Uri Arad

Dr Uri Arad graduated with a dual MD and PhD doctoral degree at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and then went on to complete his General Medicine and Rheumatology training at the Tel Aviv Medical Centre, a large tertiary hospital in Israel. He continued as a rheumatology consultant for 10 years, combining clinical work with basic laboratory research. He set-up an early arthritis clinic as well as a clinic for rare auto-inflammatory conditions. 

Dr Arad has published extensively on various rheumatic conditions, including vasculitis, the response to vaccination in rheumatic patients, biological therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, and more.   

In July 2019, Dr Arad relocated to New Zealand and has since been working as a consultant rheumatologist at Waikato Hospital, where in addition to a busy general rheumatology clinic, he also operates a musculoskeletal ultrasound clinic and runs the myositis clinic.