Dr Dayavathi Ashok

Dr Ashok was appointed to the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Chelmsford, Essex in July 2017 as a Lead Consultant Rheumatologist. Before moving to Chelmsford, for 9 years she was a substantive Consultant Rheumatologist at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Durham. Dr Ashok working as a Consultant Rheumatologist since 2008 and have in depth  experience in managing all Musculo-skeletal rheumatic conditions. She has a specialist interest in managing Early Inflammatory Arthritis and leads   National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit (NEIAA) for the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. She has extensive practical  experience in the provision of soft tissue and joint injections for the relief of pain and inflammation. Dr. Ashok qualified from University of Mysore, India 1991 and trained in General Medicine at one of the reputed Institute in India. Upon completing her Higher Medical Training from the Oxford Deanery in both General Medicine and Rheumatology she developed further interest in Early Arthritis and Musculoskeletal ultrasound. She has strong interest in Medical Education and was a Foundation Tutor and also an MRCP examiner. She has active interest in research and is the principal investigator in three major multicentre clinical trials in the NIHR portfolio, in addition to pharmaceutical sponsored clinical studies. Dr Ashok appointed as Foundation Training Programme Director for foundation (F1) trainees (FTPD) since July 2019. Dr Ashok contribute to MRCP exam both as an examiner and Scenario editorial committee (SEC) member since 2016. In 2019,  Dr Ashok has been promoted as chair the MRCPPACES examinations. Dr Ashok also been promoted as an International PACES examiner from January 2023.

Osteoarthritis: Early inflammatory arthritis; Osteoporosis; Inflammatory Back pain; Vasculitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Fibromyalgia: Inflammatory bowel disease associated arthritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Psoriatic arthritis; Ankylosing spondylitis; Sjogren's syndrome; Gout; Connective tissue disorders; Soft tissue pathology; Polymyalgia rheumatica Giant cell arteritis; Joint injections; soft tissue injections: