Dr Liz Perry
Qualifications
MBChB (UK), FRCP (London), MFSEM (UK), MD
GMC number: 6073144
Practising since: 2003
Specialties
Rheumatology
Consultation times
- Friday AM
- Overview
About
Dr Liz Perry is a highly respected Consultant Rheumatologist and clinical lead for the Rheumatology Service at the University Hospitals of Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW). With specialist training in sports medicine, general medicine, and rheumatology, Dr Perry brings a comprehensive skill set to support the delivery of expert rheumatology care.
Working closely with her patients, Dr Perry practices evidence-based management tailored to individual needs and well-being, promoting shared decision-making while considering each patient's unique circumstances.
She is skilled in therapeutic soft tissue injections, joint injections and in diagnostic small joint musculoskeletal ultrasound, which she performs one-stop within her rheumatology clinics to aid early diagnosis and to support clinical decision-making. Dr Perry leads the early inflammatory arthritis service at UHBW and has been pivotal in delivering service re-design to support best practice for the Bristol region.
Dr Perry is a leader in the field of rheumatology with extensive experience in teaching, research and service improvement, and has a track record of delivering multi-agency projects. She strives to support first-class rheumatology care for her patients and to drive forward rheumatology services at local and national level.
Special interests
- Leadership and Service Development.
- Early Inflammatory Arthritis.
- Small Joint Musculoskeletal Ultrasound.
- Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Lung Diseases (e.g. interstitial lung disease, ILD).
- Rheumatology specialist support for the South West tertiary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Service (ECMO)
Other interests
Dr Perry sees and treats all forms of adult rheumatic
diseases/musculoskeletal conditions including:
- Inflammatory arthritis (e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Reactive Arthritis, IBD-related, undifferentiated)
- Inflammatory Back Pain (e.g. Ankylosing Spondylitis, Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthropathies, IBD-related)
- Large Vessel Vasculitis (e.g. Giant Cell Arteritis, Takayasu’s)
- Polymyalgia
- Small Vessel Vasculitis (e.g. GPA, eGPA, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Henoch Schlönlein Purpura, Polyarteritis nodosa)
- Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases (e.g. Sjogrens, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, anti-phospholipid syndrome, Myositis, Systemic Sclerosis/Scleroderma)
- Gout
- CPPD (Pseudogout)
- Fibromyalgia/Pain management
- Osteoarthritis
- Back pain
- Soft Tissue Musculoskeletal Presentations (e.g. tendinopathies, bursitis, carpal tunnel)
Personal interests
Liz enjoys spending time with her young family. She is talented sports person, having played National League Hockey and represented England at junior international level. Liz enjoys supporting sport in her local community, including coaching children’s football and representing her village cricket team.
Languages spoken
English
Treatments and tests offered by Dr Liz Perry at Nuffield Health
- Fatigue screen
- Blood test
- Rheumatology profiles
- CT scan (or CAT scan)
- X-ray
- MRI scan
- Ultrasound
- Nerve blocks
Locations Dr Liz Perry works with
Related experience
Research
At National Level Dr Perry is an active member of the British Society of Rheumatology (BSR) Rheumatoid Arthritis-related interstitial lung disease (ILD) special interest group, and of the BSR national guideline development group responsible for guidelines in the diagnosis and management of systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease-ILD (SARD-ILD).
Dr Perry worked as chief investigator for a National NIHR CRN portfolio study, and has completed collaborative research with The Kennedy Institute, Oxford.
She has full and current Good Clinical Practice training and has multiple peer-reviewed publications, including research papers, textbook chapters and clinical abstracts. Her research covers many areas of rheumatology, but with a particular focus on systemic autoimmune rheumatic lung diseases.
More details on Dr Perry’s research papers can
be found at: www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ElizabethPerry/rheumatology
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London)
- Member of the British Society of Rheumatology
- Member of the British Medical Association
- Member of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK MSEM (UK)
- British Society of Rheumatology Guideline development group – Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of SARD-ILD.
Other posts held
- Rheumatology Consultant and Clinical Lead, University Hospitals of Bristol and Weston
Insurers Dr Liz Perry works with
Dr Liz Perry works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- Bupa
- Bupa Global
- Bupa On Demand
- Cigna
- Cigna International
- Healix
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- WPA
Declaration
Dr Liz Perry does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Dr Liz Perry does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Dr Liz Perry does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.