Dr Paul Byrne
Dr Paul Byrne is a Consultant Rheumatologist specialising in osteoporosis and sports medicine at Oaks Hospital in Essex
Based At
NHS base
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust
GMC Number
3357097
Clinical interests
Inflammatory & Autoimmune Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
- Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
- Axial Spondyloarthritis & Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
- Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome)
- Enteropathic Arthritis (associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease / Crohn's / Ulcerative Colitis)
- Palindromic Rheumatism
Degenerative, Regional & Soft-Tissue Musculoskeletal Conditions
Osteoarthritis (OA) (complex or inflammatory presentations)
- Raynaud’s Phenomenon (primary or secondary)
- Tendinitis, Bursitis, and Enthesitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Peripheral Nerve Entrapments
Systemic Connective Tissue & Autoimmune Diseases
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE / Lupus)
- Sjögren’s Disease
- Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) & Overlap Syndromes
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
- IgG4-Related Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Relapsing Polychondritis
Inflammatory Myopathies (Muscle Disorders)
- Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis
- Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)
- Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
Vasculitis (Blood Vessel Inflammation)
- Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) / Temporal Arteritis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA / Wegener’s)
- Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)
- Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA / Churg-Strauss)
- Behçet’s Disease
- Takayasu Arteritis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)
- Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
- IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)
Crystal Arthropathies & Metabolic Joint Diseases
- Gout (hyperuricemia)
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (CPPD) / Pseudogout
- Basic Calcium Phosphate (BCP) Crystal Disease
Metabolic & Structural Bone Diseases
- Osteoporosis
- Osteopenia
- Paget’s Disease of Bone
- Osteomalacia / Rickets
Autoinflammatory Diseases & Periodic Fever Syndromes
- Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
- Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)
Professional Memberships
Dr Byrne is a member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Academic Background
After undergraduate and postgraduate training at Cambridge University, and the Addenbrookes Hospital, Dr Byrne performed a variety of general training posts in Manchester, New Zealand, Winchester, London and Basingstoke. His rheumatology training was in Cardiff and since 1997 he has been a Consultant Rheumatologist at Colchester General Hospital with private practice at the Oaks Hospital.
Based at
NHS base
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust
GMC Number
3357097
Clinical interests
Inflammatory & Autoimmune Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
- Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
- Axial Spondyloarthritis & Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
- Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome)
- Enteropathic Arthritis (associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease / Crohn's / Ulcerative Colitis)
- Palindromic Rheumatism
Degenerative, Regional & Soft-Tissue Musculoskeletal Conditions
Osteoarthritis (OA) (complex or inflammatory presentations)
- Raynaud’s Phenomenon (primary or secondary)
- Tendinitis, Bursitis, and Enthesitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Peripheral Nerve Entrapments
Systemic Connective Tissue & Autoimmune Diseases
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE / Lupus)
- Sjögren’s Disease
- Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) & Overlap Syndromes
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
- IgG4-Related Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Relapsing Polychondritis
Inflammatory Myopathies (Muscle Disorders)
- Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis
- Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)
- Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
Vasculitis (Blood Vessel Inflammation)
- Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) / Temporal Arteritis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA / Wegener’s)
- Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)
- Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA / Churg-Strauss)
- Behçet’s Disease
- Takayasu Arteritis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)
- Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
- IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)
Crystal Arthropathies & Metabolic Joint Diseases
- Gout (hyperuricemia)
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (CPPD) / Pseudogout
- Basic Calcium Phosphate (BCP) Crystal Disease
Metabolic & Structural Bone Diseases
- Osteoporosis
- Osteopenia
- Paget’s Disease of Bone
- Osteomalacia / Rickets
Autoinflammatory Diseases & Periodic Fever Syndromes
- Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
- Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)
Professional Memberships
Dr Byrne is a member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Academic Background
After undergraduate and postgraduate training at Cambridge University, and the Addenbrookes Hospital, Dr Byrne performed a variety of general training posts in Manchester, New Zealand, Winchester, London and Basingstoke. His rheumatology training was in Cardiff and since 1997 he has been a Consultant Rheumatologist at Colchester General Hospital with private practice at the Oaks Hospital.