Atlas of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Professor Paul Emery is the Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine and the Director of the Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in Leeds, United Kingdom. Professor Emery was the President of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) from 2009–2011 and has served on the editorial boards major rheumatology journals including Rheumatology, Arthritis and Rheumatism, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, and Clinical Rheumatology. He was the inaugural President of International Extremity MRI Society (ISEMIR) and is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator. Professor Emery is a recipient of the Roche Biennial Award for Clinical Rheumatology; the Rheumatology Hospital Doctor of the Year Award; the EULAR Prize for outstanding contribution to rheumatology research; and the Carol Nachman Prize for outstanding rheumatology research. Professor Emery’s research interests center around the immunopathogenesis and immunotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, and connective tissue diseases. He has a special interest in the factors leading to persistent inflammation and has published over 950 peer-reviewed articles in this area. is the Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology and Directorofthe Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine and the Director of the Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in Leeds, United Kingdom. Professor Emery was the President of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) from 2009–2011 and has served on the editorial boards major rheumatology journals including Rheumatology, Arthritis and Rheumatism, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, and Clinical Rheumatology. He was the inaugural President of International Extremity MRI Society (ISEMIR) and is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator. Professor Emery is a recipient of the Roche Biennial Award for Clinical Rheumatology; the Rheumatology Hospital Doctor of the Year Award; the EULAR Prize for outstanding contribution to rheumatology research; and the Carol Nachman Prize for outstanding rheumatology research. Professor Emery’s research interests center around the immunopathogenesis and immunotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, and connective tissue diseases. He has a special interest in the factors leading to persistent inflammation and has published over 950 peer-reviewed articles in this area.

Classification of rheumatoid arthritis.- Pre-rheumatoid arthritis.- Early rheumatoid arthritis.- Established rheumatoid arthritis.- Remission and rheumatoid arthritis.- Magnetic resonance imaging in rheumatoid arthritis.- Ultrasound imaging in rheumatoid arthritis.- Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in rheumatoid arthritis.- Methotrexate.- Immunotherapy.- Rituximab.- Novel therapies in rheumatoid arthritis: small molecules.