• Contact

    Secretary: Robbie Ramsden

    Secretary telephone: 020 8725 1419

    Clinical interests

    Dr Sofat is a consultant in rheumatology. She conducts clinics in general rheumatology at the Hotung Centre for musculoskeletal diseases at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

    Over the last few years Dr Sofat has set up an osteoarthritis service and is a member of the rheumatology team caring for patients on rheumatology specialist wards.

    She has an interest in neurological involvement in rheumatic disease, and has conducted a number of clinical studies investigating pain mechanisms in osteoarthritis and patients with neuropsychiatric conditions.

    Professional profile

    Dr Sofat qualified from University College London in 1996. She obtained her CCT in rheumatology in 2007 and also earned her PhD from Imperial College London the same year. She has been a consultant at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2008.

    She also conducts work as a clinical senior lecturer at St George's University of London. Her research has resulted in papers being published on subjects including osteoarthritis rheumatoid arthritis and neurological involvement in rheumatic disease.

    • Member Royal College of Physicians
    • Member British Society of Rheumatology
    • Member American College of Rheumatology
    • Member British Pharmacological Society
    • Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow 2003-2006