Dr Stephanie Kaye-Barrett

Professional statement

Dr Stephanie Kaye-Barrett is one of central London's leading rheumatologists, with over 20 years of consultant-grade experience. She specialises in injectable and osteoporosis treatment and the resolution of painful musculoskeletal conditions including gout, fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis, alongside hypermobility and inflammatory joint diseases.

She is the founder of RTMS London at The London Clinic, the first rheumatology clinic in the UK to offer the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) brain stimulation technique for fibromyalgia and chronic musculoskeletal pain. RTMS is a treatment method that requires no medication and is recommended by the National Institute for Care and Health Excellence (NICE) for depression. the safety record of TMS has been well-established over many years of use. Dr Barrett introduced this to treat non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain that has not responded to usual modalities. Studies have also found that a course of rTMS treatments has been found to reduce pain symptoms in many patients with fibromyalgia. 

Furthermore, Dr Kaye-Barrett, who also treats lateral hip pain/trochanteric bursitis, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, and plantar fascitis, leads 'one-stop' rheumatology services at her clinics, where she advises on prevention, detection, and treatment of musculoskeletal pain and fibromyalgia. Additionally, she is a specialist in new biological therapies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and persistent inflammatory arthritis of the knee, in particular.

Due to her exemplary work, Dr Kaye-Barrett has been featured on BBC's series called "The Diagnosis Detectives", where leading experts in the UK diagnose patients with puzzling symptoms. 

Dr Kaye-Barrett initially qualified from Liverpool University School of Medicine, winning the final year clinical medical prize. She won the Graham White scholarship and Roaf Travelling scholarship to pursue specialist training abroad before receiving the Junior Clinical Fellowship from Arthritis Research UK. Her research subsequently led to her completing an MD at the Royal Free Hospital.

Among her many roles in public associations, Dr Kaye-Barrett was elected President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, in 2017 where she is now a trustee and member of council. She is highly involved in her field via both research, and the education of future rheumatologists. Her research focuses included osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency, gout, and early identification of rheumatoid arthritis. Dr Kaye-Barrett lectures nationally and internationally, and she underwent training as an appraiser for the Independent Doctors Federation (IDF). Furthermore, Dr Kaye-Barrett has been featured in all published Tatler's 250 Top Doctors Guides.

Currently, Dr Kaye-Barrett is working with the Royal Society of Medicine to provide medical education in live webinars and interviews regarding COVID-19 and the Cytokine Storm, as well as other autoimmune and auto inflammatory topics in relation to COVID-19. These live interviews and webinars were broadcast to 22 countries around the globe.