Clinical Practice and Expertise

• Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh since 2018. 
• Extensive experience managing acute and complex medical presentations within a large tertiary referral and teaching hospital.
• Provides specialist NHS and private clinical practice care in:
  • All aspect of Diabetes care
  • diabetes complications 
  • All aspects of general endocrinology
  • Leads the regional thyroid cancer service
  • Adrenal disease. 
• Chairs regional multidisciplinary teams for thyroid cancer and adrenal disease across South East Scotland.

Medico-Legal Experience

• Over six years' experience as an expert witness in personal injury and clinical negligence cases.
• Accepts instructions from both Claimant and Defendant solicitors throughout the UK.

Clinical Interests

• Acute and general internal medicine.
• Diabetes and diabetes-related complications.
• Hypoglycaemia.
• Thyroid disease and thyroid cancer.
• Adrenal, pituitary and neuroendocrine disorders.
• Neuropathy.
• Steroid-related complications, including steroid-induced diabetes and steroid withdrawal.

Leadership and Management

• Clinical Director for Diabetes and Endocrinology Services, NHS Lothian.
• Leads services serving a population of over 800,000 people.
• Lead author of regional guidance on:
  • Diabetes therapeutics
  • Diabetic foot disease
  • Thyroid disorders
  • Steroid safety

Research and Publications

• Active researcher with a strong peer-reviewed publication record spanning more than a decade.
• Research interests and publications include:
  • Diabetes therapeutics and technology
  • Diabetes epidemiology
  • Steroid-induced diabetes
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Diabetic foot disease
  • Multimorbidity
  • Metabolic liver disease genetics
  • Acute and unscheduled medical care

Teaching and Training

• Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh.
• Regular educator of endocrinology trainees, general physicians and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
• Frequent invited speaker at local, regional and national meetings on diabetes and endocrinology.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin).
• Member of the Society for Endocrinology.

Awards and Fellowships

• Edinburgh Clinical Academic Training Fellowship.
• NHS Research Scotland Clinical Research Fellowship.