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Dr Gary David Wright

Consultant Rheumatologist

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>Dr Gary D Wright qualified in Medicine from Queens University Belfast in 1987. His postgraduate training in Rheumatology was in Belfast and Nottingham. <

He is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Queens University Belfast and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Edinburgh and Ireland and a member of the British Society for Rheumatology.

He is past President of the Irish Society for Rheumatology 2012-2014. He was the Royal College of Physicians of London Regional Advisor for Northern Ireland from 2008-12.

In 2014 he was awarded The European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFFSUMB) Level 3 Certification in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound.

He was Guest Editor: “Unusual and memorable” Educational series in The Annals of Rheumatic Disease 1998-2005.

To date he has 67 peer reviewed research publications in all areas of Rheumatology

He has held multiple other posts in his 27 year career as a Consultant Rheumatologist including:

  • Audit Co-ordinator for Medical Directorate, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast 1999-2002
  • Royal College of Physicians of London Tutor for Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast 2002-2005
  • Director of Medical SHO’s Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast 2002-2005
  • Northern Ireland representative Royal College of Physicians London New Consultants Committee 1999-2001.
  • MRCPI examiner Royal college of Physicians of Ireland.
  • MRCP PACES examiner..
  • Member of  Faculty of British Society for Rheumatology Basic and Advanced Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Courses.
  • Northern Ireland  Regional Advisor for Training Royal College of Physicians of London 2008-2010.
  • Northern Ireland  Regional Advisor for Service Royal College of Physicians of London 2010-12
  • Representative on Clinical Affairs Committee British Society for Rheumatology 2009-2012.
  • Council of Irish Society for Rheumatology 2012-2015.
  • President Irish Society for Rheumatology 2012-14.
  • External assessor Rheumatology Training Programme Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 2004
  • Chair Belfast Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Special Interest Group 2014-
  • Convenor Irish Society for Rheumatology Advanced  Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course  2014-
  • Chairman Northern Ireland Rheumatism Trust 2013-

CURRENT NHS POSTS

Dr Wright holds an NHS Consultant post at the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) MD FRCP (Lon) FRCP (Edin) FRCPI

Publications

Senescence Biomarkers CKAP4 and PTX3 Stratify Severe Kidney Disease Patients Cells.2024 Oct; 13 (19): 1613. Published online 2024 Sep 26.

Sean McCallion, Thomas McLarnon, Eamonn Cooper, Andrew R English, Steven Watterson, Melody El Chemaly, Cathy McGeough, Amanda Eakin, Tan Ahmed, Philip Gardiner, Adrian Pendleton, Gary Wright, Declan McGuigan, Maurice O’Kane, Aaron Peace, Ying Kuan, David S Gibson, Paula L McCLean, Catriona Kelly, Victoria McGilligan, Elaine K Murray, Frank McCarroll, Anthony J. Bjourson, Taranjit Singh Rai

Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis.2023

Ashley Elliott, Gary Wright, Adrian Pendleton, Madeline Rooney

Effects of TNF-α inhibition versus secukinumab on active ultrasound-confirmed enthesitis in psoriatic arthritis.

Association between systemic sclerosis in association with ano-rectal tumour. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2022 Oct; 6(Suppl 1):

Nowak K, Wright G.

CD169+ Moncyte and Regulatory T Cell Subsets are associated with disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Pers Med. 2022 Nov 9; 12(11):1875.

Eakin AJ, Ahmed T, McGeough CM, Drain S, Alexander HD, Wright GD, Gardiner PV, Small D, Bjourson AJ, Gibson DS.

A machine learning based tool for clinical decision making of anti-TNF therapy in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Jul 5; 18 (7)

Prasad B, McGeough C, Eakin A, Ahmed T, Small D, Gardiner P, Pendleton A, Wright G, Bjourson AJ, Gibson DS, Shukla P.

Clinical vignette: paraneoplastic diffuse systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Oct 6:61 (10):

Nowak K, Wright G. 

Anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha response associated with combined CD226 and HLA-DRB1[*]0404 haplotype in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol Mar-Apr 2021;39(2):385-392.

David S Gibson, Cathy M McGeough , Steven Watterson, Jaine Blayney, Gary D Wright, Adrian Pendleton, Philip Gardiner, Dawn Small, Tahanver Ahmed  , Helena A Murray  , Mark J Latten , Martin A Crockard, John V Lamont, Shu-Dong Zhang , Anthony J Bjourson.    

Acute abdominal pain: Henoch-Schönlein purpura case in a young adult, a rare but important diagnosis. Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Jan;19(1):77-79.

McPartland K, Wright GD

Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2019 Jun 19

Elliott A, Wright GD. Real-world data on secukinumab use for psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

Microscopic polyangiitis secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus in a patient with bronchiectasis: a case report C. BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2018) 18:170

Addy , G. Doran, A. L. Jones, Wright G. , S. Caskey and D. G. Downey.

Treatments and areas of interest

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Gout
  • Lupus
  • Connective Tissue Disease
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Soft tissue rheumatism
  • Osteoarthritis

Referral Requirements

  • Referral letter required

Consultation Fee

Initial Face-To-Face Consultation Fee £290

Review Consultation Fee £200

Administration Fee - Kingsbridge Belfast & North West

A £35.00 admin fee is charged in addition to the Consultation Fee

Administration Fee - Kingsbridge Sligo

A €10.00 admin fee is charged in addition to the Consultation Fee

Associated Insurance Companies

  • H3
  • Bupa
  • Aviva
  • Vitality
  • WPA

Kingsbridge Private Hospital
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