Dr. MOHIT GOYAL

Dr Mohit Goyal has 14+ years of clinical experience. He is a clinician, researcher and highly cited author, and serves on the editorial boards of prestigious international rheumatology journals.

His other current assignments include:

• Executive Committee Member, Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA)
• Treasurer, Rajasthan Rheumatology Association (RRA)
• Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Rheumatology (IJR)
• Associate Editor, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (JRCPE)
• Editorial Board Member, Rheumatology Advances in Practice (Oxford)
• Member, Asia Pacific (APLAR) Spondyloarthritis Special Interest Group (SpA SIG) and Registry
• Steering Committee Member, Psoriatic Arthritis Special Interest Group (PASIG) India
• Steering Committee Member, Collaborative of Indian Rheumatology Editors (CIRE)
• Steering Committee Member, World Rheumatology Forum

Specialization and Expertise:

• Rheumatoid Arthritis with extraarticular manifestations and comorbidities
• Spondyloarthritis – Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis
• Lupus, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Myositis and Systemic Sclerosis
• Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Gout, Increased uric acid, Soft tissue rheumatism
• Viral arthritis, vasculitis and other complex rheumatological disorders

Certifications:

• MBBS from RNT Medical College, Udaipur
• MD Medicine from RNT Medical College, Udaipur
• Fellowship in Rheumatology from Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi
• Fellowship of the American College of Rheumatology (FACR)
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK (FRCP)

Achievements and Recognitions:

• Over 50 peer-reviewed papers and chapter in textbooks; h-index of 7 and i10-index of 5
• Over 550 citations in top journals including Nature and Lancet
• Edited 3 books and 2 special issues of the Indian Journal of Rheumatology
• Gangadhar Verma Memorial Best Paper Award at RajAPICON 2024 for research work on arthritis in the elderly
• Dr Shurvir Singh Visiting Professorship Award 2023 – delivered the professorship lecture at the prestigious Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• ARA-APLAR Travel Grant 2021 to present research work entitled “A multicentric study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with SLE in India” at the Australian
• Rheumatology Association Annual Conference 2021
• Rajasthan State level recognition award at the 26th RAJ MEDICON (the annual conference of the Rajasthan chapter of Indian Medical Association held at Jaipur, India on 29 and 30 June
• 2019) for ‘Starting the first dedicated clinic and establishing Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology as a specialty in South Rajasthan’
• Dr Shurvir Singh gold medal and award (national-level) of 2014 for the best paper
• Dr M Chenna Reddy gold medal and award for the best paper at RajAPICON 2014 (annual conference of the state chapter of Association of Physicians of India) held at Jaipur, India
• National Child Scientist award of 1997 at National Science Congress held at Bhopal, India for a project on ‘management of hospital waste’
• National Child Scientist award of 1996 at National Science Congress held at Hyderabad, India for a project on ‘making simple toys to learn science, from waste