Professor Raj Sengupta is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Lead for Ankylosing Spondylitis at The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath (RNRHD).

He is a member of the BSR Spondyloarthritis Special Interest Group, the BSR axSpA Biologics Guidelines Committee and a member of ASAS (Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society).

He has represented the BSR at the NICE TA383 appraisal for anti TNF in AxSpA. Professor Sengupta is a medical advisor for the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) and is one of the founder members of BRITSpA. Professor Sengupta was the recipient of the 2016 NASS Patients Choice award for the Best care provided by a Rheumatologist.

He is the principal investigator in several national and international clinical trials in axial Spondylarthritis. He has a number of peer reviewed publications on axSpA. Professor Sengupta has been an invited speaker on axSpA at several national and international meetings.

Ben has worked as a physiotherapist in community, secondary and tertiary care pain services, for NHS providers, for 20 years. These clinical services all aimed to support people in living fulfilling and active lives, despite having conditions which can often lead to persistent pain.

He did an MSc in Rehabilitation at Bradford University and a PhD at University of the West of England, Bristol. The PhD explored how to support people with persistent pain due to diabetes. He has had a number of peer reviewed publications in this area.

Ben teaches pain science courses for clinicians nationally and internationally for NOIGroup.