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Professor David Reid
MBChB MD FRCPL FRCPE
Consultant Rheumatologist
GMC number: 1946183
Special interests:
Osteoporosis, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Rheumatology, Bone mass assessment, Risk of fracture, Secondary osteoporosis, Glucocorticoid osteporosis, Long-term disease, Adverse effects in rheumatic diseases
Treatments offered at King Edward VII’s Hospital include, but are not limited to:
- Arthroscopic Shoulder Decompression Surgery
- Open Shoulder Impingement and Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery
- Shoulder open reduction and internal fixation surgery
- Radical Nephrectomy
- Electroporation (NanoKnife) treatment for localised prostate cancer
- Right Hemicolectomy
- Breast Ultrasound
- Rubber band ligation of haemorrhoids
- Greenlight Laser Prostatectomy
- Bunionectomy
I am an internationally recognised expert on osteoporosis and highly experienced clinical and academic rheumatologist who is passionate about good clinical care.
Professor David Reid is a Rheumatology Consultant at King Edward VII’s Hospital. He is Emeritus Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Aberdeen.
He is a consultant rheumatologist and has been involved in providing specialist osteoporosis services, with a particular emphasis on bone densitometry, for 30 years.
He is a Patron of the now Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) and was Chair of the Board of Trustees from 2008-2012.
He is a now acting as Senior Medical Adviser and Fundraising Ambassador to the ROS Bone Research Academy. He is a member of the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group, who published ‘An updated Clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis’ in 2017.
Career Highlights
My highlights include: publishing over 350 peer reviewed papers, being the past Medical School Dean for the University of Aberdeen and previous Chair of Board of the now Royal Osteoporosis Society.
Memberships
I am an ex-member of the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Board of the National Institute of Health Research.
Training Positions
I have trained over a dozen practicing UK rheumatology consultants.
Cutting Edge Technologies
I am involved in developing a new bone building drug.
Publications
I have published over 350 peer-reviewed papers – largely on my research interests which include: the utility of bone mass measurements, assessment of risk of fracture, secondary osteoporosis, and glucocorticoid osteoporosis – and 70 reviews.
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