Anupama Shahane, MD, MPH
Rheumatology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Rheumatology Perelman
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About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Rheumatology)

Dr. Anupama Shahane, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She joined Penn Medicine after completing her rheumatology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. Her clinical interests are in inflammatory arthritis, with specific focus on rheumatoid arthritis, patients receiving immunotherapy, and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Her research interest focuses on the screening and treatment of osteoporosis, and she serves as the Director of the Penn Osteoporosis Program. She is passionate about education and serves as the Associate Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship where she runs the mentorship program. She has served in several roles locally and nationally including the American College of Rheumatology, Philadelphia Rheumatology Society and Pennsylvania Rheumatology Society. Out of the hospital, she enjoys exploring the many outdoor adventures that the Philadelphia region has to offer with her husband and three boys.

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Morningside
  • Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

491 reviews

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October 2025
thorough and explains everything
October 2025
dr. shahane is truly a humanist. wonderful rapport. skillful in paying attention to me emotionally, phsyically and contextually. gentle, firm and clear in formulating and collaborating on next steps.
October 2025
always so knowledgeable
October 2025
dr shahane is fantastic.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Shahane is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Anupama Shahane MD MPH, Sian Yik Lim MD, Marcy Bolster MD Updates on the role of DXA in the Evaluation and Monitoring of Osteoporosis , Current Rheumatology Reports: 2025

Sarah Anstett, Brian Coburn, Carlos García-Gonzalez, Akash Gupta, Elise Breed, Max Krall, Adam Mayer, Tania Aguila, Riya Madan, Stephanie Lee, Preethi Thomas, Nora Sandorfi, Anupama Shahane, Rachel Dayno A Quality Improvement Project to Explore the Implications of the 2020 ACR Gout Guideline Recommendations for HLA-B5801 Testing , American College of Rheumatology: 2025

Anupama Shahane MD MPH, Nora Sandorfi MD, Alexis Ogdie MD MSCE Evaluating Discordance between Bilateral Hip Bone Density Measurements in Individuals with Low Bone Mass , American College of Rheumatology: 2025

Anupama Shahane MD, Sean Looby, Kristel Frey, Andrew Kanoff, Marissa Blum MD, Nora Sandorfi MD. Utilization of Electronic Health Record System to Improve Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis Screening and Treatment , American College of Rheumatology: 2024

Namrata Singh MD MSCI, Anupama Shahane MD MPH, Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc, Michel Tsang MD, Samuel Bitoun MD PhD, Laura Capelli MD MHS Inflammatory arthritis due to immune checkpoint inhibitors: current approaches to management , Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America: 2024

Marta Bean MD, Brian Coburn MD, Elise Breed MD, Carlos Garcia Gonzalez MD, Akash Gupta MD, Adam Mayer MD, John Oghene MD, Thomas Riley MD, Ellen Romich MD, Rachel Dayno MD, Preethi Thomas MD, Nora Sandorfi MD, Michael George MD, Anupama Shahane MD. Contraception in Patients with SLE on Teratogenic Medications: A Fellow QI Intervention , American College of Rheumatology : 2024

Annemarie Schorpion, Reshmi Raveendran, Anupama Shahane, Alfredo Rivadeniera, Mildred Kwan. Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis and Pitting Edema , Rare Rheumatic Diseases of Immunologic Dysregulation: 2018

Anupama Shahane, MD MPH, Chris Derk, MD Systemic Sclerosis , Textbook of Internal Medicine: 2018

Komarla A, Yu GH, Shahane A. Pleural effusion, pneumothorax, and lung entrapment in rheumatoid arthritis. , Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 21(4): 2015,211-5

Gupta M, Jafri K, Sharim R, Silverman S, Sindher SB, Shahane A, Kwan M Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with biologic therapy , Curr Allergy and Asthma Reports, 15(2): 2015,499