Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology

Review from previous edition This book is very well written, clear and aimed at junior doctors … Its clarity and conciseness are major strengths. * BMA reviewing panel, BMA Medical Book Awards 2019 *This is an excellent handbook of rheumatology and although it is handbook sized, it packs a big punch. It is full of practical wisdom and advice and well suited to someone who deals with a significant number of rheumatology patients. * Dr Harry Brown, Glycosmedia *Review from previous edition This is a comprehensive pocket size text that no self-respecting healthcare professional working in this field should be without. * Nursing Standard *The book provides an outstanding review of all major topics relevant to rheumatology. It is definitely a book worth keeping close by for anyone training in rheumatology. * Amazon *[The book] is a comprehensive and extremely practical guide and a valuable companion to any health professional working in rheumatology…[I] would highly recommend this pocket guide to both trainees and qualified practitioners with an interest in the speciality. * British Health Professionals in Rheumatology *offers a welcome addition to the practitioner’s library because of its handy, pocket-sized format… a practical, clinically-oriented guide that can be rapidly and easily consulted. * Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology *

Dr. Clunie was a consultant rheumatologist and metabolic bone physician at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge (since 2012) and trustee of the British Society of Rheumatology. He was Rheumatologist in Ipswich, where he set up the first English Fracture Liaison Service in Ipswich. The service has become a model for FLSs in many places worldwide. Dr. Clunie’s subspecialty interests are rare bone diseases and Spondyloarthritis.

Dr. Nikiphorou is a consultant rheumatologist at the Whittington Hospital in London and a clinical academic at the Academic Rheumatology department of King’s College London. Her clinical and research interests focus on inflammatory arthritis, multimorbidity, and patient reported outcomes. Dr. Nikiphorou has a number of national and international roles and responsibilities, including being a member of the British Society of Rheumatology Heberden Committee and the Chair of the largest network of young rheumatologists in Europe (EMEUNET).

Dr. Wilkinson is the George Koukis Lead for the paediatric rheumatology and paediatric chronic pain services at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, which he set up in 2014 to serve South London and South East Coastal Region of England. Prior to this, he set up similar tertiary services for Thames Valley when he joined the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford in 2005, bringing his experience from working in Vancouver, Sydney, and several centres across the UK. He continues to take many lead roles across national societies and charities in these areas of medicine, with a particular interest in adolescent and young adult care, chronic pain, and paediatric sports and exercise medicine.