Prof. Christopher Edwards, Consultant Rheumatologist
Prof. Christopher Edwards
Consultant Rheumatologist
Prof. Christopher Edwards BSc MBBS FRCP MD
Consultant Rheumatologist
Prof. Christopher Edwards
Consultant Rheumatologist BSc MBBS FRCP MD
Prof. Edwards is a recommended Consultant Rheumatologist
Areas of expertise
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Connective tissue disorders
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Vasculitis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
Recommendations for Prof. Edwards
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byMr James Bliss, Consultant Knee Surgeon
❝Prof. Chris Edwards is a very experienced and wide-ranging rheumatologist, who was particular expertise in management of large joint arthritis problems. Chris works very closely with a number of orthopaedic surgeons to optimise their joint conditions and is also an expert in metabolic bone diseases.❞
byMr James Bliss, Consultant Knee Surgeon
❝Prof. Chris Edwards is a very experienced and wide-ranging rheumatologist, who was particular expertise in management of large joint arthritis problems. Chris works very closely with a number of orthopaedic surgeons to optimise their joint conditions and is also an expert in metabolic bone diseases.❞
About Prof. Christopher Edwards
GMC number: 3466553
Year qualified: 1990
Place of primary qualification: University of London
Professor Christopher Edwards is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Senior Lecturer at Southampton University Hospital. He graduated in medicine from King's College London and completed his specialist training at the Hammersmith and St George's Hospitals. He served as a registrar under Professor Hughes at St Thomas' Hospital and conducted research at the Kennedy Institute in London. He also spent a year treating lupus patients at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore. In 2001, he began his consultancy role in Southampton.
Professor Edwards treats various rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. He has a particular interest in lupus and manages the Southampton Lupus Clinic at Southampton University Hospital. His clinical work is complemented by active involvement in research, with numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. His research focuses on the environmental effects on lupus and new biologic therapies for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Conditions treated include inflammatory arthritis, lupus, and other connective tissue diseases like Sjogren's syndrome. Professor Edwards is dedicated to advancing clinical standards and improving patient care through his extensive expertise and research contributions.
Areas of expertise
- Lupus
- Hughes Syndrome
- Connective tissue diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Other inflammatory arthritis
Professional memberships
Articles by Prof. Christopher Edwards
Multinational evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of gout: integrating systematic literature review and expert opinion of a broad panel of rheumatologists in the 3e initiative
The reliability of a novel magnetic resonance imaging-based tool for the evaluation of forefoot bursae in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the ffb score
99. identifying characteristics of ra patients able to reduce anti-tnf using a real-life strategy combining clinical and ultrasound assessment
Idiopathic inflammatory myositis-associated interstitial lung disease: ethnicity differences and lung function trends in a british cohort
Naturally occurring erap1 haplotypes encode functionally distinct alleles with fine substrate specificity
327. the clinical importance of forefoot inflammation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
