Ten Topics in Rheumatology : Previous meeting / speakers
Speakers (1st & 2nd July 2010, , St Thomas’ Hospital)
Professor Frederic Houssiau: Professor of Rheumatology, Catholic Hospital, Brussels. International authority on the treatment of lupus. Expert on anti-B cell treatments.
Dr David Close: Physician, Roche Products Ltd. Expert on anti-B cell treatments.
Dr Munther Khamashta: Consultant Physician, Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital. Expert on lupus and Hughes Syndrome, and a world authority on lupus in pregnancy.
Professor Paul Emery: Professor of Rheumatology and Head of Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds. International authority on treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Professor Athol Wells: Professor of Respiratory Medicine, The Brompton Hospital. International authority on chest diseases including pulmonary hypertension.
Professor Antony Rosen: Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. International authority on autoantibodies (especially in myositis and overlap conditions).
Dr David Jayne: Consultant Nephrologist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. International authority on vasculitis.
Professor David Silk: Consultant Gastroenterologist, Princess Grace, London. Authority on the bowel in autoimmune conditions.
Dr Rachel Davies: Consultant Rheumatologist, Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital. Present new data on accelerated atheroma.
Professor Tim Vyse: Consultant Immunology, Hammersmith Hospital. International authority on genetics in rheumatic diseases.
Dr David D’Cruz: Consultant Rheumatologist, Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital. International authority on lupus and vasculitis.
Dr Giovanni Sanna: Consultant Physician, Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital. Conducted major research in CNS lupus.
Dr Edward Coats: Guest Speaker (non-medical talk). Inspirational talk on his race to the South Pole with Ben Fogle and James Cracknell.
Dr Maria Cuadrado: Consultant Physician, Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital. Present new data on clotting mechanisms in APS.
Dr Laura Bertolaccini PhD: Lupus Research, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital. Update on assays for anti-B2, anti-prothrombin and other antibodies.
Ms Steve Binder: Bio-rad Laboratories Inc. California. International authority on laboratory testing of antinuclear antibodies.
Dr Shirish Sangle: Associate Consultant, Lupus Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital. Original research on antiphospholipid syndrome, vasculitis and pregnancy.
Dr Claudia Fofi: Consultant Nephrologist, Rome. International authority on histopathology of nephritis.
Dr Richard Keen: Consultant Rheumatologist, Northwick Park Hospital. International authority on osteoporosis.
Professor Andy Cope: Professor of Rheumatology, Guy’s Hospital, London. International authority on early treatment of RA.
Dr Richard Horton: Editor, Lancet
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Dr David D’Cruz Head of Clinical Research in the Lupus Unit at St Thomas’ Hospital, Dr D'Cruz has published extensively on lupus and vasculitis.
Dr David Wheeler Dr Wheeler is Consultant Nephrologist at the Royal Free Hospital. His research interest is in cardiovascular risk factors in inflammatory conditions, especially those with renal involvement.
Dr Rebecca Preston is Consultant Radiologist at St Thomas’ Hospital with particular interest in rheumatology and connective tissue diseases.
Professor Mark Pepys is Head of Immunology and the Royal Free Hospital and a world authority on amyloidosis, its causes and its treatment.
Dr Munther Khamashta is Head of Laboratory Research in the St Thomas’ Hospital Lupus Unit and is a world authority on pregnancy in lupus.
Dr Elizabeth Graham is Consultant Ophthalmologist at St Thomas’ Hospital with particular expertise in ocular complications of vasculitis and connective tissue diseases.
Professor Angela Vincent (Oxford) is an international authority on auto-antibodies and the brain. She has published widely on mechanisms of neurologic disease, especially myasthenia gravis.
Dr Mohammed Sharief is Consultant Neurologist at Colchester Hospital and has a particular interest in neurological aspects of lupus and Hughes Syndrome.
Professor Roy Fleischmann is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas. He is an international authority on anti-TNF treatment.
Professor Christopher Denton runs a national scleroderma referral centre and research unit at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
Professor Ivan Roitt is Emeritus Professor Immunology at University College Hospital and one of the Fathers of World Immunology. Doniach & Roitt introduced the first tests for thyroid antibodies.
Dr Rachel Davies, Honorary Consultant in the St Thomas’ Hospital Lupus Unit, has completed a major study of risk factors in accelerated arterial disease in lupus and Hughes syndrome.
Dr Shirish Sangle from St Thomas’ Hospital Lupus Unit, has published widely on his clinical observations in Hughes syndrome, including papers on renal and mesenteric artery stenosis and idiopathic bone fracture.
Professor Graham Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, Professor Hughes is now Head of The London Lupus Centre at London Bridge Hospital. He has published widely in lupus, and in 1983 first described the antiphospholipid (Hughes) syndrome.
Dr Maria Cuadrado is Consultant Physician in the St Thomas’ Hospital Lupus Unit. She has published both on clinical as well as basic (tissue factor) aspects of Hughes syndrome.
Dr Laura Bertolaccini works in the laboratories at St Thomas’ Hospital and has published extensively on assays for anti-ß2, anti-prothrombin and other antibodies of significance in vascular disease.
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 Christopher Edwards is Consultant Rheumatologist at Southampton University Hospital. He has a national and international reputation for his work on anti-TNF agents in rheumatoid arthritis.
Professor I Uthman is Consultant Rheumatologist in Beirut, Lebanon and has published extensively on lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome.
Dr Renee Allaart Consultant Rheumatologist in The Netherlands, has led the major breakthrough trial (the BEST study) on anti-TNF treatment of RA.
Dr J Calvo, Consultant Rheumatologist in Spain, is one of the contributors to the major international study on the effect of hormonal changes on immunological diseases, especially with reference to lupus.
Dr Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Consultant Obstetric Physician at St Thomas’ Hospital is an internationally renowned expert on medical complications in obstetrics.
Dr Patrick Kiely, Consultant Rheumatologist at St George’s Hospital, has developed a special interest in the management of vasculitis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Professor Yehuda Shoenfield, Consultant Physician, Tel Aviv, is a world leader in the field of autoimmune diseases and has published extensively in lupus, vasculitis and other related connective tissue diseases.
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