Dr. K V Anil Kumar

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About Doctor: 

Dr. K. V. Anil Kumar is a Consultant Clinical Immunologist and Rheumatologist dedicated to the diagnosis and long-term management of autoimmune, inflammatory, and connective tissue disorders. He adopts an evidence-based, patient-centered approach, emphasizing early diagnosis, individualized treatment, disease monitoring, and multidisciplinary care to improve functional outcomes and quality of life.

Education and Medical Training:

• MBBS from Osmania Medical College 
• MD Internal Medicine from PGIMER, Chandigarh 
• DrNB CLINICAL Immunology and Rheumatology from St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore 
• EULAR certificate of Rheumatology
• EULAR certificate of MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND
• EULAR certificate of Capillaroscopy & Microcirculation

Qualification :

• MBBS from Osmania Medical College 
• MD Internal Medicine from PGIMER, Chandigarh 
• DrNB CLINICAL Immunology and Rheumatology from St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore 
• EULAR certificate of Rheumatology
• EULAR certificate of MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND
• EULAR certificate of Capillaroscopy & Microcirculation

Experience: 5Years

• Senior Resident in the department of clinical immunology and rheumatology in Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, and St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.

Area Of Expertise:

• Musculoskeletal ultrasound
• SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
• Inflammatory Myositis 
• ILD
• Pulmonary Hypertension 
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Psoriatic arthritis 
• Spondyloarthritis
• Vasculitis
• Gout
• Sarcoidosis 
• Systemic sclerosis 
• Sjogrens syndrome
• Immunodeficiency syndromes
• Autoinflammatory diseases 
• Nailfold capillaroscopy

Clinical focus:

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
• Myositis 
• Psoriasis
• Intersitial lung disease
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Vasculitis 
• Juvenile Arthritis
• Musculoskeletal Ultrasiound
• Autoinflammatory syndromes

Area of Interest:

• MSK USG, SLE, Rheumatoid arthritis, Myositis, Vasculitis ILD, PAH

Academic & Professional Contributions:

Publications:

• Methotrexate and Mucositis: A Merry-Go-Round for Oncologist, June 2018, Indian journal of medical and paediatric oncology 40(1), doi: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_113_18
• An Autopsy Report of an Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Arising in the Trachea, doi: 10.1007/s12105-018-0921-7 
• Serum Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Is Elevated in Patients With Migraine and Ophthalmoplegia, doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000001695 
• Effect of Glucocorticoid withdrawal in clinically quiescent SLE
• Kumar A, Shobha V. Management of Thrombocytopenia in SLE. Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/0973369824128140

Awards and Honours:

• Oral presentation of Research in World Congress of Neurology” October 2019
• Oral presentation of Research in IRACON November 2024

Professional Memberships:

• Life member of the Indian Medical Association 
• Life Member of the Indian Rheumatology Association 
• Life member of Association of Physicians of India