Living with an autoimmune or inflammatory disease can make everyday activities difficult, affecting one’s independence and quality of life. Managing these complex conditions requires specialised expertise, early intervention and long-term support focused on helping patients preserve function, maintain independence and continue living life on their own terms.
Care Built Around Early Diagnosis, Treatment & Lifelong Disease Management.
Autoimmune diseases occur when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues, causing inflammation that can affect joints, muscles, skin, blood vessels, and vital organs. For many patients, symptoms such as chronic pain, swelling, stiffness, fatigue, weakness, and reduced mobility can gradually affect daily routine, professional responsibilities, education, and social wellbeing.
Led by DM-qualified rheumatologists, the Department of Rheumatology, at SIMS Hospitals, provides specialist care for more than 100 autoimmune and inflammatory conditions affecting both adults and children.The department combines advanced diagnostics, biologic therapies, infusion services, rehabilitation, and emergency autoimmune care, within a coordinated multidisciplinary framework.
Autoimmune diseases usually involve multiple organ systems; therefore, our team extends care beyond rheumatology alone. Our specialists work closely with nephrology, pulmonology, dermatology, neurology, orthopaedics, obstetrics, rehabilitation medicine, radiology, pathology, and critical care teams, to provide multidisciplinary care personalised for every patient’s need.
Expert management of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and spondyloarthritis, with targeted immunosuppressive therapy to prevent joint deformity and preserve function.
Specialist care for SLE, scleroderma, Sjögren's syndrome, and mixed connective tissue disease, addressing multi-organ inflammation affecting skin, kidneys, lungs, heart, and joints.
Targeted treatment for polymyositis and dermatomyositis including management of interstitial lung disease and characteristic skin manifestations through immunosuppressive therapy.
Comprehensive management of all vasculitis categories - large vessel (Takayasu arteritis, Giant Cell arteritis), medium vessel (polyarteritis nodosa), ANCA-associated, and immune complex vasculitis, with early intervention to prevent organ ischaemia.
Specialised care for women with autoimmune disease through preconception, pregnancy, and lactation, including antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) management, DMARD and biologic modification, and coordination for congenital heart block risk.
Age-appropriate care for juvenile idiopathic arthritis, paediatric SLE, juvenile dermatomyositis, and auto inflammatory conditions including chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis.
Expert management of gout and pseudogout through urate-lowering therapy and anti-inflammatory interventions.
DEXA scanning, bisphosphonates, denosumab, and lifestyle guidance for bone health and fracture risk reduction.
24/7 emergency management for severe vasculitis flares, macrophage activation syndrome, catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome, and septic arthritis, with rapid access to high-dose immunosuppression, plasma exchange, IVIG, and biologics.
Holistic management of sarcoidosis, Behçet's disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, and fibromyalgia.
Autoimmune diseases frequently affect multiple organ systems and require coordinated expertise across several medical disciplines. Our multidisciplinary care model brings together rheumatologists, rehabilitation specialists, orthopaedic surgeons, obstetricians, radiologists and pathologists to ensure every aspect of a patient's health is addressed through a unified treatment strategy.
Our dedicated team, supported by advanced autoimmune diagnostics, dedicated biologic infusion services and close collaboration across multiple specialties delivers comprehensive care for both routine and highly complex cases.
Cases involving severe vasculitis, catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and macrophage activation syndrome can rapidly threaten organ function and become life-threatening emergencies. Therefore, our specialists work alongside emergency medicine, internal medicine and critical care teams to deliver immediate assessment, rapid intervention and advanced monitoring when urgent treatment is critical and when every moment matters.
Advanced Diagnostics. Personalised Treatment. Long-Term Care.
Accurate diagnosis is often the most important step in managing autoimmune disease. The department combines advanced laboratory testing, specialised imaging and comprehensive disease monitoring tools to identify inflammation early, evaluate organ involvement and guide highly personalised treatment decisions. Diagnostic capabilities include autoimmune testing such as Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid Factor, ANA, CRP, ESR, ELISA, immunoblots and comprehensive serology, supported by ultrasound, X-ray, CT, PET-CT and MRI. Additional procedures include joint fluid aspiration with crystal analysis, DEXA bone density assessment, and skin and muscle biopsies.
Treatment programmes combine evidence-based pharmacotherapy, biologic therapies, infusion services and targeted interventions tailored to individual disease patterns and patient goals. Supported by rehabilitation specialists, occupational therapists and multidisciplinary teams, treatment plans focus not only on controlling disease but also on preserving mobility, protecting organ function and supporting long-term independence.
From early inflammatory arthritis and connective tissue disease to complex vasculitis, paediatric autoimmune disorders and rheumatological emergencies, our commitment remains the same: delivering specialised care that helps patients protect organ function, preserve independence, maintain greater quality of life.
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Consultant
Rheumatology
MBBS, DCH, MD (Paediatrics), DM (Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology)
Senior Consultant
Rheumatology
MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Rheumatology)