Dr Bruce Kirkham

Mr Kirkham is a Rheumatologist.

Mr Kirkham qualified as a doctor in New Zealand. He then undertook postgraduate rheumatology training at Guy's Hospital in London. After working at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, in 1991, he became a Consultant Rheumatologist in Adelaide and Sydney. His work focussed on clinical trials of new treatments and investigation of immune mechanisms, in particular IL-17 pathways, in inflammatory arthritis.

Mr Kirkham has a special interest in early inflammatory arthritis and the use of ultrasound to diagnose and monitor inflammatory arthritis.