Caroline R  Smith is Consultant Rheumatologist, The Wellhouse Trust, Barnet and Edgware Hospitals, Barnet, Hertfordshire, U.K. She specialised in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at King’s College Hospital, London, Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, and at University College Hospitals, London. A frequent visitor to India, she has taught at various medical centres, and done research, in the country.