Dr. Prajakta Joshi Ranade is a senior paediatrician at Cloudnine Hospital. Her expertise is in treating childhood rheumatological illnesses along with the care of newborns, general paediatrics (common cold, flu, wheezing, diarrhoea), paediatric nutrition, preventive paediatrics, respiratory disorders and developmental disorders. As a trained Paediatric Rheumatologist her expertise in treating childhood rheumatological illnesses includes Juvenile arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Dermatomyositis, Scleroderma, and other Autoimmune illnesses, Autoinflammatory diseases and Periodic fevers and prolonged fevers.

After completing her undergraduate from RCSM Government Medical College, Kolhapur, she pursued her MD at the Vaishampayan Memorial Government Medical College,  Solapur. She has had vast exposure to paediatric subspecialities working at  multiple centres in Mumbai including Tata Memorial Hospital (Paediatric  Oncology), Fortis Raheja (Neonatology) & Jaslok Hospital & Research  Centre (Paediatric Rheumatology, Neurology, Nephrology, Endocrinology).

She further completed an IAP Fellowship in Paediatric Rheumatology under the mentorship of Dr. Raju Khubchandani at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. She worked at  the prestigious St.John’s Medical College, Bangalore before starting her  independent practice.

Dr. Prajakta has presented papers at many national and international rheumatology conferences and has been a crucial part in the development of pmmonline.india.org and PROCIN (Paediatric Rheumatology Online Course IAP Newcastle), a platform for raising awareness in paediatric rheumatological  disorders and musculoskeletal problems in children. She has several  publications in peer-reviewed journals to her credit.