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Dr Gary Meenagh is a Consultant Rheumatologist covering the Northern Trust region, based at Antrim Hospital and also performing clinics at Braid Valley Hospital in Ballymena. Within the trust he is clinical director for several specialties including rheumatology, cardiology, respiratory medicine and dermatology.
Dr Meenagh studied medicine at Queen’s University Belfast where he graduated with Honours and trained in Rheumatology at Musgrave Park Hospital and at the University of Ancona, Italy. In 2005 he was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine from Queen’s University Belfast.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He is a member of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Irish Society for Rheumatology.
He is a member of the organising committee for the Advanced Rheumatology Sonography website promoting the diffusion of musculoskeletal ultrasound within rheumatology in Europe.
Currently he acts as an Educational Supervisor for Queens University Belfast overseeing the training needs of junior doctors at Antrim Hospital.
Dr Meenagh has a wide research portfolio including osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and early inflammatory arthritis. He has collaborated widely with co-workers at the University of Ancona, Italy publishing articles regularly on musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology.
The clinical service offered by Dr Meenagh at Kingsbridge Private Hospital encompasses all aspects of adult rheumatology including rapid diagnosis and treatment of all types of inflammatory arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Degenerative arthritis (osteoarthritis), soft tissue disorders (frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis etc), connective tissue disorders and osteoporosis are also within his clinical remit.
After training in Rheumatology in Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast Dr Meenagh also completed a year of sub specialty training in musculoskeletal ultrasound at the University of Ancona, Italy in 2005.
He has published widely in medical journals relating to a variety of rheumatic disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, lupus and osteoporosis. Dr Meenagh was awarded an MD by Queens University Belfast in 2005 and subsequently a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Education by Queens in 2013.
His first consultant post was in Bristol, UK before returning to Northern Ireland in 2007 to take up his current post in the Northern Trust.Presently Dr Meenagh is Clinical Lead in Rheumatology for the Northern Trust covering clinics in Antrim, Ballymena and Coleraine.
Dr Meenagh's special interests include Musculoskeletal ultrasound - used both in diagnosis and therapeutic intervention in inflammatory arthritis and other soft tissue rheumatic disorders. Management of inflammation arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis with immunosuppressive therapy. Joint and soft tissue injection/ aspiration. Treatment of osteoarthritis, gout and osteoporosis.
Referrals can be made directly by General Practitioners, Hospital Consultants, other medical professionals and by patients themselves.
Related links for Dr Gary Meenagh: www.rheumdoc.com
Consultant Rheumatologist and Clinical Lead for Rheumatology, Northern Health & Social Care Trust at Antrim Hospital. Clinical Director for rheumatology, cardiology, respiratory medicine and dermatology, NHSCT.
Honorary Lecturer QUB
Vitali S, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Sakellariou G, Meenagh G, Paolicchi A, Montecucco C, Valesini G, Grassi W, Bombardieri S, Caramella D. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 ;30:817-24
Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Riente L, Meenagh G, Delle Sedie A, Sakellariu G, Ceccarelli F, Montecucco C, Bombardieri S, Grassi W, Valesini G. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 ;30:652-7
Di Geso L, Filippucci E, Riente L, Sakellariou G, Delle Sedie A, Meenagh G, Iagnocco A, Bombardieri S, Montecucco C, Valesini G, Grassi W. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 ;30:464-8
Meenagh G, Sakellariou G, Iagnocco A, Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Filippucci E, Di Geso L, Grassi W, Bombardieri S, Valesini G, Montecucco C. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 ;30:319-21
Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Sakellariou G, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Iagnocco A, Cioffi E, Valesini G, Grassi W, Montecucco C, Bombardieri S. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 ;30:152-5.
Sakellariou G, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Riente L, Filippucci E, Delle Sedie A, Scirè CA, Bombardieri S, Grassi W, Valesini G, Montecucco C. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 ;30:1-5.
Di Geso L, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Gutierrez M, Ciapetti A, Salaffi F, Grassi W. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012 Apr 26.
Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Delle Sedie A, Sakellariou G, Iagnocco A, Riente L, Gutierrez M, Bombardieri S, Valesini G, Montecucco C, Grassi W. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 ;29:901-5.
Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Riente L, Meenagh G, Delle Sedie A, Sakellariou G, Ceccarelli F, Montecucco C, Bombardieri S, Grassi W, Valesini G. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 ;29:757-62.
Meenagh G, Sakellariou G, Iagnocco A, Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Filippucci E, Grassi W, Bombardieri S, Valesini G, Montecucco CM. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 ;29:601-3.
Scirè CA, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Riente L, Filippucci E, Delle Sedie A, Sakellariou G, Bombardieri S, Grassi W, Valesini G, Montecucco C. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 ;29:465-9.
Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Filippucci E, Scirè CA, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Gutierrez M, Valesini G, Montecucco C, Grassi W, Bombardieri S. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 ;29:217-22.
Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Scirè CA, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Iagnocco A et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 ;29:1-5
Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Delle Sedie A, Iagnocco A, Scirè CA, Riente L et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010 ;28:803-5
Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Riente L, Filippucci E, Delle Sedie A, Scirè CA et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010;28:643-6
Scirè CA, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Riente L, Filippucci E, Delle Sedie A et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010 ;28:449-53.
Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Scirè CA, Iagnocco A, Gutierrez M et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010 ;28:300-3
Filippucci E, Scirè CA, Delle Sedie A, Iagnocco A, Riente L, Meenagh G et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010 ;28:2-5
Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Scirè CA, Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009 ;27:897-901
Riente L, Scirè CA, Delle Sedie A, Baldini C, Filippucci E, Meenagh G et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009 ;27:747-50
Iagnocco A, Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Salaffi F, Meenagh G et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009 ;27:547-51.
Scirè CA, Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Salaffi F et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009 ;27:391-4
Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Delle Sedie A, Salaffi F, Riente L, Iagnocco A et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009 ; 27:197-200
Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Scirè CA et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009;27:3-6
Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Epis O et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2009;26:982-5.
Iagnocco A, Epis O, Delle Sedie A, Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Riente L et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008 ;26:759-62
Epis O, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008 ;26:515-8
Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Epis O et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008 ;26:391-4
Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Epis O et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008 ;26:230-3
Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Epis O, Iagnocco A, Riente L, Delle Sedie A et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008 ;26:1-4
Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 ;25:806-9
Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 ;25:672-5
Salaffi F, Filippucci E, Carotti M, Naredo E, Meenagh G, Ciapetti A et al. Rheumatology 2008 ;47:54-8
Iagnocco A, Perella C, Naredo E, Meenagh G, Ceccarelli F, Tripodo E et al. Rheumatol 2007 19; 304-5
Della Sede A, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Valesini G et al.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25:513-7.
Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Abbattista T, Busilacchi P, Grassi W. Rheumatology 2007 ;46:1736
Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Grassi W et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 ;25:349-53
Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25:172-75.
Filippucci E, Meenagh G, De Agustin JJ, De Miguel E, Iagnocco A, Mayordomo L et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25:116.
Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Riente L, Delle Sedie A, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25:5-10.
Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Iagnocco A, Ciapetti A, Taggart, Grassi W. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Feb 28; [Epub ahead of print]
Della Sede A, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Valesini G et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006 Nov-Dec;24(6):617-21
Grassi W, Meenagh G, Pascual E, Filippucci E Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2006; 36: 197-202
Meenagh G, Filippucci E, Kane D, Taggart A, Grassi W. Rheumatology 2006
Meenagh G, Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Riente L, Della Sede A, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006;24: 357-60
Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Della Sede A, Riente, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006;24: 229-32
Armstrong DJ, Meenagh GK, Bickle I, Lee AS, Curran ES, Finch MB Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Jul 19
Filippucci E, Iagnocco A, Meenagh G, Riente L, Della Sede A, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006;24:118-22
Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Della Sede A, Riente, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006;24:6-11.
Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Della Sede A, Riente L, Bombardieri S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006;24:1-5.
Taggart A, Filippucci E, Wright G, Bell A, Cairns A, Meenagh G et al. Rheumatology 2006; 45:102-5
Meenagh GK, McGibbon D, Nixon J, Wright GD, Doherty M, Hughes A. Arthr Rheum 2005; 52: 2040-43
Duffy EM, Meenagh GK, McMillan SA, Strain SJ, Hannigan BM, Bell AL. J Rheumatol 2004; 8: 1551-6
Meenagh G, Patton J, Kynes C, Wright GD. Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1260-3
Gormley GJ, Steele WK, Gilliland A, Leggett P, Wright GD, Bell AL, Matthews C, Meenagh G, Wylie E, Mulligan R, Stevenson M, O’Reilly M, Taggart AJ. Rheumatology 2003; 31: 1093
Cairns AP, McMillan SA, Crockard AD, Meenagh GK, Duffy EM, Armstrong DA, Bell AL. Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 272-3
McHenry M, Meenagh G, Wright GD. Ulster Medical Journal 2003; 72: 52-4
Gormley G, Steele K, Gilliland D, Leggett P, Mulligan R, Wylie E, Matthews C, Meenagh G, Taggart A, Bell A, Wright G, Stevenson M, McKane R, O’Reilly D. IJMedSci 2002; 170 Supplement 3: 22
Campalani E, Meenagh GK, Finch MB. Ann Rheum Dis 2002; 61: 102
Meenagh GK, Wright GD Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60: 650-2
Gormley G, Steele K, Gilliland D, Stevenson M, Matthews C, Meenagh G, Bell A, Taggart A, McKane R, O’Reilly D. Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60: 638-9
Meenagh GK, McHenry M, Wright GD Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60: 313
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