Auckland Rheumatology and Sports Medicine is the private practice of Dr Ravi Suppiah. Dr Suppiah is a rheumatologist with expertise in all areas of rheumatology and musculoskeletal medicine.    He has a subspecialty interest in sport and exercise medicine and has previously worked for OxSport in the United Kingdom.  He specialises in discriminating inflammatory disease from injury, and is uniquely skilled to treat both.

Dr Suppiah is trained and skilled in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnostic purposes, determining disease activity in inflammatory arthritis and for ultrasound guided joint and soft tissue injections.   Ultrasound is used a part of routine care.

Dr Suppiah has an academic interest in systemic vasculitis and has published research papers, book chapters and a doctoral thesis in this area.  In 2016 and 2017 he has been an an invited speaker at major international rheumatology conferences in the USA.  He is actively involved in investigator led and industry sponspored clinical trials in vasculitis and inflammatory arthritis.

Dr Suppiah enjoys teaching and is involved with general practioner upskilling, undergraduate medical school teaching, and co-ordinates the academic and professional development of the rheumatology specialist trainees in the Auckland region.  

Current public hospital appointments:

• Consultant Rheumatologist and Service Lead Clinician, Auckland DHB
• Consultant Rheumatologist, Counties Manukau Health

Overseas Training and Experience

• University of Oxford, UK 
• Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK 

NZ Training and Experience

• Auckland District Health Board 
  
• Counties Manukau Health
• Auckland Medical School
• Hamilton Boys High School