Rheumatology
What we do
At both Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital we diagnose and manage inflammatory conditions which cause painful joints and muscles. We have close links with Orthopaedics, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Plastic Surgery and other departments, to help make things as streamlined as possible for patients.
Conditions we treat include:
- Early inflammatory, rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Crystal arthritis including gout
- Auto-immune connective tissue diseases such as lupus
- Vasculitis
- Polymyalgia rheumatic
- Osteoporosis
We offer a variety of services including general and specialist clinics (for inflammatory arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, auto-immune connective tissue disorders, osteoporosis, drug monitoring). There is a fracture liaison service at both sites.
Our team
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
The team is made up of consultants Prof Margaret Callan, Dr Mediola Ismajli, Dr Othman Kirresh and Dr Pooja Gulati, specialist doctor Dr Matthew Ho and associate specialist Dr Amjad Jilani. The specialist nurses are Ashlynne Van Vuuren, Li Yang and Daisy Palomares. Our physiotherapist is Sandra Karayiannis.
West Middlesex University Hospital
The team is made up of consultants Dr Diana Davis, Dr Gagandeep Takhar, Dr Othman Kirresh, Dr Pooja Gulati and consultant nurse Diane Home. The specialist nurses are Flordelyn Navarro, Caroline Hawkins, Rosie Reid and Talisha Francis-Williams.
Contact information
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Outpatient clinics are held in Gate 4 on the Lower Ground Floor.
T: 020 3315 4004
E: chelwest.rheumatology@nhs.net
West Middlesex University Hospital
We are located in Outpatients 3 on the Ground Floor, opposite the Pharmacy in the main hospital building.
T: 020 8321 5370 (enquiries)
T: 020 3315 6666 (appointments)
E: caw-tr.westmidadmin3@nhs.net