Dr. Atul Kakar

**Dr. Atul Kakar** is a Senior Consultant and Vice Chairman in the Department of Internal Medicine at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital & associated hospitals, New Delhi. He is also a Professor of Medicine at Sir Ganga Ram Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GRIPMER).Dr. Kakar completed his fellowship in Rheumatology and further training in HIV management. He has a special interest in diabetes and also conducts free OPDs for medical patients, where he sees patients with HIV and Rheumatology twice a week. He has started an Osteoporosis special clinic once a week in the hospital.Dr. Kakar is actively involved in organizing medical education programmes and conferences in the hospital. He was the Organizing Secretary of Medicine update in the years 2000, 2002 and 2006. He has also organized Rheumatology update in the year 2003 and was the Organizing Secretary of Annual Delhi Chapter of Rheumatology in 2007. He has been the faculty member for many conferences of Rheumatology at the national level.Dr. Kakar is the examiner for Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Bhutan Postgraduate college and formative assessment for Diplomate National Board Students Formative Assessment Test. He has also been a guide for many students for their thesis and research work.Dr. Kakar is involved in many clinical drug trials for which he is the principal investigator. These trials are on Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Amyloidosis and Influenza.Dr. Kakar is an active member of GRIPMER, Governing body, actively participates and contributes to academics in the institution. He was founder secretary of Sir Ganga Ram Alumni Association and was involved in various activities like inception ceremony (2011), Alumni Oration (2012 & 2013), and designed souvenir for the association.Dr. Kakar is the editor for Health Series published by Elsevier’s. This contains 16 titles – Bone Health, Sexual Health, Care during Pregnancy and Care of Newborn, Mental health, Liver disease, Heartburn, Cancer, Cancer in women, Blood cancer, Heart attack are few titles.For public education, he released, “My Bone App” on occasion of National Bone & Joint Day 2015 along with Arthritis Foundation of India. This is a phone app, which can be downloaded from Google play store and educates people about risk factor and treatment options for bone diseases.Dr. Kakar has more than 130 publications both international and national and citation index for Google scholar citation, H-Index, Research Gate and RG score are high.**Services*** Arthritis and Pain Management* Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment* Diabetes Management* Health Checkup (General)* Vaccination/ Immunization* Ankylosing Spondylitis Treatment* Infectious Disease Treatment* Hypertension Treatment