Dr Ramnath Mishra, Dean Research and Development Department and Professor and Head Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KIMS, Bhubaneswar has been selected to receive the prestigious APLAR Masters Award-2021 at their annual congress to be held at Kyoto in Japan from August 28.
Four eminent rheumatologists would be awarded this year among 35 member countries from the Asia Pacific Region. The award is for outstanding contributions in the field of Rheumatology in one’s own country by a rheumatologist.
Mishra’s contribution is immense given that he has succeeded in establishing and nurturing the speciality of Clinical Immunology in India. He has done original research work in SLE, Reactive arthritis and Takayasu arteritis with more than 200 indexed publications in international and national journals of repute.
Because of his contribution as a teacher and researcher he was awarded the Knoll oration in 2002 and lifetime achievement M N Passey Award in 2013 by the Indian Rheumatology Association.
In 2009 he was elected to be a Fellow of the Royal College of London and in 2010 he received the Samanta Chandrasekhar Award by the Odisha Bigyan Academy and was selected to be a Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, India in 2019.
With this background, the Indian Rheumatology Association nominated Dr Mishra for the APLAR Masters award for 2021.