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About me

Dr Mankia is an Oxford trained Associate Professor and Consultant Rheumatologist. He has extensive experience in all areas of rheumatology. He has a special expertise in the early diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory joint disease, including the use of ultrasound and MRI. He is an international expert in rheumatoid arthritis risk factors, early diagnosis and intervention.

Dr Mankia was born and raised in Warwickshire. He was educated at Oxford University, where he won a scholarship and took a first class honours with double distinction, achieved by only a handful of students. He was awarded a prestigious academic clinical fellowship to train in general medicine at the world renowned John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals, Oxford. He has spent the last decade specialising in rheumatology, working at two European centres of excellence, Oxford and Leeds. He first underwent general rheumatology training on the Oxford rheumatology rotation and then moved to Leeds for further specialist training and research. He developed a research interest in the early diagnosis and management of inflammatory arthritis. Alongside Paul Emery he currently oversees a world leading research programme in this area at the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine.

Dr Mankia publishes regularly in the leading rheumatology journals, and lectures nationally and internationally. He is a member of two international task forces on rheumatoid arthritis, convenor of one. He sits on national committees for inflammatory arthritis. He has edited three journal editions on early arthritis and is a member of the rheumatology question writing committee for the Royal College of Physicians.

Areas of interest

General rheumatology; inflammatory arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; psoriatic arthritis; gout; Raynaud's; polymyalgia rheumatica; osteoarthritis; ankylosing spondylitis; connective tissue diseases; vasculitis; joint and soft tissue injections; musculoskeletal ultrasound