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About Dr Marc Aitken
Personal Profile
Dr Marc Aitken is a Consultant Rheumatologist who specialises in managing painful conditions of the bones, joints, and soft tissues.
Dr Aitken graduated in Medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 2009. After a period of post-graduate training in Lothian and Greater Manchester, he returned to Scotland in 2015 and trained in Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine in Glasgow. He was appointed as a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Centre for Rheumatic Disease at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 2020.
A keen educator, Dr Aitken has authored a staple undergraduate textbook in Rheumatology, as well as contributing to other textbooks and peer-reviewed articles within Rheumatology.
Dr Aitken’s clinical practice covers a wide variety of Rheumatological conditions including inflammatory arthritis, back problems and connective tissue disease. He co-manages a large cohort of Psoriatic Arthritis patients, with close links to academic colleagues at the University of Glasgow.
Clinical Interests
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Inflammatory back pain (Spondyloarthritis)
- Connective tissue disease
- Autoinflammatory disease
- Crystal arthritis (gout and pseudogout)
- Osteoarthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Joint hypermobility
- Soft tissue problems (such as epicondylitis and plantar fasciitis)
Professional Memberships
- Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow
- British Medical Association
