Dr Aniruddha G. Tembe

	Current Designation	:	Assso. Consultant Rheumatologist & Immunologist
	Contact Details	:	+ 91 - 020-30717614/ 30717274 +91 8975751707/ 8956187183 dr.atembe@gmail.com
	Edu. Qualifications	:	M.B.B.S, MD (Medicine) Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology (Singapore)
	Areas of Expertise	:	Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Inflammatory Myositis, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Scleroderma, Gout, Soft Tissue Rheumatism, Osteoporosis

Brief Biography

Dr Aniruddha G. Tembe brings to Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital and to the city of Pune its first dedicated Department of Rheumatology and Immunology. He did his M.B.B.S in 2002, followed by M.D (Medicine) in 2005 from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Dr Tembe has national and international experience in Rheumatology as he has done one year Clinical Fellowship in Rheumatology from Tan Tock Seng hospital, Singapore, a reputed institute in the field of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology. He has worked as Clinical Assistant in Rheumatology for two years in P D Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, under the guidance of Prof V R Joshi, an international authority in Rheumatology.

Credentials

• Published articles (original/ review/ case reports) in national & international journals.
• Presented papers in national & international conferences, including Ten Topics in Rheumatology, Manila, Philippines
• Co-investigator for prospective trial of patients with SLE in Mumbai

Recent Publication

• Original article ‘Dermatomyositis/ Polymyositis associated with malignancy: our experience with ten patients and review of relevant literature’. Tembe A G, Ramteke S, Joshi V.R, Balakrishnan C. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 2008 September; Volume 11, Issue 3; pp 269- 273
• Original article ‘Profile of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: a questionnaire based study from a private hospital’. Tembe AG, Kharbanda P, Bhojani K, Joshi VR. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2008 December; Volume 3, Issue 4; pp 144-147
• Review article ‘Prevention of infections in patients with rheumatic diseases’. VR Joshi, P Kharbanda, AG Tembe. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2008 June; Volume 3; Issue 2; pp 58- 63
• Letter to the editor ‘Avascular necrosis of bone while on alendronate: report of a case’. AG Tembe, K Bhojani, SK Singh, C Balakrishnan, VR Joshi. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2007 September; Vol 2, No 2; pp 126

Oral Paper Presentation
International conferences:

• Extra-glandular manifestations in Primary Sjogren’s syndrome: A retrospective study of 37 patients. Aniruddha G. Tembe, Rohini Samant. Ten Topics in Rheumatology 2009 (held at Manila, Philippines on 28-29 November, 2009)
• Renal amyloidosis due to Ankylosing Spondylitis resolving with Infliximab. Aniruddha G. Tembe, Priyanka Kharbanda, C. Balakrishnan. Ten Topics in Rheumatology 2009 (held at Manila, Philippines on 28-29 November, 2009)

National conferences:

• Study of neuropsychiatric SLE. Parmar G, Tembe A.G, Mangat G, Samant R, Balakrishnan, Joshi V.R. IRA- BJD 2008 (Indian Rheumatology Association- Bone and Joint Diseases National Conference, Pune, 2008)

Poster presentation

• ‘Profile of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: a questionnaire based study from a private hospital’ Tembe AG, Kharbanda P, Bhojani K, Joshi VR. IRACON 2007 (Indian Rheumatology Association National Conference 2007)
• ‘Oncogenic Hypophosphatemic Osteomalacia (OHO): report of two cases and review of literature’ Tembe AG, Chauhan P, Shah NF and Samant R IRACON 2007. (Indian Rheumatology Association National Conference 2007)
• ‘Pancreatitis in systemic lupus erythematosus’ Tembe A, Balakrishnan C. IRACON 2007. (Indian Rheumatology Association National Conference 2007)

Professional Society Memberships

• Member of Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA life membership no. LM-781)