Dr Rhoda Akilapa

Rhoda Akilapa is a consultant in clinical genetics at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She specialises in rare diseases, with particular expertise in skeletal dysplasias and connective tissue disorders.

Rhoda leads specialist clinics at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, including the achondroplasia, skeletal dysplasia, and cleidocranial dysplasia services. She also runs a diagnostic connective tissue disorders clinic at Guy’s Hospital, supporting both children and adults with conditions such as Marfan syndrome, vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS), Loeys-Dietz syndrome, and related disorders.