Prof. Hector Chinoy

Prof Hector Chinoy is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Professor of Rheumatology and Neuromuscular Disease at The University of Manchester.

At Salford Royal Hospital, he looks after about 1,000 patients per year with a variety of musculoskeletal complaints as part of general rheumatology, specialist neuromuscular, combined psoriatic arthritis-psoriasis clinic, and in-patient work. He is also Principal Investigator on a number of clinical trials.

On completing his medical degree at The University of Nottingham in 1996, Professor Chinoy carried out medical training in Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester. He trained in Rheumatology in the North West from 2001-2009, completed an Clinical Research Fellowship at The University of Manchester, and was awarded a PhD in 2007. In 2009, he became a Consultant Rheumatologist and in 2010, was awarded a Senior Clinical Lectureship in Rheumatology to continue both clinical and academic interests. He became a Professor in 2019.

At The University of Manchester, Professor Chinoy conducts an active programme of translational research within the Manchester Myositis Research Group where he has research interests in genetic, epidemiological and translational aspects of adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. He supervises several PhD and masters students. He is Chief Investigator for MYOPROSP, an MRC-funded UK prospective observational cohort study, co-chair of UKMYONET, a clinical and research-based network in the UK, and international coordinator for the International Myositis Assessment & Clinical Studies Group.

He has presented multiple research abstracts and findings in national and international conferences, and is considered to be a global expert in inflammatory myopathy. As of March 2025, he has 271 publications in his name and has an h-index of 54. Professor Chinoy has also co-edited the Oxford Rheumatology Library textbook entitled ‘Myositis’.

His full list of publications can be found here: National Library of Medicine.