Prof Christopher Denton

Biography

Christopher Denton is Prof of experimental rheumatology at UCL and Consultant Rheumatologist and Head of the Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital in London. He leads a large clinical programme in scleroderma at the Royal Free Hospital and co-ordinates multidisciplinary care for more than 1400 patients. The scleroderma centre has played a prominent role in many recent clinical studies in scleroderma, Raynaud’s phenomenon and connective tissue disease associated pulmonary hypertension. In addition there is a vigorous translational and basic science research programme that focuses on pathogenic mechanisms and novel disease models.