Professor Hector Chinoy's NHS practice is based at Salford Royal

NHS Foundation Trust, where he looks after patients with a variety of

musculoskeletal complaints, co-directs the biologics clinic, and a combined

psoriatic arthritis-psoriasis clinic. He is also principal investigator on a

number of clinical trials.

He is also employed by The University of Manchester, where he is

actively involved with research, medical education of medical students and

doctors, and is Programme Director for the Clinical Rheumatology MSc Programme.

Professor Chinoy has authored over 140 research articles in international

peer-reviewed journals, has presented multiple research abstracts in national

and international conferences, and is considered to be a global expert in

inflammatory myopathy.

He reviews manuscripts for a number of key Rheumatology and

Neurology journals and represents the NHS England Specialised Rheumatology on

behalf of the Royal College of Physicians. Dr Chinoy firmly believes in the

importance of clear, open communication with patients and sufferers of

musculoskeletal conditions. He sees a wide range of rheumatic diseases at

Salford Royal and closely works alongside a multidisciplinary team of

physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and podiatrists.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Myositis

Dermatomyositis

Connective tissue disease

Rheumatoid arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis

Ankylosing spondylitis/axial spondylarthritis

Gout

Pain syndromes

Osteoarthritis

Soft tissue rheumatism

Fibromyalgia

Tendinitis

On completing his medical degree at the University of Nottingham

in 1996, Professor Chinoy trained in Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester. He

completed an Arthritis Research UK Fellowship at The University of Manchester

studying myositis, a condition which causes disabling symptoms due to

inflammation of muscle, and was awarded a PhD in 2007. In 2009 he became a

Consultant Rheumatologist, in 2010 was awarded a Senior Clinical Lectureship in

Rheumatology, and in 2019 became a Professor of Rheumatology and Neuromuscular

Disease.