Ten Topics in Rheumatology : Previous meeting / speakers
Speakers (5th & 6th July 2007)
Professor Charles Pusey is Consultant Nephrologist at Hammersmith Hospital and co-chairman of a working party updating management of lupus nephritis.
Dr David D’Cruz is Consultant Rheumatologist at St Thomas’ Hospital. As well as regular lupus clinics, he runs a weekly vasculitis clinic.
Dr David Close at Roche Pharmaceuticals, has a special interest in Rituximab and the development of new related therapies.
Professor Robert Lechler is Dean of Medicine at King’s University and an internationally acknowledged expert on T cell function.
Dr Munther Khamashta is Consultant Physician in the Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital and runs the weekly lupus pregnancy clinic.
Professor David Scott, Head of Rheumatology at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, has published extensively on sero-negative arthritis and the use of anti-TNF agents.
Professor Guido Valesini, Professor of Rheumatology in Universita di Roma La Sapienza, has published on lupus as well as rheumatoid arthritis.
Professor Athol Wells, Consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital, is an acknowledged expert on auto-immune and inflammatory lung disease.
Dr B Dasgupta, Consultant Rheumatologist at Southend Hospital, has published extensively on giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia.
Dr Rachel Davies, current research registrar in the Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, is working for a PhD thesis on accelerated atheroma in lupus.
Professor John Harley, Head of Rheumatology in the University of Oklahoma, USA, is a world leader in the field of genetic factors in lupus.
Professor Graham Hughes, Head of The London Lupus Centre and Emeritus Professor at St Thomas’ Hospital, is an expert in lupus, Hughes Syndrome and other connective tissue diseases.
Professor Richard Frackowiak is Professor at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, and is a leading expert on imaging of the brain.
Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld, Professor of Rheumatology at the Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Aviv, is an expert on immunological mechanisms in connective tissue diseases, and a previous, highly popular, lecturer at Ten Topics.
Dr Maria Cuadrado, Consultant Physician in the Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, has led the international trial of aspirin versus warfarin in antiphospholipid patients.
Dr Shirish Sangle, research registrar in the Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, has published extensively on lupus and Hughes Syndrome, including the recognition of new clinical associations.
Dr Beverley Hunt is Consultant Haematologist at St Thomas’ Hospital and undertakes clinics in the lupus unit. She is an expert in clotting mechanisms in lupus and Hughes Syndrome.
Dr M Ramos-Casals is Consultant Physician in Hospital Clinica, Barcelona, with a special interest in hepatitis C related diseases.
Professor Dennis McGonagle is Consultant Radiologist in the University of Leeds and has published extensively on imaging of joints and tendons.
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