Dr. Jyoti Ranjan Parida

Dr. Jyoti Ranjan Parida is the "First Doctor from Odisha" to complete DM degree in Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology. He has completed his DM from prestigious Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science (SGPGI) and awarded as with Prof. R K Sharma best clinician award -2014 as the best outgoing doctor and honored with a gold medal. He was also selected for prestigious “Indo UK fellowship -2014” and trained in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Queens Medical College, Nottingham, UK. After passing M.B.B.S from MKCG Medical College, Berhampur in 2002, he has done his M.D.(Internal Medicine) at SCB Medical College, Cuttack from 2005 – 2008. Presently he is working as Head of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology department at IMS & SUM Hospital. He is a pioneer in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Odisha and a national faculty in various National Musculoskeletal Ultrasound workshops. He had done his postgraduate research thesis entitled “A study of Clinical Profile of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Correlation of Serum Mannose-binding Lectin with disease activity” which was later published in prestigious indexed international journals like Arthritis Research & Therapy and Human Immunology.