Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine: Rheumatology

Ruhani P. Desai, MD

Hofheimer Hall

Ruhani Desai, MD, is a board-certified rheumatologist, who earned her medical degree from Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College in India and completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, a nationally renowned center for complex and multidisciplinary care. She then completed both a Rheumatology Fellowship and an Advanced Rheumatology Research Fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where she gained extensive clinical and research experience with a focus on systemic sclerosis.

Medical Education

Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, India

Residency

Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Fellowship

Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas

Advanced Rheumatology Research Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology

Specialties

Primary specialty: Internal Medicine

Secondary specialty: Rheumatology

Practice Locations

825 Fairfax Avenue
Suite 445
Hofheimer Hall
Norfolk
757.446.8920