
Talking Rheumatology Spotlight
Explore rheumatological conditions with the clinical experts. This monthly podcast covers everything from disease presentation to diagnosis, treatment and management. Some months, real cases are used to bring the discussion to life.
Episodes
55 episodes
BONUS EPISODE: Mental health and burnout in the rheumatology MDT
This Talking Rheumatology Spotlight pod on burnout and mental health was recorded live at the BSR Annual Conference 2025. Pip Watson is joined by Gail Kinman (Professor of Occupational Health Psychology), Muzaffer Kaser (Consultant Psychiatrist...
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40:32

Ep 46: The Immunology of Lupus
Join Dr Mariele Gatto in conversation with Dr Chris Wincup as they discuss all things related to lupus immunology, from pathogenesis to treatment decisions.
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43:17

Ep 45: Immunology in the virtual biologics clinic
How do we approach a patient with rheumatic diseases who have cycled through multiple high cost drugs? In this pod, Dr Roz Benson, BSR Digital Learning Editor chats with Dr Arti Mahto, a consultant rheumatologist. They talk through some challen...
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32:26

BONUS CASE: Muscle weakness
In this bonus case based episode Steph Gall from the BSR digital learning board discusses an interesting case of muscle weakness with Dr Lisa Waters a Consultant in Rheumatology and Acute Medicine from Manchester. Can you work out what's going ...
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19:06

Ep 44: Fatigue and how to help patients, including insights from the LIFT trial
In this podcast, Jess Little, specialist MSK physiotherapist, talks to Professor Neil Basu, academic Rheumatologist and Professor Lorna Paul, professor of allied health science about fatigue and particularly what we can do to help patients. It ...
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27:24

Ep 43: Fatigue in children, adolescents and young people
In this podcast, Kathryn Rigler, Rheumatology specialist physiotherapist, talks to Poppy Greenman, Paediatric occupational therapist, covering how to talk to children and young people about fatigue, measuring fatigue and strategies to overcome ...
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35:44

Ep 42: A tricky case of ILD
Dr Ashely Elliot speaks to respiratory consultant Dr Nazia Chaudhuri about interstitial lung disease. This overview covers everything from diagnosing CTD- ILD and an evidenced based management approach to poor prognostic risk factors. ...
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39:22

BONUS CASE: Trust your gut, it has the answer- a challenging clinical case
In this Talking Rheumatology bonus case based episode Dr Roz Benson talks to Dr Susie Brockbank about an interesting and unusual case involving joint pain, GI involvement and some other systems. Can you work out what's going on?
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23:44

BONUS CASE: an unusual cause of chest pain presenting to rheumatology
In this Talking Rheumatology bonus case based episode Dr Laura Chadwick talks to Prof Rob Moots about an interesting and unusual case involving joint pain and chest pain . Can you work out what's going on?
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Ep 41: Vasculitis
In this pod, Roz Benson talks to consultant nurse Sarah Hardy and vasculitis expert Dr Shirish Dubey. This wide ranging discussion about vasculitis covers everything from diagnostic tips and approach to management, to the practicalities of a ki...
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57:41

Ep 40. Understanding antibody testing in myositis and systemic sclerosis
In this pod Dr Stephanie Gall speaks with Professor Marina Anderson and Dr Sarah Tansley. Listen in to better understand how to interpret antibody results in patients with systemic sclerosis, myositis and their overlaps. They’ll cover the clini...
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33:17

Ep 39. CAR T-Cell Therapy
In this spotlight podcast Dr Roz Benson talks with Dr Chris Wincup and Dr Reuben Benjamin. Listen in if you want to understand better what all the buzz is around CAR T cell therapy and its applications in SLE and other CTDs.Want to k...
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41:26

Ep 38. Lupus
In this spotlight podcast Dr Pip Watson talks to Dr Chris Wincup about all things SLE- from guidelines to neuropsychiatric symptoms to personalised treatments for patients.Want to know more? There are lots of Lupus resources to explo...
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42:32

Ep 37. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Rheumatology
In this talking Rheumatology spotlight podcast on artificial intellgence and Rheumatology I (Dr Pip Watson, BSR DLE) talk to Dr Nick Fuggle and Dr Samantha Cooray. Our conversation covers everything from what we mean by AI and machine learning ...
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35:18

Ep 36. Osteoporosis
In this Talking Rheumatology spotlight pod on Osteoporosis, Dr Pip Watson talks to Prof Zoe Paskins about osteoporosis- they cover everything from fracture risk to calcium intake, anabolic drugs, promoting adherence to treatment and treatment p...
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27:28

Ep 35. Difficult to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
In this pod Dr Pip Watson is joined by Prof Maya Buch, they discuss everything you need to know around difficult to treat RA, including tips on managing patients in this group and treatment adherance.
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36:55

Ep 34. Rheumatoid arthritis
In this episode, Dr Stephanie Gall talks to Prof Chris Edwards about how to approach the management of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the importance of personalising care. A wide ranging discussion covering the role of corticosteroids, imp...
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25:13

Ep 33. Immunology for the rheumatologist
In this episode, Dr Roz Benson chats with Dr Frances Hall and Dr Ondrej Suchanek about immunology for the rheumatologist. They discuss the adaptive and innate immune system, testing for autoimmune diseases, and how we can talk to our pati...
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41:15

Ep 32. Shoulder tendinopathies in inflammatory conditions
In this episode, Dave Pilbury talks to Mr Muthu Jeyam about the shoulder, with a focus on surgical interventions: when and how should we intervene and how well does it work?
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27:45

BONUS CASE. Myositis
In this episode Dr Ashley Elliot speaks with Professor Hector Chinoy and Dr Alex Oldroyd. They discuss a complex case of myositis highlighting common diagnostic challenges, role of investigations and approach to treatment. A great overview in a...
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35:46

Ep 31. IgG4 related disease
In this episode, Dr Yik Man talks to Prof David D'Cruz about IgG4 related disease, including an approach to management and some tricky cases.
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31:03

Ep 30. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
In this episode, Dr Chris Wincup talks to Dr Rachel Tattersall about all things JIA including differences between JIA and adult onset IA, transition, disease activity scoring and biologics. This podcast is likely to suit adult rheumatologists -...
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20:53

Ep 29. Cancer treatments and rheumatic disease
In this episode, Dr Mariam Malik talks to Prof Andrew Cope about cancer treatments and rheumatic disease, covering immune checkpoint inhibitors, the adverse events and rheumatological conditions they can cause, and how to manage them.
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