In short
Dr. Ashish Baweja is a rheumatologist and clinical immunologist, Consultant & In-charge of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology at Artemis Hospitals, Sector 51, Gurugram. He treats inflammatory arthritis, spondyloarthritis, lupus and other connective tissue diseases, vasculitis, myositis, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
When people in Gurugram need a rheumatologist
Rheumatology is one of the smaller specialities in India, and a great deal of rheumatic disease is managed for years as "general body pain", a slipped disc or age before anyone looks for inflammation. The patterns that most often turn out to need a specialist are joint swelling that lasts beyond six weeks, morning stiffness longer than half an hour, back pain that eases with movement and worsens with rest, fingers that change colour in the cold, and unexplained fever or fatigue with raised inflammatory markers.
Where the clinic is
Consultations are held at Artemis Hospitals, Sector 51, Gurugram, Haryana 122018.
Areas patients travel from
Patients come from across Gurugram — Sector 51 and the surrounding sectors, Golf Course Road, Sohna Road, DLF Phases 1 to 5, Palam Vihar, Sushant Lok and New Gurugram — and from South Delhi, Dwarka, Faridabad, Manesar and Noida. Because most rheumatic conditions need review every few months rather than every week, a slightly longer journey to a specialist centre is usually worth it.
Why a specialist rather than a general physician
Two things separate rheumatology from general medicine here. The first is interpretation: an ANA or RA factor result means very different things depending on the clinical picture, and treating a number rather than a patient is the commonest error in this field. The second is procedures — joint aspiration, nail fold capillaroscopy, salivary gland and muscle biopsy — which turn an uncertain diagnosis into a definite one, and are done in the same place as the consultation.
What is treated here
- Arthritis and joint pain: rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout and other inflammatory arthritis
- Back pain and spondyloarthritis: inflammatory back pain and ankylosing spondylitis
- Lupus and connective tissue diseases: lupus, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic sclerosis and antiphospholipid syndrome
- Vasculitis: ANCA-associated vasculitis, giant cell arteritis, Takayasu arteritis and Behçet's disease
- Myositis and muscle weakness: dermatomyositis and polymyositis
- Bone health: osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
Procedures at the clinic
The procedures that turn a possible diagnosis into a definite one are done where the consultation takes place: joint aspiration and injection, nail fold capillaroscopy, minor salivary gland biopsy and nerve and muscle biopsy. Long-term biologic and immunomodulatory treatment is planned and monitored here too.
Booking an appointment
The Book appointment button on this page opens the Artemis Hospitals booking form with Dr. Baweja and Rheumatology already selected. To speak to the clinic first, use the Call or WhatsApp buttons. Bring earlier reports and a list of your medicines; your first visit explains what to expect.