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Qualification:
Brief Profile:
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Dr. Anju Singh is a trained pediatric
rheumatologist. She works as a consultant pediatric rheumatologist at Artemis
hospital, Gurugram, Haryana. She has a full 13 years of experience in treating
children with various rheumatological disorders.
She has done her MBBS (2007) followed
by DCH (2010) from Safdarjung hospital. Later, pursued MD pediatrics from Dr.
Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, in 2013. She carries another three years of
experience in pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology as a senior resident from
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, Delhi, from 2013 to 2016. Later, got trained as
a fellow in pediatric rheumatology at Sir Gangaram hospital for 2 years.
She has done EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) musculoskeletal
ultrasound course. She has three years of experience in pediatric
musculoskeletal ultrasound, ultrasound-guided procedures of joints like
intra-articular steroids injection/aspiration of synovial fluid, and nail fold
capillaroscopy. She is a
certified pediatric rheumatologist by EULAR and PRSI (Pediatric Rheumatology
Society of India).
She has expertise in diagnosing and
managing all autoimmune disorders of children, including-
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
(JIA), uveitis associated with JIA, and idiopathic.
- Connective tissue disorders such as
systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, juvenile dermatomyositis, juvenile
systemic sclerosis, overlap syndrome, and so forth.
- Primary vasculitis such as Kawasaki
disease, Polyarteritis nodosa, Takayasu aortoarteritis, Henoch schonlein
purpura, Wegener's granulomatosis, etc
- Autoinflammatory syndromes such as
familial Mediterranean syndrome, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome,
HyperIgD syndrome, etc
- Miscellaneous disorders such as
sarcoidosis, IgG4 related diseases
Procedures:
Can do various intra-articular procedures such as intra-articular steroid injections on an OPD basis and OT for small kids under ultrasound guidance.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound of kidsMembership:
- Life member of IAP(Indian Academy of Pediatrics)
- EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) AND
PRSI (Pediatric Rheumatology Society of India)
Certification:
- Delhi Medical
council: DMC/R/4350
\ Honours and Awards:
Worked as
co-investigator in various studies at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital:
1. Incidence of readmission in pediatric
patients readmitted within 60 days of discharge in a tertiary care hospital.
2. Clinicolaboratory predictors of prolonged
hospitalization in children with swine flu Infection.
· Singh A, Nandan D, Dewan V, Sankar J. Comparison of
clinical effects of beclomethasone dipropionate & budesonide in the
treatment of children with mild persistent asthma: A double-blind, randomized,
controlled study. The Indian journal of medical research. 2016 Aug;144(2):250.
· Mittal HG, Anju S, Gupta A, Yadav TP.
Clinicolaboratory predictors of hospitalization (> 7 days) in children with
swine flu infection: A retrospective study from North India. Indian Journal of
Child Health. 2019 Sep 25;6(9):490-4.
· Authored
a chapter on "Spondyloarthritis-The Pediatric Perspective"
for the book Rheumatology Clinics-Spondyloarthritides.
· Authored another chapter on "Approach to Chronic
Rheumatological Disorders in Children" for Elsevier, Clinical
Key, India point of care.
· In
January 2021 was a panelist in the Delhi-IAP e-Rheumatpedia conference on
"Approach to joint pains."
