e-Consultation with specialists in Obesity

Professional statement

Professor Carel le Roux is an award-winning specialist in metabolic medicine and is recognised as a leading expert in metabolism and obesity. His areas of expertise include type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular risk and metabolic disorders. Professor le Roux holds clinics in Dublin, Ireland and practices regularly at King's College Hospital Guthrie Clinic, London.  He has published numerous high-impact papers over the years and has also been able to take up a variety of editorial positions in peer-reviewed journals.  Professor le Roux established a successful independent research group and his research in the understanding of the physiological role and pathological changes in appetite control has been widely acknowledged for his analysis in this area.    

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Professional statement

Based in London, Dr Barbara McGowan is a leading expert in endocrinology. Her special interests include weight loss, bariatric medicine, polycystic ovarian syndrome, thyroid problems, infertility, adrenal disease and pituitary disorders and arenal disease. Outside of her clinic she is dedicated to research, her work has been recognised by NIHR/RCP who awarded her for her 'outstanding contribution to research' in 2016. She has obtained other awards for her research including the Glaxo-Wellcome-Blackwell clinical prize and the London Lock Memorial Prize. She practices from Guy's Hospital and BMI Bishops Wood while also serving as Honorary Senior Lecturer at King's College London.

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Dr Sandip Ghosh is an expert consultant endocrinologist based in Birmingham, who specialises in the management of all aspects of diabetes. His areas of interests include the management of diabetes and its complications, obesity, management of diabetes for surgery/pregnancy, new therapies and technologies related to diabetes and disorders of sex hormone abnormality, thyroid disease, adrenal disease, and pituitary disease. Dr Sandip Ghosh ensures that he provides his patients the highest level of quality of care, and was awarded the UK Diabetes Healthcare Professional of the Year 2017 by the Quality in Care (QIC) programme. Dr Ghosh leads the Inpatient Diabetes Service at the University Hospital Birmingham, has been involved in developing several guidelines for managing patients with diabetes, and has led on a number of Quality Improvement projects to improve patient carewhich have been widely recognised nationally.  He is passionate about teaching and training fellow doctors and medical students, and is a regular examiner for the Royal College of Physicians UK and the medical school of the University of Birmingham. He is actively associated with diabetes research and is a member of the Diabetes Translational Research Group, University Hospital Birmingham. He has authored a number of peer-reviewed articles in medical journals. He has been a consultant endocrinologist for more than a decade and undertakes medico-legal review for medical negligence cases.

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