Dr Laurel Young is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Senior Lecturer at University of Queensland.
She received her MBBS (Hons) at University of Queensland and internal medicine training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Rheumatology training was in NSW at St Vincent’s Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and St George’s Hospital.
She then travelled to Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading UK as a Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician and also spent 2 years at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, London. After spending 11 years in the UK working in the NHS, she finally returned to Australia.
She works privately in Redcliffe and at the Redcliffe public hospital. She has an interest in pregnancy and rheumatological diseases, new therapies and musculoskeletal diseases. Research interests include pregnancy and rheumatic diseases.
She has presented to trainees in musculoskeletal examination, medical students, GPs on joint injections and fellow Rheumatologists on pregnancy and rheumatic diseases. She takes an active interest in specialist training as an educational supervisor and specialist rheumatology services in QLD. She has actively lobbied the Health department to improve the funding and access for all Rheumatology patients.
She is the immediate past President of Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA) of QLD and previously on the board for the ARA for 4 years. She was a former member of the Education and Training committee for ARA and now the vice chair of the ASMPC committee. In May 2026 she was co-convenor of the ARA ASM held in Gold Coast.