Area of expertise: juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, juvenile dermatomyositis and autoinflammatory diseases
Languages spoken: English, Urdu, Punjabi
Biography
Nadia Rafiq has been a consultant paediatric rheumatologist at Evelina London Children's Hospital since 2018. She specialised from Great Ormond Street Hospital and Leed's Children's Hospital.
While at the UCL Institute of Child Health, Nadia researched new therapies for autoinflammatory diseases.
She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic disease in children.
Nadia actively contributes to academia and research. She is also the clinical governance lead for the team and an educational supervisor.
Nadia lectures at Kin'gs College London. She is committed to delivering excellent patient-centred care.
- MBBS and BSc (Hons), Royal Free and UCL Medical School, 2007
- Paediatric rheumatology training, London School of Paediatrics, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Leeds Children's Hospital, 2010 to 2018
- Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Child Health, 2016 to 2017
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Vasculitis
- Juvenile dermatomyositis
- Autoinflammatory diseases
- Medical education
- Clinical governance
- Biologic registries
- Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group
- Treatments for juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Use of biologics for rheumatic conditions
- Clinical excellence awards