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Dr. Prashant Bafna

Dr. Prashant Bafna

Consultant 

12 years of experience

Rheumatologists

MBBS, MD, DM

Reg. No.:94605, Karnataka Medical Council

Manipal Hospitals, Jayanagar, Bangalore

English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil

Consultation Fee ₹ 900

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About Dr. Prashant Bafna

  • Dr. Prashant Bafna is a well-esteemed rheumatologist with 12 years of expertise.
  • His expertise lies in arthritis and related diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout, osteoarthritis, and spondyloarthritis.
  • He also has expertise in treating systemic connective tissue diseases, including
    • SLE
    • Sjogren's Syndrome
    • Scleroderma
    • Myositis
  • He treats a wide range of rheumatology conditions, such as myofibrillar myopathies, polyarteritis nodosa, multiminicore disease, mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
  • He graduated in 2012 with an MBBS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and in 2016 with an MD in General Medicine from JIPMER, Pondicherry. He went on to earn a DM in Rheumatology from King George's Medical College at Lucknow University in 2020.
  • He has made significant contributions to rheumatology through his research, authoring and co-authoring 12 publications in esteemed journals like Clinical Rheumatology and the Indian Journal of Rheumatology.
  • He is a notable member of the Karnataka Medical Council.

Education

  • MBBS, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 2012
  • MD in General Medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry, 2016
  • DM in Rheumatology, King Georges Medical College, Lucknow University, 2020

Past Experience

  • Rheumatology Consultant, Sparsh Hospital, Bengaluru

Awards

  • Best Oral Presentation (2nd), INDO-UK Rheumatology Summit, March 2019, Gurgaon
  • Best Poster Presentation, MyoIN Summit, SGPGI, Lucknow.
  • Dr. Siddharth Das Gold Medal (Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), KGMU

Associations/Membership

  • Karnataka Medical Council

Paper Published

He has authored and co-authored 12 research publications.

  • Bafna, P., Sahoo, R. R., Manoj, M., & Wakhlu, A. (2020). Ganglionitis and myelitis: myriad neurological manifestations of Hansen’s disease. BMJ Case Reports, 13(8), e236813. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-236813
  • Bafna, P., Deepanjali, S., Mandal, J., Balamurugan, N., Swaminathan, R. P., & Kadhiravan, T. (2020). Reevaluating the true diagnostic accuracy of dipstick tests to diagnose urinary tract infection using Bayesian latent class analysis. PloS One, 15(12), e0244870. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244870
  • Bafna, P., Sahoo, R. R., Hazarika, K., Malhotra, K. P., & Wakhlu, A. (2020). Clinical Image: Multiple pathological fractures in a middle?aged woman: A rheumatologist’s challenge. ACR Open Rheumatology, 2(11), 681–682. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr2.11193
  • Manoj, M., Sahoo, R. R., Hazarika, K., Bafna, P., & Wakhlu, A. (2019). Drug-induced myopathy. Indian Journal of Rheumatology/Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 14(5), 27. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-3698.272157

Field of Expertise

  • Giant Cell Arteritis
  • Pemphigus
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Raynaud's Syndrome

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