Dr. Humeira Badsha, Consultant Rheumatologist, has over two decades of experience as a Rheumatologist across three countries – the USA, Singapore, and UAE.

Starting her career with MBBS at Madras Medical College, Chennai in India, Dr. Badsha was trained at UCLA, California, and has worked and taught medical students and doctors at various schools and hospitals including Harvard, Tufts, and UCLA. She moved to Dubai in 2005 from Boston and was working at Dubai Bone & Joint Center. She was the Secretary (2008-2010) and Founding Member of Emirates Society of Rheumatology and is also the Vice Chairperson and Founding Member – Board of Directors, Emirates Arthritis Foundation, from 2006 to present.

Having conducted and published multiple clinical studies in major Rheumatology journals, Dr. Humeira Badsha is today one of the most well known Rheumatologists in UAE.

Following are a list of her qualifications and credentials

• American Board Certified Rheumatology 1997, recertified 2007


• American Board Certified Internal Medicine 1995, recertified 2005


• Rheumatology Fellowship at UCLA (University of Los Angeles, LA, California)


• Internal Medicine Residency at University of Connecticut (Farmington, CT USA)


• MBBS at Madras Medical College, University of Madras, Chennai, India


• Fellow American College of Rheumatology


• Fellow Academy of Medicine Singapore


• Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine – Tufts New England medical School, Boston, Mass, USA


• Clinical Teacher – National University of Singapore


• Licensed Dubai Health authority, Dubai Healthcare City, California, Massachusetts, Singapore


• Founding Member, Emirates Society for Rheumatology and Secretary 2009 – 12/2010


• Vice Chairperson, and Founding member Board of Directors Emirates Arthritis Foundation 04/06


• Member Research Ethics Committee Harvard Medical School Dubai center (2000-10) and Department Of Health and Medical Services (DOHMS) Dubai (2008 to present)


• Chairperson and speaker Arab Health Rheumatology Conference 2007, 2009 and Musculoskeletal Conference 2008, 2010, Bone and Joint Conference 2011, 2012, Women’s Health Conference 2012


• Member, Editorial Board International Journal of Rheumatology (Blackwell publishing)


• Speaker and/ or Presenter International Osteoporosis Foundation meetings, Pan Arab Rheumatology Conferences, Asia Pacific Rheumatology Conference (APLAR), European League against Rheumatology Conference (EULAR), American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

CURRENT RESEARCH

• Study of Genetics of Rheumatoid arthritis in Arab Ancestry individuals – multicentre trial funded by Qatar National Research Foundation, approved by Dubai Health Authority (Ongoing).


• Study of association between Vitamin D deficiency and Rheumatoid Arthritis disease activity – approved by Dubai Health Authority (Ongoing).


• Study of Spondyloarthritis in UAE (Ongoing).


• Humeira Badsha (Principal Investigator) Ataciecept in RA study Dubai Phase II trial. 2008 (Complete).


• Humeira Badsha (PI) Study of Toclizumab in RA – Phase IV Trial, Dubai UAE (Closed).


• Co-investigator: QUEST RA study – a multinational RA cross sectional study Headquarters Finland (Ongoing).


• Study of Genetics of Lupus in collaboration with UCLA (completed).


• Study of various biomarkers and disease activity markers with TTSH Singapore (completed)

Dr. Humeira Badsha's specialty is Rheumatology and currently works as a Consultant Rheumatologist.

She speaks English, Urdu, Tamil.