
Professor Luigi GnudiEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism in Central London
Professor Luigi Gnudi
MD PhD FRCP FASN FICP
GMC: 4383514Professional statement
Professor Luigi Gnudi is a leading, award-winning consultant diabetologist and endocrinologist based in central London who specialises in diabetes, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism alongside obesity, amenorrhoea and lipid disorders. He privately practises at The Lister Hospital, London Claremont Clinic and Italian Doctors clinic while his NHS base is Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Professor Gnudi, who further treats an extensive list of endocrinology conditions including menopause, Graves' disease and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is highly qualified with MD and PhD awards. He also has FRCP FASN and FICP fellowships from London, Italy and the United States. He obtained his MD with Honours from the University of Parma and then joined the residency programme at the School of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Padua where he completed his specialist training in 1993.
Professor Gnudi also worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Beth Israel Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, from 1992 to 1995. In 1999, he obtained his PhD in Endocrinological Sciences from Milan University in Italy, and in 2005 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the American Society of Nephrology.
Professor Gnudi, who is the head of the Metabolic Medicine, Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences at King's College London, speaks frequently at national and international meetings. He is active researcher and also has had over 100 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals.
He is the subject editor for various peer-reviewed journals too, and is a member of several professional organisations. These include Diabetes UK, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association. He's also a member of the American Society of Nephrology, the European Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group and ERA-EDTA.
The awards for his research include The Diabetes Research Excellence Award from the American University of Beirut, the Ruth Osterby Price Lecture, the Prof M. Viswanathan Honour Award Oration, and the Candlelight Lecture.
Professor Gnudi, who further treats an extensive list of endocrinology conditions including menopause, Graves' disease and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is highly qualified with MD and PhD awards. He also has FRCP FASN and FICP fellowships from London, Italy and the United States. He obtained his MD with Honours from the University of Parma and then joined the residency programme at the School of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Padua where he completed his specialist training in 1993.
Professor Gnudi also worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Beth Israel Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, from 1992 to 1995. In 1999, he obtained his PhD in Endocrinological Sciences from Milan University in Italy, and in 2005 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the American Society of Nephrology.
Professor Gnudi, who is the head of the Metabolic Medicine, Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences at King's College London, speaks frequently at national and international meetings. He is active researcher and also has had over 100 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals.
He is the subject editor for various peer-reviewed journals too, and is a member of several professional organisations. These include Diabetes UK, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association. He's also a member of the American Society of Nephrology, the European Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group and ERA-EDTA.
The awards for his research include The Diabetes Research Excellence Award from the American University of Beirut, the Ruth Osterby Price Lecture, the Prof M. Viswanathan Honour Award Oration, and the Candlelight Lecture.
Clinics

The Lister Hospital - part of HCA Healthcare
Central London, Chelsea Bridge Rd, SW1W 8RHMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 38 years of experience
- Consultant diabetologist and endocrinologist, The Lister Hospital
Subspecialties
- Prolactinoma
- Hyperlipidaemia
Professional memberships
- European Association for the Study of Diabetes
- Diabetes UK
Education
- FICP, Fellow Indian College of Physicians (2020)
- FASN, Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (2005)
Teaching posts
- Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (September 2011 - date)
- Reader in Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cardiovascular Division, King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (August 2007 - August 2011)
Publications and conferences
- Gnudi L, Fountoulakis N, Panagiotou A, Corcillo A, Maltese G, Flaquer Rife M, Ntalas I, Franks R, Chiribiri A, Ayis S, Karalliedde J. Effect of active vitamin-D on left ventricular mass index: results of a randomised controlled trial in type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Am Heart Journal 2023, in press.
- Mangelis A, Fountoulakis N, Corcillo A, Collins J, Vas P, Hussain S, Hopkins D, Gnudi L, Thomas S, Ayis S, Karalliedde J.
African Caribbean Ethnicity Is an Independent Predictor of significant decline in kidney function in people with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2022 45, 9:2095-2102.
Prizes and awards
- The Diabetes Research Excellence Award - American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 12th October 2022
- Ruth Osterby Price Lecture, European Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group, Helsinki, Finland, 19th May 2017
Languages spoken
- English
- Italian
Registration number: 4383514
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- Couldn’t recommend Professor Gnudi more, a very supportive and holistic approach.
- Prof Gnudi has been my clinician for 20 years he has always shown excellent clinical skills dealing with me in the round and introducing new therapies when appropriate he has a charming bedside manner and a very caring attitude I have no hesitation in highly recommending him