Rohit Aggarwal MD, MS

Dr. Rohit Aggarwal, MD, MS, is a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and medical director of the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is the co-director of UPMC Myositis Center. His research and clinical areas of interest are clinical and translational in inflammatory muscle diseases (myositis) and associated interstitial lung disease. He is the past-chair of the medical advisory board of The Myositis Association (TMA) as well as past-chair of the scientific committee of IMACS, which are the largest patient and physician groups working in the field of myositis, respectively.

Dr. Aggarwal is an established independent clinical investigator with significant funding from NIH, foundations, and industry and is currently leading several collaborations internationally with other key leaders in the world. He has maintained an extremely high publication record and received national and international recognition of his work. He continues to be a leader in disease criteria and outcome measures in myositis as well as in clinical trials of novel therapeutic agents for myositis. He is currently the principal investigator or member of the steering committee for several international phase 2/3 clinical trials in the area of myositis and associated ILD. Dr. Aggarwal is also mentoring the future generation of rheumatologists with great success and attracting younger rheumatologists towards myositis research for the advancement of the field. Dr. Aggarwal lectures at various international conferences and promotes patient education through his YouTube channel.

Dr. Aggarwal's primary clinical interest includes all forms of myositis such as Polymyositis (PM), Necrotizing myopathy (NM), Dermatomyositis (DM), anti-synthesizer syndrome (ASSD), inclusion body myositis (IBM), Overlap Myositis (OM). Dr. Aggarwal specializes in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) or pulmonary fibrosis associated with various autoimmune diseases or connective tissue diseases. Dr. Aggarwal also runs a general rheumatology clinic including patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Sjogren syndrome, vasculitis, psoriatic arthritis, sarcoidosis, etc.

Dr. Aggarwal's educational interests include myopathies, including Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, Inclusion body myositis, overlap syndrome, and mixed connective tissue disease. Also autoimmune or connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease or pulmonary fibrosis.