Kevin Murray MBBS, FRACP

Kevin is paediatric rheumatologist based at Princess Margaret Hospital/Perth Children’s Hospital (hopefully) and in private practice at the Arthritis Centre in Shenton Park. He is currently Head of Department of Rheumatology, Metabolic Medicine and Complex Pain services at PMH and runs the Transition/Young Adult Rheumatology clinic at SCGH.

Kevin trained initially in paediatrics at PMH and then undertook rheuamtology training at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in the US for 5 years. He was first gainfully employed as a consultant and Head of the Paediatric Rheumatology Service at the Great Ormond St Hospital for Children in London for 5 years prior to returning to Australia in 2002. He is the ex-Chair of the Australasian Paediatric Rheumatology Group and the Paediatric Rheumatology International trials Organisation Australasian Representative.

His clinical and research interest encompass the spectrum of rheumatic and musculo-skeletal disorders of children and in particular juvenile arthritis vasculitis disorders juvenile dermatomyositis and chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. More recently his department has been devoping research interests in imaging in rheumatic diseases and musculoskeletal medicine in children. He is an author of over 60 scientific articles and over 20 reviews and book chapters in the area of paediatric rheumatology. He is the father of three young children, an Auskick coach, and a sometimes avid paddler.