab as a
strategy to prevent, tuberculosis and as a cost-saving measure during anti-TNF therapy. He
established the first rheumatology ultrasound in the country in 2004 and conducted the first
rheumatology ultrasound workshop in IRACON, Chennai.
He has served the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA) for many years and was elected its President. His
oratory and teaching skills are well-known among the students. He served the Indian Army for...
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