Dr Simon Paul

About

Dr Simon Paul is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Sports Physician. He treats inflammatory arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, along with osteoarthritis, gout, widespread pain syndromes, and neck and back pain, and he works in rehabilitation medicine. He treats NHS patients in Surrey, and in 2017 he founded the private practice London Sports Orthopaedics.

Dr Paul graduated from University College London, and part of his specialty training was with the Royal Air Force, with whom he served in the UK and overseas. He gained experience at a number of specialist units in London, among them Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore and St George’s Hospital. He has also completed a bachelor’s degree in osteopathy.

In 2006 he was appointed an RAF Consultant at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, where at different times he was the lead consultant for back pain, neurological rehabilitation and complex medical rehabilitation, and he helped develop Ministry of Defence policy on neck pain rehabilitation and chronic pain management.

Much of his work is about returning patients to their best physical, mental and psychosocial condition after illness or injury, so that they are able to return to work. After leaving the RAF he studied law part time, graduating with a distinction and winning the Dean’s prize, and he has an interest in medicolegal matters. His work has been published in peer reviewed journals, he has written chapters in medical and legal textbooks, and he regularly presents to health professionals and corporate groups in the UK.