1945
Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India to Kishan Chand and Harbans Kaur Luthra.
1960
Graduates from St. Peter’s College.
1962
Graduates from St. John’s College, Agra in India.
1967
Receives a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, India.
1967
Begins an internship at Christian Medical College.
1968
Begins a residency at Christian Medical College.
1969
Becomes an intern at Middlesex General Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
1970
Becomes a resident in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
1972
Becomes a trainee in rheumatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
1975
Serves as a consultant for the Mayo Clinic.
1979
Immigrates to the United States.
1995
Becomes John Finn Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Medical School.
1996
Is appointed chairman of the Division of Rheumatology at the Mayo Medical School.
1998
Is appointed chair of the subspecialty of rheumatology.
2017
Becomes Emeritus John Finn Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Medical School.