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KIMS Hyderabad team wins ACR Knowledge Bowl Championship for second consecutive year

Hyderabad, Nov 10 (UNI) A team from the Department of Rheumatology at KIMS Hospitals, Hyderabad, has won the ACR Knowledge Bowl championship for the second consecutive year at the ACR Convergence 2026 held in Orlando, USA, emerging as the first Indian team to achieve the distinction.
The team, CAR-Titans, comprising Dr Syed Mustafa Jah and Dr. Venkat Sai Veesam, scored a record 9,700 points, the highest ever in the history of the competition, against 4,000 points secured by the runner-up team, the Hospitals said in a release on Tuesday.
The Hyderabad-based team retained the title after competing against 15 leading international medical research and academic institutions, including UCLA, Mayo Clinic, Columbia University and Hospital for Special Surgery.
Dr. Sarath Chandra Mouli Veeravalli served as faculty mentor.
KIMS Hospitals also secured recognition in several other academic and research categories at the international conference.
Dr. Syed Mustafa Jah's presentation, 'When Synovitis Is Not the Whole Story: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Pyomyositis', was selected as a South Asia winner in the image competition and received Plenary I recognition.
Dr. Srishti Pal's presentation, 'A Rash Decision', was selected for an expert panel discussion at the Global Summit.
Research posters accepted at the conference included Dr. Venkat Sai Veesam's study on enthesitis-predominant spondyloarthritis and HLA-B27 association, and two studies by Dr. Pothireddy Mohith Reddy on diagnostic delays in spondyloarthritis and Nintedanib in progressive systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).
Dr. Mohith Reddy's case presentation, '17 Years, 3 Diagnoses, 1 Answer', was also selected for poster display under the Thieves Market category.
The team thanked Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Varla Ramaiah and IAS officer Kartikeya Misra for facilitating priority visa processing, and the US Embassy and Consulate in Hyderabad for issuing visas promptly.
The team also acknowledged the support of KIMS Hospitals Chairman and Managing Director Dr. B. Bhaskar Rao, the Indian Rheumatology Association and the Hyderabad Rheumatology Association.
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