Dr William Taylor is an academic rheumatologist at the University of Otago, Wellington. He has a full time work load in clinical rheumatology. His PhD included time in Leeds where he worked on classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis. Subsequently he led the ACR/EULAR gout classification criteria project and was involved with the CPPD classification criteria work. He is interested in outcome measurement and value-based healthcare. Dr Taylor is currently co-chair of the APLAR COPCORD committee and was the secretary for the New Zealand Rheumatology Association.