Dr Kaushik Sanyal

Main Speciality

Rheumatology

Sub Speciality

• Inflammatory arthritis
• Connective tissue diseases
• Crystal arthritis
• Soft tissue conditions

Clinical interests

• Early inflammatory arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Osteoporosis + DEXA
• Back pain
• Chronic regional pain
• Gout/pseudo gout
• Frozen shoulder 
• Tennis/golfer elbow
• Foot pain
• Plantar fasciitis
• Joint injection
• Caudal spinal epidural injection
• Diabetes related arthropathy
• Lupus 
• Vasculitis
• Paget's 
• Metabolic bone disease

Current memberships

Royal College of Physicians 
British Society of Rheumatology 
Medical Defence Union

Professional Profile

Dr Kaushik Sanyal is a Consultant Rheumatologist specialising in inflammatory arthritis, connective tissue diseases, crystal arthritis and soft tissue conditions. He has particular interest in early inflammatory arthritis. He received his higher specialist training in Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine on the South Thames (Guy’s and St. Thomas’, and St. George’s) rotation. He has been trained under eminent professors in a specialist Lupus unit (St. Thomas’ Hospital), RA Centre (Guy’s Hospital), and the Hotung Musculoskeletal Centre (St. George’s Hospital).

He was awarded the prestigious British Society of Rheumatology National Travelling Fellowship in 2013, and then again in 2014. He undertook his fellowship together with renowned rheumatologists at University College London, Great Ormond Street and the Royal Free Hospital. He combines a busy clinical practice in all 4 hospitals in Worthing, Chichester, Shoreham and Bognor with a strong interest in medical education. He has taught students from GSTT and King’s College Medical School, and Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Along with clinical practice, Dr Sanyal’s research interests focus on inflammatory arthritis.

He is still limping since his 30K charitable cycle event for Scleroderma Foundation UK.