Professional profile

Dr Mike Batley trained at Guy's Hospital in London, qualifying in 1991. He was a junior doctor at North Middlesex Hospital and was a registrar in the South Thames region working at St Thomas, King's College and Guy's hospitals.

He was part of the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Network and his research looked at the effects of other conditions associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis. He has presented this data in Europe and the United States of America.

In 2003 he became a consultant in Rheumatology and General Medicine at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, working initially at Maidstone Hospital.

He has set up lupus clinics, early synovitis clinics and biologic cohort clinics and published outcomes in international literature.

Dr Batley has been Royal College Tutor for Medicine, Clinical Director for Medicine and is currently Clinical Governance Lead for Medicine at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, as well as Rheumatology Clinical Lead and Chair of the VTE committee for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

Clinical interests

  • Rheumatology
  • Connective tissue disease
  • Inflammatory rheumatic disorders
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Soft tissue rheumatism

Special clinical interests: inflammatory joint disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis), autoimmune disease (e.g. systemic lupus erythematosus), back pain and spinal interventions.

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Mike Batley include:

Rheumatology


Other treatments

  • Back pain
  • Connective tissue disease
  • Inflammatory rheumatic disorders
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Lumbar spine disorders
  • Pain management
  • Soft tissue rheumatism.

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

  • British Society of Rheumatology
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

 

Research and publications

Dr Batley leads research in the Rhetumatology department at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, with ongoing trials on rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and ankylosing spondylitis.

 

Current NHS posts

Lead Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.