Rohini Handa

Prof. Rohini Handa is currently working as Senior Consultant Rheumatologist at the Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi. He has earlier served on the faculty of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi for more than 2 decades. Prof. Handa is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Glasgow), Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India). His contributions to Rheumatology have been recognized by several awards and citations including MN Sen Oration Award & Shakuntla Amir Chand Prize by Indian Council of Medical Research; Dr GB Jain Oration and Dr Sukumar Mukherjee Honor Lecture by Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine; JC Patel and BC Mehta Prize, Pawan Kumari Jain Oration, Dr JN Berry Award and the Searle Oration by the Association of Physicians of India and IRA Oration by Indian Rheumatology Association.

Prof. Handa holds leadership positions in many professional societies. He is the President of the Indian Rheumatology Association and President of APLAR (Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology). He serves on the editorial board of respected medical journals including Rheumatology Oxford, Best Practice and Research Clinical Rheumatology, Clinical Rheumatology, Indian Journal of Rheumatology and Journal of Association of Physicians of India. He has authored/co-authored more than 330 papers, book chapters, review articles and abstracts in national and international journals.