External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Senior Consultant for Rheumatology North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Peterborough City Hospital, Stamford and Hinchingbrooke hospital.
Chairman of Rheumatology Specialist Training Committee for East of England. He has been awarded five local Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA).
Research interests
Rheumatoid artheritis, Giant cell arteritis, bone health, fibromyalgia
Personal interests
A keen cricketer play for Ufford Park Cricket club in Division 2 of Cambridgeshire league
Enjoy long distance running and indoor rowing and train regularly
Awards received
I have received five local clinical excellence awards for Peterborough City Hospital
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Native or bilingual
- Urdu
- Fluent
- Panjabi, Punjabi
- Conversational
- Indian Sign Language
Publications
1. Alcohol use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: is there a cause for concern?
Poonam Sharma, Afef Mahmoud, Deepwant Singh, Sandeep Dahiya. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Conference, Berlin 2012
2. Exercise its role and safety in rheumatoid arthritis: what do our patients think? Poonam Sharma, Afef Mahmoud, Claire Sampson, Deepwant Singh, Sandeep Dahiya. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Conference, Berlin 2012
3. Let’s Talk About Sex: A survey of sexual health issues in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Poonam Sharma, Deepwant Singh, Sandeep Dahiya. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Conference, London 2011
4. Depression screening in patients with chronic disease as per NICE in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Poonam Sharma, Sam Wright, Sandeep Dahiya. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Conference, Berlin 2012
Courses offered to GPs
Regular talks given to local GP surgeries
Participate in GP training program run by Fitzwilliam Hospital.