Alan Hakim

Consultant Rheumatologist and Acute Physician

Dr Hakim has been a clinician, clinical researcher, and educator in soft tissue rheumatic disease and Internal Medicine for 32 years and a consultant for 24 of these. Based in the UK, with academic affiliations in the USA also, he is recognised internationally for his work in the heritable disorders of connective tissue and specifically in the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). His portfolio of work includes several high-profile studies in the genetics, genomics, proteomics, and epidemiology of EDS and HSD, and he works closely with academic labs and clinicians in the field facilitating research, research funding and identifying opportunities across translational medicine to better understand disease pathways and the development of new treatments in EDS and HSD. As a dedicated educator he facilitates learning, mentoring, and networking internationally as the lead medical advisor for various international conferences; the lead for the hugely successful EDS ECHO portfolio of programs, courses and events around the world; and he is the author and editor of a variety of information web pages, multiple research and review papers, several academic journal volumes, many book chapters, and 6 books in Medicine, Rheumatology, and EDS and HSD.
In his spare time he loves walking; cities, countryside, all good.