Dr Millicent Stone

Dr Stone is trained as a specialist in General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. She has worked in the UK and Ireland, Canada (at the University of Toronto) and New York (at Hospital Special Surgery) at Consultant Level.

She is certified by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry in Bone Density readings and was a co-Director of the Metabolic bone program at St. Michael's Hospital Toronto from 2008.

She is renowned for multidisciplinary state of the art program developments. Examples of her work include the SMART program (spondyloarthropathy methodology research therapeutics program) and the Osteoarthritis programs. The SMART program, which she initially developed in Toronto, is now being emulated in Bath, New York and Singapore.

Dr Stone has now established a rapid access, ''one stop' Osteoporosis Screen and Treat service at Circle Bath. This is a multidisciplinary programme and is modelled on the internationally renowned centre of excellence for Osteoporosis at the Univeristy of Toronto. Dr Stone is also an expert and international key opinion leader in the field of inflammatory diseases (in particular inflammatory arthritis) and has published work in top quality peer review journals.

First and foremost, Dr Stone is a friendly, compassionate and hardworking doctor who is passionate about providing the best care for her patients.

Special clinical interests

· General Rheumatology

· Joint pain, Osteoarthritis

· Osteoporosis

· Inflammatory arthritis

· Spondyloarthropathy including Ankylosing Spondylitis

· Gout and pseudogout

· uveitis and inflammatory eye diseases

· pregnancy and the rheumatic disease

Research interests

Osteoarthritis, Spondyloarthropathy, Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology