Dr Vinay Mattihalli Shivamurthy

Dr Vinay Shivamurthy was trained in paediatric rheumatology in Canada. He worked as a consultant at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool before taking up the substantive post as a consultant in paediatric rheumatology at Evelina London Children’s Hospital in 2016. Vinay is experienced in managing a full range of paediatric rheumatology conditions including juvenile arthritis, hypermobility, SLE, vasculitis, periodic fever syndromes, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and chronic pain syndrome. He has an active interest in medical education and is actively involved in teaching and training doctors at all grades and the multidisciplinary team. Education Vinay completed paediatric training in the UK and a two-year Fellowship in Paediatric Rheumatology in Vancouver, Canada. 2001: MBBS 2015: Fellowship in Paediatric Rheumatology 2018: MSc (Pain Management) from Cardiff University Membership of professional bodies Member of the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health British Society for Adolescent and Paediatric Rheumatology British Society of Rheumatology General Medical Council British Medical Association

Inflammatory conditions: juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) juvenile systemic lupus erythematosis (lupus) juvenile dermatomyositis scleroderma/morphea vasculitis/Kawasaki disease/PIMS -TS( Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome)  mixed connective tissue disorders chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis/CRMO fever syndromes/periodic fever syndromes Treatments/Procedures Joint injection ( therapeutic steroid injection into joints) Non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain: biomechanical pain chronic sports injuries joint pain and other associations with hypermobile joints chronic musculoskeletal pain/back pain complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) juvenile fibromyalgia and similar conditions