Talking Rheumatology Spotlight
Episodes
Ep 54: Menopause in the rheumatology clinic
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this must listen to podcast, Dr Stephanie Gall talks with Dr Zoe McLaren & Dr Mel Sloan about all things menopause. Ranging from of a review of...
Ep 53: Approaches to pregnancy in the rheumatology clinic
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aligning with International Women's Day, join host Jess Little in conversation with experts Dr Oseme Etomi & Dr Beth Goulden. This episode ex...
Ep 52: IBD, Rheumatology and multispecialty MDTs
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jenny Lemon speaks with Giulia Varnier, a paediatric rheumatology consultant and Loveday Jago, a paediatric gastroenterology consultant, to talk ab...
Ep 51: Vasculitic rashes, Vacuoles and VEXAS
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Laura Chadwick is joined by Professor Sinisa Savic in this bonus case based episode. What initially seemed like a case of a small vessel vasculitis...
Ep 50: A spotlight on inclusion body myositis
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Hirushi Jayasekera speaks with Dr Latika Gupta, UK based rheumatologist and Professor Teerin Liewluck, US based professor of neurology at Mayo Clin...
Ep 49: Exercise and musculoskeletal medicine in rheumatology
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast join Dr Daniel Fernando as your host, in discussion with Dr Raj Amarnani (Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine) as they consider...
Ep 48: Approaching eye involvement in rheumatic diseases
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, join Dr Stephanie Gall (Rheumatology Registrar) with her guest Dr Nima Ghadiri, a consultant Medical Ophthalmologist at the National ...
BONUS CASE: Fever and high ferritin
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pip Watson ( BSR Education committee chair) chats with Dr Jessica Manson, Dr Michael Wood and Stella Kotsiopoulou. These experts from rheumatology, ha...
BONUS CASE: Myalgia, muscle weakness and statins
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this pod Consultant Rheumatologist, Dr Judith Jade, chats with Dr Fergus To, Rheumatologist from British Columbia, about the case of a woman who pr...
BONUS CASE: A tricky case of chest pain that kept coming back
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus case episode, Dr Roz Benson talks to Dr Nicola Heyer about an interesting case of chest pain that kept returning, can you work out what&...
Ep 47: A spotlight on relapsing polychondritis
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Yik Man speaks with Dr Marcela Ferrada about relapsing polychondritis. She brings a unique perspective to the discussion as both expert patient and...
BONUS EPISODE: Mental health and burnout in the rheumatology MDT
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Talking Rheumatology Spotlight pod on burnout and mental health was recorded live at the BSR Annual Conference 2025. Pip Watson is joined by Gail...
Ep 46: The Immunology of Lupus
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr Mariele Gatto in conversation with Dr Chris Wincup as they discuss all things related to lupus immunology, from pathogenesis to treatment deci...
Ep 45: Immunology in the virtual biologics clinic
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we approach a patient with rheumatic diseases who have cycled through multiple high cost drugs? In this pod, Dr Roz Benson, BSR Digital Learnin...
BONUS CASE: Muscle weakness
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus case based episode Dr Steph Gall from the BSR digital learning board discusses an interesting case of muscle weakness with Dr Lisa Water...
Ep 44: Fatigue and how to help patients, including insights from the LIFT trial
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Jess Little, specialist MSK physiotherapist, talks to Professor Neil Basu, academic Rheumatologist and Professor Lorna Paul, professo...
Ep 43: Fatigue in children, adolescents and young people
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Kathryn Rigler, Rheumatology specialist physiotherapist, talks to Poppy Greenman, Paediatric occupational therapist, covering how to ...
Ep 42: A tricky case of ILD
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ashely Elliot speaks to respiratory consultant Dr Nazia Chaudhuri about interstitial lung disease. This overview covers everything from diagnosing ...
BONUS CASE: Trust your gut, it has the answer- a challenging clinical case
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Talking Rheumatology bonus case based episode Dr Roz Benson talks to Dr Susie Brockbank about an interesting and unusual case involving join...
BONUS CASE: an unusual cause of chest pain presenting to rheumatology
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Talking Rheumatology bonus case based episode Dr Laura Chadwick talks to Prof Rob Moots about an interesting and unusual case involving joint ...
Ep 41: Vasculitis
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this pod, Roz Benson talks to consultant nurse Sarah Hardy and vasculitis expert Dr Shirish Dubey. This wide ranging discussion about vasculitis co...
Ep 40. Understanding antibody testing in myositis and systemic sclerosis
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this pod Dr Stephanie Gall speaks with Professor Marina Anderson and Dr Sarah Tansley. Listen in to better understand how to interpret antibody res...
Ep 39. CAR T-Cell Therapy
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this spotlight podcast Dr Roz Benson talks with Dr Chris Wincup and Dr Reuben Benjamin. Listen in if you want to understand better what all the buz...
Ep 38. Lupus
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this spotlight podcast Dr Pip Watson talks to Dr Chris Wincup about all things SLE- from guidelines to neuropsychiatric symptoms to personalised tr...
Ep 37. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Rheumatology
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this talking Rheumatology spotlight podcast on artificial intellgence and Rheumatology I (Dr Pip Watson, BSR DLE) talk to Dr Nick Fuggle and Dr Sam...
Ep 36. Osteoporosis
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Talking Rheumatology spotlight pod on Osteoporosis, Dr Pip Watson talks to Prof Zoe Paskins about osteoporosis- they cover everything from fra...
Ep 35. Difficult to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this pod Dr Pip Watson is joined by Prof Maya Buch, they discuss everything you need to know around difficult to treat RA, including tips on managi...
Ep 34. Rheumatoid arthritis
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Stephanie Gall talks to Prof Chris Edwards about how to approach the management of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the importance of...
Ep 33. Immunology for the rheumatologist
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Roz Benson chats with Dr Frances Hall and Dr Ondrej Suchanek about immunology for the rheumatologist. They discuss the adaptive ...
Ep 32. Shoulder tendinopathies in inflammatory conditions
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dave Pilbury talks to Mr Muthu Jeyam about the shoulder, with a focus on surgical interventions: when and how should we intervene and...
BONUS CASE. Myositis
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr Ashley Elliot speaks with Professor Hector Chinoy and Dr Alex Oldroyd. They discuss a complex case of myositis highlighting common ...
Ep 31. IgG4 related disease
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Yik Man talks to Prof David D'Cruz about IgG4 related disease, including an approach to management and some tricky cases.Than...
Ep 30. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Chris Wincup talks to Dr Rachel Tattersall about all things JIA including differences between JIA and adult onset IA, transition, ...
Ep 29. Cancer treatments and rheumatic disease
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Mariam Malik talks to Prof Andrew Cope about cancer treatments and rheumatic disease, covering immune checkpoint inhibitors, the a...
Ep 28. Writing a compelling case report
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode on how to write a compelling case report, Pippa Watson talks to Ai Lyn Tan, an Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Rheumatolog...
Ep 28. NEIAA
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah Gallagher talks to Dr Jo Ledingham and Dr Liz Price about all things NEIAA, from changes to data collection, findings from the ...
Ep 27. Health disparities
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will be talking about health disparities in our Rheumatology services and how we can help tackle them at both an individual and o...
Ep 26. Foot pain
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Will Gregory talks to Dr Gordon Hendry about all things feet. Essential listening for all of the MDT, this podcast covers everything ...
Ep 25. Accessing and commissioning biologics in paediatric rheumatology
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast covers everything you need to know about accessing and commissioning biologic drugs in Paediatric Rheumatology, with a focus on England. ...
Ep 24. Biologics in rheumatology
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast covers everything you need to know about biologics, from choosing to screening, vaccinations and tapering. With thanks to our host, Dr ...
Ep 23. Antiphospholipid syndrome
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Salema Khalid talks to Prof Anisur Rahman about antiphospholipid syndrome, covering tests, treatment and management, including in ...
Ep 22. Pain
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Will Gregory talks to Dr Nick Shenker about different types of pain that affects patients, including looking at how to approach asses...
BONUS CASE. AxSpA case discussion
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this case-based spotlight episode, Professor Karl Gaffney discusses a case of axial spondyloarthropathy with Dr Ash Elliot sharing tips for diagnos...
Ep 21. BSR Rheumatoid Arthritis Register (BSRBR-RA)
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this spotlight podcast on the BSRBR-RA Dr Roz Benson talks to Prof Kimme Hyrich and Dr Kath Watson about all things registry. This includes why the...
Ep 20. HLH
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Mariam Malik talks to Dr Jessica Manson about all things HLH. This includes when and how to think of it (watch out for the ferriti...
Ep 19. Imaging - Ultrasound in paediatric rheumatology
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Diarmuid McLaughlin explores potential uses of musculoskeletal ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of JIA with Dr Madeleine...
BONUS CASE. Non-GCA headache
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This case-based podcast with Dr Damodar Makkuni, a Consultant in Rheumatology and Medicine at the James Paget University Hospital, explores different ...
Ep 18. The Hand
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our host Will Gregory is joined by Claire Pidgeon, discussing her career as an Advanced Practice Occupational Therapist and how to ge...
BONUS CASE. Infection
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This case based podcast with Dr Spencer Ellis a Consultant in Rheumatology and GIM at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage explores the relationship between...
Ep 17. Hypermobility
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode hosted by Will Gregory, he discusses an approach to assessing patients with the condition with Hypermobility expert Dr Philip Bull.Tha...
Ep 16. Scleroderma
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Rosalind Benson talks to Dr Mike Hughes about digital ulcers, covering all elements from diagnosis to treatment. Thanks for listening to Talking R...
Ep 15. Pregnancy and rheumatic disease
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this spotlight podcast Dr Yik Man talks to Professor Ian Giles about all things pregnancy. This includes a general approach to managing pregnancy i...
BONUS CASE. Metabolic bone disease case discussion
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Dr. Ashley Elliot and Dr. Kassim Javiad share an interesting case that was presented to the metabolic bone clinic as a result of excruciating foo...
Ep 14. Polymyalgia rheumatica
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Dr Mariam Malik, this month's spotlight podcast covers polymyalgia rheumatica. Through her chat with Dr Sarah Mackie and Dr Max Yates, ...
Ep 13. Pyrexia of unknown origin
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's spotlight podcast, Dr Roz Benson chats to Dr Tom Fletcher, Consultant in Infectious diseases,. They disusss his approach to patie...
Ep 12. Drug therapies
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Yik Man talks to Professor Sarah Ryan about how to best support patients starting new treatments, including how to reduce their treatment burden.Th...
Ep 11. Quality improvement
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from different members of the MDT about their own experiences with QI projects.Dr Roz Benson and colleagues discuss: QI and the establishment of ...
Ep 10. Shoulder complex
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Delivered by Will Gregory and Kat Tatlow, this discussion gives an insight into the working relationship between doctors and physios and how to make i...
Ep 9. Vasculitis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr James Bateman and Dr Lorraine Harper discuss changes in practice due to COVID, PEXIVAS and Avacopan as well as Lorraine's top tips for rheumat...
Ep 7. Osteoporosis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sarah Hardcastle, Consultant Rheumatologist in Bath and BSR Osteoporosis SIG chair talks to Dr Yik Man about all things osteoporosis including romo...
Ep 6. Giant cell arteritis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Rosalind Benson chats to Dr Vanessa Quick about some interesting GCA cases and shares her practical tips on managing the condition.Thanks for liste...
Ep 5. Psoriatic arthritis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ashley Elliott catches up with Dr Will Tillett and Dr Laura Coates to discuss some clinical cases with practical advice on assessing all aspects of...
Ep 4. Sarcoidosis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ashley Elliott with Dr James Galloway, discuss key learning points from a recent rheumatology case of headache and cognitive decline and other pr...
Ep 3. Sjogren's disease
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jordan speaks to Dr Ashley Elliot on the condition, providing discussion of further real life cases and practical treatment tips.Thanks for listeni...
Ep 2. Axial spondyloarthritis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Dr Ashley Elliot this podcast with Dr Nicky Goodson and Dr Carol McCrum, discusses SpA NICE guidance, the process, the outcome and the curre...
Ep 1. Myositis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Hector Chinoy and Neurologist Dr James Lilleker discuss practical management issues.Thanks for listening to Talking Rheumatology! Join the c...