People
Organising Committee
The event is organised each year by a consortium of people taken from both the Northern and Yorkshire Deaneries.
After a change for 2022 the Committee now comprises:
Professor Ed Vital, Dr Mike Green, Dr Heidi Siddle, Dr Arthur Pratt and Dr Jonathan Heaney.
Administrative support will now be provided by a Team from Newcastle University, Toni Bell, Wendy Grunson and Carol Fereday.
Professor Ed Vital
- Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist
- LIRMM
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds
Dr Mike Green
- Consultant Rheumatologist
- Harrogate and York District NHS Foundation Trusts
Dr Arthur Pratt
- Intermediate Clinical Fellow, Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist
- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University
- Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dr P Jonathan Heaney
- Consultant Rheumatologist
- Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Connective tissue diseases (inflammatory)
Dr Heidi Siddle
- Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Podiatrist, HEE/NIHR Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine
- I am the clinical lead for the Foot and Ankle STudies in Rheumatology (FASTER) program in the Section of Clinical Biomechanics and Physical Medicine (Lead Professor Anthony Redmond).