As a consultant in paediatric rheumatology, Dr de Graaf provides a local and regional service for children with chronic arthritis and other autoimmune, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal disorders.

Training and education

MBBS - University of Maastricht School of Medicine, the Netherlands, 2001
CCT in paediatrics - University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2012 (GMC registered)

Experience

Dr de Graaf joined the Trust in October 2012. As a consultant in paediatric rheumatology, Dr de Graaf provides a local and regional service for children with chronic arthritis and other autoimmune, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal disorders. Together with Dr Leahy he aims to help children with rheumatologic conditions to achieve and maintain the best possible health and well-being throughout their lives.

He provides specialist service across Wessex and the South coast and coordinates the research activities within the department to provide the best, most up to date treatments for children and their families.

Dr de Graaf is also working in the NIHR Wellcome Trust clinical research facility, an MHRA phase I accredited facility, on several clinical phase I, II and III studies.

Key achievements

Father of three wonderful children
Setting up a paediatric rheumatology Southampton database
Nine publications in peer reviewed journals in the last three years

Research

Correlates of protection against B. pertussis colonisation during a human challenge study
Clinical service improvement and research by using existing clinical data
Clinical care of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Contact

You can contact Dr de Graaf via his secretary Suzanne Acton - call 023 8120 4829 or send an email.