London Rheumatology Centre - The Team

• Professor Graham Hughes

  

  Graham Hughes, Consultant Rheumatologist and Professor of Medicine, trained in London and New York where he was a pupil of Dr Charles Christian. In 1971 he set up a lupus clinic and lupus pregnancy clinic at Hammersmith Hospital in London. In 1985 he moved with his team to St Thomas' Hospital, London, where he established the Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Europe's first 'dedicated' lupus clinic.
  
  Professor Hughes has an international reputation both as a clinician and as a teacher, but also for his research work in lupus, with over 900 published papers and several textbooks. In 1983 Graham Hughes described the 'antiphospholipid syndrome' - now known as Hughes syndrome. In 1992, Professor Hughes and his team received the highest award in international rheumatology, the ILAR prize (International League Against Rheumatism) for their work in this field. Professor Hughes is Founder and Editor of the international journal 'LUPUS' and is on the Editorial Board of over 30 Medical Journals. He is a member of the American Lupus Hall of Fame, and is Life President of the lupus patients' charity Lupus UK.
  
  In 2001, Professor Hughes was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa in the University of Marseille, and in 2004 he was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa in the University of Barcelona. Professor Hughes and his team have, over the years, contributed to changing lupus from a dreaded, often fatal and little understood disease to one where patients can look forward to leading a normal life. In addition to Professor Graham Hughes, there are seven consultant physicians, all trained in the St. Thomas' Lupus Clinic under Professor Hughes and specialise in lupus.

• Dr Arvind Kaul

  Arvind Kaul currently works as a Consultant in Rheumatology and Acute Medicine at The Royal Free Hospital and London Bridge Hospital. He studied Medicine at St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals and obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of London investigating inflammation and vascular biology. He has had extensive experience as a Rheumatologist at several centres in London including the Lupus Unit at St. Thomas’ Hospital. Dr Kaul has a strong interest in lupus and other connective tissue diseases, particularly their effect on cardiovascular disease, as well as the immunological links between skin and joint disorders.

• Dr Giovanni Sanna

  

  Giovanni Sanna was appointed a Consultant Rheumatologist at The Lupus Unit, St Thomas' Hospital in 2008 and has a special interest in lupus.

  Having previously trained in the lupus unit at St Thomas', he has a special interest in connective tissue diseases, in particular SLE and related disorders. His research and publications are clinical manifestations and management of neurologic disease in lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome.

• Dr Colin Tench

  

  Colin Tench is working as a Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician at St Mary's Hospital and London Bridge Hospital. He qualified at Cambridge University and at the Royal London Hospital, University College London Hospitals and the Hammersmith Hospital.

  Dr Tench specialises in the treatment of lupus and runs a weekly lupus outpatient clinic at St Mary's Hospital. His research interests include an investigation into the effects of aerobic exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in lupus.

  He is also interested in postgraduate medical education and is Royal College of Physicians Tutor and Programme Director for the Foundation Training at St Mary's Hospital.

• Dr Toby Garrood

  

  Toby Garrood is a Consultant Rheumatologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Medical School and trained in rheumatology in London and the South East. He gained his MSc in rheumatology from Kings College London in 2003 and PhD from the University of London in 2009.

  He has extensive experience in the management of inflammatory arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis), osteoarthritis, localised and widespread musculoskeletal pain as well as in joint and soft-tissue injection.

  He has particular interests in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in the management of inflammatory arthritis and the multidisciplinary management of fibromyalgia. His current research interests are in inflammatory arthritis, imaging and fibromyalgia. He also has a strong interest in medical education and has significant involvement at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.