Dr Richard Smith

Consultant in Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine and Tutor, Salisbury Hospital, Salisbury and British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine

Dr Richard Smith is a Consultant Rheumatologist at Salisbury Hospital. He trained in London and, following that, spent a year at the New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine. He runs a multidisciplinary musculoskeletal and sports medicine clinic every week. In his spare time he is doctor to the World's Strongest Man and Superstars tournaments.

Professor Helen Foster

Professor of Paediatric Rheumatology, Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, The Medical School, Newcastle University

Helen Foster is Professor of Paediatric Rheumatology at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant, Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. Her academic work aims to improve access to appropriate care for children with arthritis and includes an evidence base teaching programme (undergraduate and postgraduate) to raise awareness and facilitate early recognition of rheumatic disease, novel educational tools (pGALS and pREMS), and development of the Standards of Care for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. She has a portfolio of peer reviewed articles, book contributions (including the Oxford Handbook Paediatric Rheumatology) and e-modules (NHS e-Learning for Health).

Dr Graham Davenport

Senior Lecturer and Clinical Champion in Musculoskeletal Medicine, Keele University

Graham Davenport is a rural general practitioner in Cheshire and, having been taught by Frank Dudley Hart at Westminster Hospital, he has maintained his interest in rheumatology through the Primary Care Rheumatology Society of which he is a past-President. Dr Davenport completed an MSc in rheumatology in 1999, and he has been involved in postgraduate education for GPs as a lecturer, trainer, course organiser and appraiser.

Dr Alun Cooper

GP Bridge Medical Centre, Crawley, West Sussex

Alun has been a full time GP in Crawley since 1984. He first became interested in Osteoporosis in 1997, and is now the clinical lead for Crawley’s Primary Care based Fracture Liaison Service. He is a member of the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG)and a Trustee of the National Osteoporosis society (NOS).

Mrs Kay Stevenson

Consultant Physiotherapist, University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Arthritis UK Primary Care Research Centre, Keele University

Kay Stevenson has worked as a consultant Physiotherapist since 2002. Her role  combines expert clinical practice, education, research and clinical leadership. She jointly leads a successful Musculoskeletal interface Service, which assesses and manages over 10, 000 patient per year with non surgical musculoskeletal disease. She is committed to ensuring high standards of care, education and research within this model. She has a very keen interest in evidence based practice, patient involvement and musculoskeletal education. She has recently been awarded a National Institute for Health Research Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship

Dr Adrian Dunbar