Munther Khamashta is Professor/Consultant Physician and Director of The Graham Hughes Lupus Research Laboratory at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, and runs a large lupus pregnancy clinic. He studied medicine in Barcelona and internal medicine in Madrid, Spain, where he developed an interest in connective tissue diseases and received his PhD. He was awarded the MRCP in 1999 and FRCP in 2002. He joined the Lupus Unit in London 25 years ago and has been instrumental in developing it into an internationally recognised tertiary centre receiving referrals from all over the UK.

Professor Khamashta has served on the Editorial Boards of many journals, including Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology, Lupus, and Current Rheumatology Reviews. He is a member of several professional societies, including the International Society of Internal Medicine, the American College of Rheumatology, and the Spanish Society of Rheumatology. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the International Board on the Study of Antiphospholipid Antibodies and of the Steering Committee of the International Advisory Board for Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus. He has received several international awards for his work in lupus, including The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and International League Against Rheumatism (ILAR) prizes.

Professor Khamashta has a strong research interest in lupus and connective tissue diseases, with a special interest in pregnancy and antiphospholipid syndrome. He has published extensively in lupus, Hughes’ syndrome, and related areas, with more than 600 original papers

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisor: GlaxoSmithKline, Inova, Medimmune, UCB
Professor Khamashta is a member of the Lupus Academy Steering Committee and has been involved in the planning and development of the 3^rd Annual Meeting programme and materials.