Complex cases may incur an additional fee and take longer to prepare a report (only after agreement)
Titles
- Consultant Rheumatologist and Acute Physician
Expertise
- All aspects of joint disease
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and other related heritable disorders of connective tissue
Procedures
- Local steroid injections to joints and soft tissues
Most common conditions seen
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and allied heritable disorders of connective tissue
- Osteoarthritis
- Gout
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Back pain
- Osteoporosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Ankylosing spondylitis
Most common symptoms seen
- Widespread joint and/or muscle pain
- Joint swelling and stiffness
- Fatigue
- Abdominal pain
- Palpitations
- Rash and allergic reactions
- Anxiety and Depression
Background
He is a Consultant Rheumatologist offering a comprehensive service managing all rheumatic conditions. In addition he is a Board member in Clinical Commissioning, clinical researcher & author of medical texts, a Trustee to the UK charity The Hypermobility Syndromes Association, and a member of the Medical and Scientific Board, The Ehlers-Danlos Society.
Training
- Undergraduate / Postgraduate – Cambridge University and Addenbrooke’s Hospital
- Medicine training – Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and University College Hospitals London rotation.
- Rheumatology training – University College Hospitals London rotation.
- Research training in epidemiology – ARC Clinical Fellowship, The Twin Research Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
- Certificate in Translational Medicine – University of Edinburgh.
Clinical interests and areas of expertise
- All aspects of joint disease, with an area of expertise in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and other related heritable disorders of connective tissue.
Research interests
- Epidemiology of hypermobility-related disorders.
- Phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials of new medicines for inflammatory rheumatic disorders.
Qualifications
- BA Upper Second, Cambridge 1989
- MB Chir, Cambridge 1991
- MA, Medicine, Cambridge 1992
- CCST in Rheumatology and General Medicine, London 1999
- PgCert-TM, Edinburgh 2011
GMC Number: 3592515
Date of Registration: 1992
Memberships
- Royal College of Physicians, London (Fellow)
- British Medical Association (Member)
- Royal Society of Medicine (Member)
- Independent Doctors Federation (Member)
Complex cases may incur an additional fee and take longer to prepare a report (only after agreement)
Titles
- Consultant Rheumatologist and Acute Physician
Expertise
- All aspects of joint disease
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and other related heritable disorders of connective tissue
Procedures
- Local steroid injections to joints and soft tissues
Most common conditions seen
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and allied heritable disorders of connective tissue
- Osteoarthritis
- Gout
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Back pain
- Osteoporosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Ankylosing spondylitis
Most common symptoms seen
- Widespread joint and/or muscle pain
- Joint swelling and stiffness
- Fatigue
- Abdominal pain
- Palpitations
- Rash and allergic reactions
- Anxiety and Depression
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