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I obtained my medical degree at the University of Bristol.

I trained in Rheumatology and General Medicine in Bristol, Bath (Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases), Dublin, Australia and Oxford.

I undertook postgraduate research looking at the genetic predisposition for rheumatoid arthritis, at the Nuffield Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford. As a result I obtained a higher degree as Doctor of Medicine.

I have worked as a NHS consultant Rheumatologist in Portsmouth and Torbay.

I have worked at Torbay since 2005 and, in addition to my clinical role as a consultant rheumatologist, have undertaken a number of regional and national roles including:

- educational supervisor and training programme director for Peninsula Rheumatology,

- Clinical Lead for Rheumatology,

- Clinical lead for osteoporosis,

- Principle Investigator and research lead for Torbay Rheumatology,

- Peninsula musculoskeletal lead for the national institute for health research (NIHR),

- national co-chair for NIHR in musculoskeletal research.

I have been involved with national guidelines committees with the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) and have published a range of scientific papers.

I am a member of the British Society for Rheumatology, the Royal Osteoporosis Society, the national axial spondylitis Society (NASS), and the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS).