Dr Ashley Elliott

Consultants

Profile

Dr Elliott is a consultant rheumatologist at the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust and former clinical academic at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, QUB where he carried out a PhD assessing those with inflammatory arthritis and their responses to biologic therapy.

Dr Elliot completed his clinical training gaining dual accreditation in both rheumatology and general medical and has an EFSUM qualification in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. He has also gained a Masters from the University of Edinburgh for Internal Medicine and a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education from QUB. In his role within the Belfast Trust he assess patients with all forms of rheumatic disease and he runs a rapid access giant cell arteritis scanning clinic and tight control of psoriatic arthritis service.

Dr Elliot has been the recipient of international research grants including the Doris Hillier Award and GRAPPA Pilot grant to carry out his work assessing those with Inflammatory Arthritis. He was the recipient of the Irish Society of Rheumatology young investigator award for his research. He co-hosts a podcast for the British Society of Rheumatology on clinical cases and is a member of multiple research groups attempting to come up with better answers for those living with rheumatic disease.

Qualifications

MB Bch BAO MRCP (Edin) MSc PgDip MRCP (Rheum) PhD

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

Professional Membership

Royal College of Physicians
British Society for Rheumatology
Irish Society of Rheumatology

Active Committee Membership

British Psoriatic Arthritis Consortium (BritPACT) Steering committee (UK research group focused on increasing knowledge, awareness and management of psoriatic arthritis)
Digital Learning Board- British Society of Rheumatology
New Drugs Committee Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Active Research Group Membership

Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
EULAR study group on microcirculation in Rheumatic Disease

Publications

A Elliott A, Tejpal G, Jaehwan K et al. Advances in Psoriatic Disease Research: Insights From GRAPPA Pilot Research Awardees. The J Rheumatol Jul 2024, jrheum.2024-0292; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2024-0292

Elliott, Pendleton A, Wright G, Rooney M. Effect of TNF-alpha inhibitors versus Secukinumab on Active Ultrasound Confirmed Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis 2023

Di Matteo A, Moscioni E, Lommano MG, Cipolletta E, Smerilli G, Farah S, Airoldi C, Aydin SZ, Becciolini A, Bonfiglioli K, Carotti M, Carrara G, Cazenave T, Corradini D, Cosatti MA, de Agustin JJ, Destro Cas-taniti GM, Di Carlo M, Di Donato E, Di Geso L, Elliott A et al. Reliability assessment of ultrasound muscle echogenicity in patients with rheumatic diseases: Results of a multicenter international web-based study. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Jan 17;9:1090468. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1090468. PMID: 36733934

Castillo RL, Yan D, Ashhurst AS, Elliott A, Angioni MM, Scher JU, Naik S, Neimann A, Byrne SN, Payne RJ, FitzGerald O, Pennington SR, Cauli A, Chandran V. GRAPPA 2020 Research Award Recipients. J Rheu-matol. 2022 Jun;49(6 Suppl 1):55-56. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.211335. Epub 2022 Mar 15. PMID: 35293338

Di Matteo A, Cipolletta E, Destro Castaniti GM, Smerilli G, Airoldi C, Aydin SZ, Becciolini A, Bonfiglioli K, Bruns A, Carrara G, Cazenave T, Ciapetti A, Cosatti MA, de Agustín JJ, Di Carlo M, Di Donato E, Di Geso L, Duran E, Elliott A et al. Reliability assessment of the definition of ultrasound enthesitis in SpA: results of a large, multicentre, international, web-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Nov 28;61(12):4863-4874. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac162. PMID: 35293988

Eder L, Mathew AJ, Carron P, Bertheussen H, Cañete JD, Azem M, Delle Sedie A, Salvarani C, Ranza R, Elliott A et al. Management of Enthesitis in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: An Updated Literature Review Informing the 2021 GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations. J Rheumatol. 2022 Nov 1:jrheum.220312. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220312. PMID: 36319005

Elliott A, McGonagle D, Rooney M. Integrating imaging and biomarker assessment to better define pso-riatic arthritis and predict response to biologic therapy. Rheumatology. 2021;60(Supplement_6):vi38-vi52. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keab504

Elliott A, Pendleton A, Wright G, Rooney M. The relationship between the nail and systemic enthesitis in psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2021;5(3):rkab088. doi:10.1093/rap/rkab088

Elliott A, Wight G. Real world data on Secukinumab use for Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondyli-tis. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2019, Vol 11: 1-2

Elliott A, Torres D, Pendleton A. The Nail bed as window to disease: The development of a Nurse Led Capillaroscopy service.Ulster Med J 2019;88(2):87-88

Elliott A, Burke R, Liggett N. No pain no gain? A Mini Case series on Exercise Induced Rhab-domyolysis. Ulster Med J 2015; 84 (2): 1-4

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

Inflammatory arthritis including Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Gout
Lupus and Connective Tissue Disease
Inflammatory Muscle Disease (Myositis)
Fibromyalgia
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Soft Tissue Disorders
Joint Injections
Osteoarthritis
Oseteoporosis