Rheumatology

Referrals to Charing Cross Hospital

For general rheumatology and the injection clinic, referral is via Choose and Book.

Central booking office
Tel: 020 3313 5000
Fax: 020 3311 7564

Urgent referrals
Tel: 020 3311 8442

On-call SpR
Tel: 020 3313 1000 (bleep 0158 or 8113)

Referrals to Hammersmith Hospital

Referrals are via Choose and Book.

Central booking office
Tel: 020 3313 4877
Fax: 020 3313 8383

Urgent referrals may be made by calling the secretaries on:
Tel: 020 3313 1174/ 3368
Fax: 020 3313 1930

For urgent advice/opinions, please contact the specialist registrar via the switchboard on
020 3313 1000, bleeps 9095 or 9096.

Referrals to St Mary’s Hospital

Referrals are via by Choose and Book.

Central booking office
Tel: 020 3312 6000
Fax: 020 3312 1894

Urgent referrals may be made by calling the secretaries on:
Tel: 020 3312 1066/1046/7789
Fax: 020 3312 6083

For urgent advice/opinions, please contact the specialist registrar via the switchboard on
020 3312 6666, bleep 1083.

Rheumatology at Charing Cross Hospital
Rheumatology at Hammersmith Hospital
Rheumatology at St Mary’s Hospital

Contacts

Charing Cross Hospital
General enquiries to clinical secretaries
Tel: 020 3311 8442/8441
Fax: 020 3311 8440

Sub-specialist enquiries as follows:
Prof Peter C Taylor
Tel: 020 3311 8441
Rheumatoid arthritis and early arthritis

Prof Patrick Venables
Tel: 020 3311 8441
Sjogren’s syndrome and other connective tissue diseases

Prof Patrick Venables or Dr Charles Mackworth-Young
Tel: 020 3311 8442
SLE and other connective tissue diseases

Dr Charles Mackworth-Young
Tel: 020 3311 8442
Antiphospholipid syndrome

Dr Tonia Vincent
Tel: 020 3311 8441
Osteoarthritis of hands

Dr Sonya Abraham
Tel: 020 3311 8441
Ankylosing spondylitis (monthly clinic)

Dr Clare Higgens
Tel: 020 3311 8442
Gout (bi-monthly clinic)

Rheumatology specialist nurse
Sr Angela Smith
Tel: 020 3311 7751

Hammersmith Hospital
General enquiries to clinical secretaries
Tel: 020 3313 3368/1174
Fax: 020 3313 1930

Urgent rheumatology advice
Tel: 020 3313 1000, bleep 9096 or 9095

Blood monitoring and biologic therapies enquiries
Ms Maria Lucas
Tel: 020 3313 1000 bleep 1029

Sub-specialist enquiries as follows: 
Prof Marina Botto
Tel: 020 3313 3368
Complement disorders and SLE

Dr Maresa Carulli
Tel: 020 3313 1174
General rheumatology and scleroderma

Prof Dorian Haskard
Tel: 020 3313 1174
Behçet’s Syndrome

Dr Justin Mason
Tel: 020 3313 1174
Large vessel vasculitis (giant cell arteritis, Takayasu’s Arteritis)

Dr Michael Naughton
Tel: 020 3313 1174
Injection clinic

Dr Matthew Pickering
Tel: 020 3313 3368
Complement disorders and SLE

Dr Ravi Rao
Tel: 020 3313 1174
General rheumatology

Prof Tim Vyse
Tel: 020 3313 3368
SLE

St Mary's Hospital
Rheumatology nurse specialist helpline
Tel: 020 3312 6264

For general rheumatology and one-stop injection clinics please refer to any consultant.

Sub-specialist enquiries as follows:
Dr Richard Rees
Tel: 020 3312 1046
Inflammatory back pain (fast track clinic)
Reactive arthritis (screening and joint aspiration service)
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and atypical upper limb pains

Dr Colin Tench
Tel: 020 3312 7789
SLE and other connective tissue diseases
Combined orthopaedic/rheumatology foot and ankle clinic

Dr Anne Kinderlerer
Tel: 020 3312 1066
Temporal arteritis (acute service)/polymyalgia rheumatica
Infection-related rheumatology (particularly HIV/hepatitis)