{"id":264,"date":"2022-07-22T14:21:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cotswoldrheumatology.co.uk\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2026-05-11T00:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:36:27","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cotswoldrheumatology.co.uk\/?page_id=264","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"264\" class=\"elementor elementor-264\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c2539a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c2539a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa306d6\" data-id=\"aa306d6\" 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further in general medicine, and specialised in Rheumatology from 1986.\u00a0<\/p><p>I held an ARC research grant and was awarded a doctorate (M.D.) for research into bone cell biology in 1992 under supervision of Professor Tim Chambers in London and achieved specialist recognition in Rheumatology and General (Internal) Medicine in 1995<\/p><p>I was appointed Consultant Rheumatologist to Great Western Hospital Swindon in 1995 and awarded fellowship of both the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Ireland and London in 1998.\u00a0 I am also a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and member of the British Society for Rheumatology.<\/p><p>During my career I have held the posts of Royal College of Physicians college tutor for the hospital, and regional speciality advisor for the Oxford region.\u00a0<\/p><p>Within the trust I have been clinical director for acute medicine and then for non- acute medicine as well as being clinical lead for rheumatology from 1999 to 2021.\u00a0<\/p><p>I have also been Director of Research for the trust and vice-chairman and a Divisional Director of the West of England Comprehensive Local Research Network.\u00a0<\/p><p>I practice in all aspects of clinical rheumatology and hold private clinics at the Ridgeway Hospital, Wroughton; the Nuffield Hospital, Cheltenham and the Winfield Hospital, Gloucester.<\/p><p>My NHS clinic is a specialist bone health clinic in Swindon.<\/p><p>As well as teaching and supervision in the department I have research interests into mechanisms of assessment of bone health.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85350da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85350da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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