Dr. Anju Singh

Designation: Consultant Pediatric Rheumatologist

Specialty : Paediatric Rheumatology

Languages Spoken : English, Hindi

Profile:

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

Membership:

• 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.”

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 kids

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