Dr Vijay Hajela is a Consultant Rheumatologist at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. He also offers private consultations in London at The Lister Hospital and Chelsea Outpatients Centre. Dr Hajela graduated from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1990 and has since gained extensive experience in Newcastle, Sheffield, New Zealand, London, and the South East of England.

Dr Hajela specialises in non-specific musculoskeletal pain, connective tissue diseases, and inflammatory arthritis. His areas of expertise include gout, rheumatoid arthritis, pseudogout, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and fibromyalgia. He is also proficient in treating back and neck pain, osteoporosis, polymyalgia, GCA (temporal arteritis), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

In 2000, Dr Hajela was appointed as a consultant and clinical lead at University Hospital Lewisham, where he served for ten years before moving to Brighton. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management from Keele University.

Dr Hajela is dedicated to providing comprehensive care for conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, work-related upper limb pain, and various forms of vasculitis. His interests lie in improving patient outcomes through advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.