Jonathan Tobias BA, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCP

Tobias is a Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Bristol, UK, and Consultant Rheumatologist at North Bristol NHS Trust. Following undergraduate studies in medicine at Cambridge University and London University where he qualified in 1984, he completed MD and PhD theses in bone biology in 1990 and 1994 at St George’s Hospital in London.

He was appointed as Consultant Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol in 1995,and has worked as a consultant rheumatologist in Bristol since that time. Professor Tobias was initially based at Bristol Royal Infirmary and in 2008 moved to Southmead Hospital to help establish the University of Bristol Musculoskeletal Research Unit of which he remains co-director.

He has extensive clinical experience in treating patients with a diverse range of rheumatological conditions, and has a particular interest in osteoporosis and other bone disorders. He has played a leading role in establishing osteoporosis services in Bristol, initially at the BRI, and more recently at Southmead Hospital. As well as managing the osteoporosis service at Southmead since 2008, he was appointed clinical director for rheumatology at the hospital in 2014.