Dr Pamela Mangat, Consultant Rheumatologist

The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, The Royal Free Private Patients Unit

Dr Pamela Mangat is currently a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Royal Free Hospital where she leads the Early Inflammatory Arthritis Service in close conjunction with Dr Huw Beynon and Dr Richard Stratton; this service helps to manage patients with inflammatory arthritisInflammation of one or more joints of the body. and all general rheumatological conditions. Dr Mangat maintains a keen interest in research relating to rheumatological conditions and has previously worked at the Bone and Joint Research Unit (William Harvey Institute), Barts and the London, and the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College London. 

Dr Mangat became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London and was awarded the Professor Ledingham prize for Renal Medicine in 2003. She was also awarded the British Society of Rheumatology Travelling Fellowship in 2006. During her specialist training in rheumatology, she worked at a number of centres of excellence including the St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, London and the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia.

Dr Pamela Mangat undertook her medical training at Cambridge University and Imperial College London, graduating with honours in 2000. She was awarded a Master of Arts in Pathology from Cambridge University in 2001.

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  • Rheumatoid Arthritis: an expert approach

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    The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, The Royal Free Private Patients Unit

    Rheumatoid arthritisInflammation of one or more joints of the body. is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects 1% of our population. In keeping with many autoimmuneAny condition caused by the body’s immune response against its own tissues. conditions it is more common amongst women. It is thought to arise through a complex interplay of geneticRelating to the genes, the basic units of genetic material. and environmental factors which leads to activation of the immune systemThe organs specialised to fight infection. and inflammationThe body’s response to injury. of the lining of the joint. This process results in redness, warmth, pain and swelling of the joints. The treatments we use in rheumatoid arthritisA type of autoimmune arthritis featuring chronic inflammation of the small joints, especially in the hands and feet, and eventually leading to joint destruction and deformity aim to suppress the inflammation, thus improving symptoms and also crucially preventing progressiveContinuously increasing in extent or severity. damage to the joints. The inflammatory burden in rheumatoid disease is associated with osteoporosisA condition resulting in brittle bones due to loss of bony tissue. and increased cardiovascular risk, it is therefore important to screen for and address risk factors for these conditions also.

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