• DM (Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology) - King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 2020
• MD (General Medicine) - Kilpauk Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Tamil Nadu - 2014
• M.B.B.S - Government Medical College, Calicut - 2009

Consultant - Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology - Baby Memorial Hospital, Kannur - 2022-Present

• Consultant - Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology - Dr Shenoy’s CARE, Kannur branch - 2021 - 2022
• Consultant - Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology  - AKG Memorial Cooperative hospital  2021 - 2022
• Senior resident - Rheumatology  -  KGMU, Lucknow
• Assistant Professor - Internal Medicine -  multi-speciality private teaching hospital in Palakkad - 2016 -  2017
•  Consultant -  Internal Medicine - Multispeciality Private Teaching Hospital in Mangalore  - 2015 -  2016
• Casualty Medical Officer - Govt. district hospital in Kanhangad, Kerala - 2014 - 2015
• Completed one year comprehensive internship -   Kozhikode Medical College,   in India 

• Proficient in doing joint aspirations, minor salivary gland biopsy, synovial crystal examination and musculoskeletal ultrasound.

• Manoj M, Sahoo RR, Hazarika K, Bafna P, Wakhlu A. Druginduced myopathy. Indian J Rheumatol 2019;14, Suppl S1:27-36.
• Manoj M, Dhakad U. Leprosy mimicking rheumatoid vasculitis with scleromalacia perforans. BMJ Case Rep 2020;0:e236796
• Manoj M, Sahoo RR, Wakhlu A. Comment on: Assessing the risk of retinopathy in indian patients using hydroxychloroquine for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: A retrospective observational study. Indian J Rheumatol 2021;16:365-6
• Manoj M, Bafna P, Sahoo RR, Hazarika K, Wakhlu A. Repurposing drugs: Lessons from rheumatology in the COVID19 pandemic. Indian J Rheumatol 2021;16:179-8
• Manoj M, Sahoo RR, Hazarika K, Bafna P, Wakhlu A. Myasthenia overlap – Report of two cases and review of literature. Indian J Rheumatol 2021;16:447-50
• Manoj M, Sahoo RR, Singh A, Hazarika K, Bafna P, Kaur A, Wakhlu A. Prevalence of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy with long-term use in a cohort of Indian patients with rheumatic diseases. Rheumatol Int. 2021 May;41(5):929-937. doi: 10.1007/s00296-021-04831-5.
• Manoj M, Sahoo RR, Wakhlu A. Simple alteration of light microscope to detect synovial fluid crystals. Indian J Rheumatol (accepted for publication)
• Manoj M, Sahoo RR, Wakhlu A. Simple alteration of light microscope to detect synovial fluid crystals. Indian J Rheumatol (accepted for publication)
• Sahoo RR, Hazarika K, Bafna P, Manoj M, Wakhlu A. Convalescent plasma therapy in severe coronavirus disease2019: A narrative review. Indian J Rheumatol 2020; 15:217-22
• Hazarika K, Sahoo RR, Mohindra N, Wakhlu A, Manoj M, Bafna P, Garg R, Misra DP, Agarwal V, Wakhlu A. Clinical, radiologic and serologic profile of patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: a cross-sectional study. Rheumatol Int. 2021 May 27:1–11
• Bafna P, Sahoo RR, Hazarika K, Manoj M, Rungta S, Wakhlu A. Prevalence of liver fibrosis by Fibroscan in patients on longterm methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Sep;40(9):3605-3613. doi: 10.1007/s10067-021- 05678-8
• Bafna P, Sahoo RR, Manoj M, et al. Ganglionitis and myelitis: myriad neurological manifestations of Hansen’s disease. BMJ Case Rep 2020;13:e236813.
• Sahoo RR, Manoj M, Bafna P, Hazarika K, Wakhlu A. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of macrophage activation syndrome among patients attending a rheumatology tertiary care center in North India. Indian J Rheumatol 2022;17:149-52
• Cherian S, Paul A, Ahmed S, Alias B, Manoj M, Santhosh AK, Varghese DR, Krishnan N, Shenoy P. Safety of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and the BBV152 vaccines in 724 patients with rheumatic diseases: a post-vaccination cross-sectional survey. Rheumatol Int. 2021 Aug;41(8):1441-1445
• Sen P, Gupta L, Lilleker JB, Aggarwal V, Kardes S, Milchert M, Gheita T, Salim B, Velikova T, Gracia-Ramos AE, Parodis I, O'Callaghan AS, Nikiphorou E, Tan AL, Cavagna L, Saavedra MA, Shinjo SK, Ziade N, Knitza J, Kuwana M, Cagnotto G, Nune A, Distler O, Chinoy H, Aggarwal V, Aggarwal R; COVAD Study Group. COVID-19 vaccination in autoimmune disease (COVAD) survey protocol. Rheumatol Int. 2022 Jan;42(1):23-29. doi: 10.1007/s00296-021-05046-4. Epub 2021 Nov 15. PMID: 34779868; PMCID: PMC8591970.
• rheumatology tertiary care center in North India. Indian J Rheumatol 2022;17:149-52