Harjinder Chowdhary, MBBS, MD

I am a clinical rheumatologist and educator. I did my medical school from top 2 medical schools in India then I did internal medicine practice for 13 years and I have been doing rheumatology in USA for last 20 years. I like to understand my patients, my background in Medicine helps me in doing detective work to solve complex rheumatological problems and rheumatology is my passion. Through the years, I have developed special interest in inflammatory Myopathy. I do a specialized clinic in Myositis at Yale and also focus on conditions can cause muscle and lung inflammation like Polymyositis, Antisynthetase syndrome and dermatomyositis. This field has become complex due to recent detection of certain antibodies called myositis antibodies which can cause complex manifestations and heterogeneity. I also work with other specialists in pulmonary, neurology, dermatology and we are trying to develop a comprehensive program for care of our patients.

I love to share my knowledge and teach. I have been very active in teaching fellows at Yale and other physicians. I was coach for Yale Knowledge Bowl team and we won Gold Medal at national American College of Rheumatology meetingin Nov 24.I like to spend time with my pomeranian dog named Nala and enjoy golf. My motto is Care with Compassion and I always try to do my best for my patients.