Dr Charles Li

Dr Li graduated from Imperial College London in 1994, undertaking his preclinical studies at Queens’ College, Cambridge. After general medical training and obtaining MRCP in 1997 he completed his rheumatology/ general medicine rotation in London, working in renowned teaching hospitals including Royal Free and University College Hospital London. Before appointed to his current NHS substantive post in 2007 he completed his PhD studies at the Institute of Child Health, University College London working on immunobiology of muscles in inflammatory myopathies; during his research years he received additional training on connective tissue diseases at University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospitals.

Dr Li has been a consultant rheumatologist and physician at Royal Surrey since 2007. Beyond busy clinical commitments he contributed to teaching and research, actively engaging in translational research, and has been the principal investigator for a number of Phase IIb and Phase II clinical studies in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and SLE.