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Dr Catherine Mathews

MSc, MA, FRCP

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A highly experienced consultant Rheumatologist specialising in the treatment of all aspects of musculoskeletal disease in both adults and children

Dr Catherine Mathews

Oversees care for 2,500+ patients annually

20+ years of specialist experience

Reviews children of all ages, from birth upwards

BIO

Dr Catherine Mathews is an experienced consultant Rheumatologist based in Central and South East London. She is expert in treating all aspects of musculoskeletal disease in both adults and children.

She qualified from Cambridge University in 1995, undertaking her specialist Rheumatology training in London, and has been a practising consultant since 2006. She is currently a departmental head of Rheumatology and maintains close professional relationships with many other experts in their field. This enables her to offer holistic, multidisciplinary care to her patients. She maintains a clinical network with the Evelina Children’s Hospital with her treatment of young people with a spectrum of conditions ranging from hypermobility to complex arthritis.

Dr Mathews sees patients with a wide range of conditions that can cause joint or muscle problems including inflammatory arthritis, vasculitis, gout, back and neck conditions, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, shoulder impingement, frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, calcium crystal diseases, giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica.

Dr Mathews is a senior hospital director with responsibility for the training of medical students and trainee doctors across all specialities. She has also held roles at the Royal College of Physicians, is a former Rheumatology President at the Royal Society of Medicine and has published widely on her clinical and educational interests, including authoring national guidelines for the treatment of common rheumatological conditions.

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SPECIAL INTERESTS

Rheumatology and Paediatric Rheumatology
Joint hypermobility
Multi system autoimmune disease
Arthritis of the hand
Back pain
Calcium crystal diseases
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Fibromyalgia treatment
Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
Gout treatment
Joint pain
Osteoporosis
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Trigger finger treatment (stenosing tenosynovitis)

PROFILES

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

MSc, MA, FRCP

Trust Roles in Postgraduate Education

2018 – to present

Director of Medical Education, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

2017 – 2018

Deputy director of medical education, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

2017 – present

Foundation Programme Director, QEH Woolwich

2013 – 2017

Divisional Lead for Education, Acute and Specialty Medicine, QEH Woolwich

2013 – present

South London Rheumatology Training Faculty member

2013 – present

Examiner for PACES at Royal College of Physicians, (London)

2011 – 2013

Training Programme Director for Core Medical Trainees /College Tutor at QEH Woolwich

2009 – present

Clinical and Educational Supervisor for Rheumatology Specialist Trainees, QEH Woolwich

2006 – 2011

Educational Supervisor for Foundation Trainees, QEH Woolwich

Trust Roles in Undergraduate Education

2017 – present

QEH lead for implementation of ‘Inflammation’ Block for Phase 2, Year 2 undergraduates

2016 – present

QEH lead for implementation of ‘Long Term Conditions’ Block for Phase 3 Year 4 undergraduates

2006 – 2016

QEH Rheumatology Lead for EMTL Block for 4th year undergraduates

External Roles

2013 – 2016

Careers’ Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London

I headed the RCP’s strategy on career guidance and development
My flagship project was the implementation a national trainee mentoring scheme

2005 Kovacs Travelling Fellowship – medical education in the USA

I was awarded a 3-week Fellowship and visited rheumatology units in New York City, St Louis and Denver known for their innovative approach to teaching.

Service Development

Early Arthritis Clinic (EAC)
South London Paediatric Rheumatology Clinical Network – lead for Transitional Care

Biologics Review Clinic
RA Annual Review Clinic
Young Adult Clinic

1. Politics, pressure and putting patients first: morale among junior doctors
  Catherine Mathews, RCP Commentary, February 2016 Issue 1
2. The Road Less Travelled: an interview with Sir Mark Walport
  Catherine Mathews, RCP Commentary, February 2015 Issue 1
3. Bone and Joint Infections
  Catherine J Mathews, Medicine 2014 42(5) 266-270
4. Advances in the Management of Bacterial Septic Arthritis
  Lynn MM, Mathews CJ, Int. J. Clin. Rheumatol. 2012, 7(3); 335-342
5. Septic Arthritis in the Elderly
  CJ Mathews, Aging Health, August 2010, 6(4): 495-500
6. Bacterial Septic Arthritis in Adults
  Lancet. 2010 Mar 6;375(9717):846-855, Mathews CJ, Weston VC, Jones A, Field M, Coakley G.
  Awarded ‘Highly Commended in SLHT’s Inaugural Research Prize competition 2011
7. Monograph on septic arthritis – BMJ Point of Care. www.epocrates.com (2008)
8. Management of septic arthritis: a systematic reviewC J Mathews, G Kingsley, M Field, A Jones, V C Weston, M Phillips, D Walker, and G CoakleyPostgrad Med J 2008; 84: 265-270.
9. Septic arthritis: Current diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm

Mathews CJ, Coakley G, Current Opinion in Rheumatology 2008;20:457-462

The Future of Septic Arthritis
CJ Mathews, VC Weston, G Kingsley, G Coakley, Future Rheumatology (2008) 3(1): 43-50
Management of Septic Arthritis – A systematic review
CJ Mathews, M Field, A Jones, V Weston, M Phillips, D Walker, G Kingsley, G Coakley
Annals of Rheumatic Disease 2007 Apr; 66(4): 440-5
BSR & BHPR, BOA, RCGP and BSAC Guideline for management of the hot swollen joint in adults
C Mathews, M Field, A Jones, G Kingsley, D Walker, M Phillips, C Bradish, S Metcalf, V Weston, A McLachlan, R Mohammed, G Coakley on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology Standards, Guidelines and Audit Working Group
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2006 Aug; 45(8): 1039-41
Symposium on Acute Rheumatology – “Acute Hot Joint”
C J Mathews, G Coakley, British Journal of Hospital Medicine May 2006, 67(5) 232-234
What’s new in…Autoimmune disorders?
C J Mathews, D A Isenberg, Medicine 2004; 32:8
Tuberculous Arthritis – the Need for Earlier Diagnosis
C Mathews, T Gibson
Infectious Diseases Journal of Pakistan 2002; 11:(3) 87-88

Abstracts

Developing a National Mentoring Scheme for Trainee Physicians: benefits, challenges and pitfalls
CJ Mathews, J Carter, Royal College of Physicians, London UK

Abstract accepted for presentation at 15th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) 10 – 14 January 2018, Singapore

Characterization of regulatory T cells in rheumatoid arthritis before and after treatment with anti-TNFα therapy.
C J Mathews, J Evans, F Choudry, MR Ehrenstein, C Mauri, Centre for Rheumatology, UCL

Presented by Dr Ehrenstein at Keystone Symposium ‘Translational Medicine in Autoimmunity’, Jan 2005
Oral Presentation by myself, Abstract #450067, British Society of Rheumatology AGM, April

SPECIALISM CONDITIONS

Rheumatology

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The Blackheath Hospital
40-42 Lee Terrace
London
SE3 9UD

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