Ira Khanna, MD

Ira Khanna, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology at Mount Sinai West and Morningside. Dr. Khanna received her medical degree with distinction from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, one of the top five medical schools in India. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY and went on to do her fellowship in Rheumatology at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. During her training, she led quality improvement projects in patients with Psoriatic arthritis to assess guideline directed therapy and osteoporosis with respect to early treatment initiation in patients admitted with fragility fractures. She also served as the primary investigator in research studying the association of gout and cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Khanna is a Certified Clinical Densitometrist and co-manages the interdisciplinary metabolic bone clinic at Mount Sinai Morningside, for the treatment of patients with osteoporosis. Her other clinical interests include management of rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, crystal induced arthritis, connective tissue diseases and vasculitis.