Dr Qasim Akram
Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician
BSc(Hons),MBChB, MRCP(UK), MRCP(Rheum)
I am a Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician based in South Manchester. I am a specialist in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatological diseases. Additionally, I have a sub-specialist interest in Early Inflammatory Arthritis and Giant Cell Arteritis/Large Vessel Vasculitis.
I treat a range of conditions including degenerative diseases including osteoarthritis as well as metabolic bone diseases including osteoporosis, Paget’s Disease, osteomalacia and hyperparathyroidism. I manage inflammatory arthropathies including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), reactive arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease (crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis) related arthritis, crystal arthritis (eg gout and pseudogout), septic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), adult onset still’s disease, infection related arthritis eg HIV, hepatitis B/C and arthritis secondary to paraneoplastic, endocrine and haematological disease.
I also treat soft tissue diseases and chronic pain conditions, including frozen shoulder and rotator cuff syndrome, back pain, sports related eg tennis and golfer’s elbow, Fibromyalgia Syndrome (chronic widespread pain), Chronic Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS), Trochanteric Bursitis and any general (internal) medicine.
I also manage systemic conditions and connective tissue diseases including Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Sjogren’s Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Vasculitis including ANCA associated Vasculitis and Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP), Sarcoidosis, Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Relapsing Polychondritis, Behçet's disease and Systemic Sclerosis.
Following consultation and assessment, interventions offered include diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound (any swollen or painful joint), interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound, joint aspirations (for synovial fluid analysis and confirmation of diagnosis), joint injections, soft tissue and tendon injections (for frozen shoulder, rotator cuff syndrome, tennis elbow, golfers elbow, trochanteric bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, flexor/extensor tenosynovitis, tendinopathy). I perform these on a frequent and almost daily basis in my NHS practice.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Qasim Akram at Spire include:
Rheumatology
- Back pain investigations (discography)
- Bone density scan for osteoporosis
- CT scan
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
- MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
- Nerve conduction studies and Electromyography (EMG)
- Pain management
- Ultrasound scan
- X-ray
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
MBChB / University of Liverpool / 2007
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Current NHS posts
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and East Cheshire NHS Trust
Contact information
| Telephone | 01625 505 412 |
| Website | https://southmanchesterrheumatologist.com/ |