Dr Abd Tahrani
Dr Abd Tahrani is a senior lecturer in metabolic endocrinology and obesity medicine at the University of Birmingham (UoB). Abd is also an honorary consultant in endocrinology, diabetes and weight management, and the lead for weight management research and diabetic neuropathy services at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Abd is the lead for translational research at the Centre of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (CEDAM), Birmingham Health Partners. Dr Tahrani obtained his PhD in 2013 from UoB, which was focused on the impact of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in patients with Type 2 diabetes. He was awarded a SCOPE (Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education) National Fellowship in 2014 and a SCOPE international fellowship in 2020 from the World Obesity Federation. Abd’s research has the following themes: 1) the metabolic consequences of sleep-related disorders 2) obesity management, health care delivery and complications 3) diabetes-related neuropathy 4) the pharmacology of obesity and diabetes Abd has published over 150 peer reviewed articles and several book chapters. He delivered more than 100 invited and keynote talks in the leading conferences globally in the fields of diabetes, endocrinology, sleep and obesity. He was awarded the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Sleep Disordered Breathing investigator of the year award in 2013 and two personal fellowships from the NIHR (UK). Abd is an elected member of Neurodiab, a trustee of the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO UK), a panel member of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patients Benefit (RfPB), the NIHR Dissemination Centre, the program organising committee of ECO 2019, and the British Sleep Society Research Committee. Abd is also and an expert advisor to the Medical Technology Advisory Committee of NICE, the Single Technology Appraisal Committee of NICE and a member of the strategic council of the Obesity All Party Parliamentary Committee (Obesity APPG) in the UK. He is also the chair of the Clinical practice and Obesity Management Committee of ASO (UK) and a member of the Obesity Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) UK. He is a regular peer reviewer to many leading international journals (such as Lancet, BMJ and Diabetes Care amongst others) and research funding organisations in the fields of diabetes, endocrinology, obesity and sleep from the UK and globally. Dr Tahrani is an associate editor for the European Journal of Endocrinology and the senior editor for BMC Endocrine Disorders. He is a member of the post bariatric surgery diabetes management guidelines for the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS). He was an examiner to the RCP and a member of the Clinical Committee of the Society for Endocrinology (SfE).
Dr Garry Tan
Dr Garry Tan is a consultant in diabetes at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (OCDEM). He is the clinical lead of the service and is involved in research and clinical care of both people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. He has previously worked clinically in many places across the country including Manchester, Hull, Nottingham, Derby, and London, and completed his DPhil in Oxford.
Dr Helen Simpson
Dr Helen Simpson is a consultant endocrinologist working at UCLH. She was a consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge for 12 years and has been at UCLH since 2017. She has a broad clinical experience within endocrinology in the out-patient and in-patient settings. Whilst at Cambridge she developed clinical services in these areas including an endocrine-genetics clinic and endocrine tumours service. Dr Simpson is currently focussing on late effects and transition services, as well as focussing patient safety, in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is part of the clinician team at UCLH working to implement Epic and is an advocate of patient portals so patients can be empowered. She is an active member of the Society for Endocrinology, being part of the SfEBES Program Organising Committee, editor of The Endocrinologist in 2020 and is co-lead for the new Endocrine Network-Endocrine Consequences of Living With and Beyond Cancer. Dr Simpson is a member of the RCP Patient Safety Committee, working with RCP, SfE and NHSE&I to improve care for all patients with adrenal insufficiency, including a new Emergency Steroid Card and National Patient Safety Alert, and working with at UCLH to operationalise this work. She works closely with patients support groups, being a Trustee for the Addison’s Disease Self Help Group and leads Twitter chats on adrenal insufficiency as well as (over) sharing cricket news whenever necessary. She is also a founder member with three others of the NEW-London Network of Endocrine Women in London and is excited to be supporting others in their career.
Dr Rasha Mukhtar
Rasha completed her medical degree at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, and moved to England after finishing house officer posts to sit the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test and continue her medical training and specialisation in the UK. Her specialist training was based within the Severn Deanery, with time taken out for research leading to an MD from the University of Bath. She has also completed a Diploma in Medical Education from Durham University. Rasha has been an associate lecturer at Newcastle University, and she is currently the FY2 Foundation Programme director at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey. In addition, she is a GMC associate and PLAB and MRCP(UK) examiner. Her research interests are type 1 diabetes, diabetes-related technology and antenatal care. In addition to direct clinical work, she is involved in several research projects, particularly diabetes-related.
Session 3: Endocrinology
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Dr Abd Tahrani
Senior lecturer in metabolic endocrinology and obesity medicine, University of Birmingham (UoB). Honorary consultant in endocrinology, diabetes and weight management, lead for weight management research and diabetic neuropathy, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Lead for translational research, Centre of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (CEDAM), Birmingham Health Partners.
Dr Garry Tan
Consultant in diabetes, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (OCDEM)
Dr Helen Simpson
Consultant endocrinologist, UCLH
Dr Rasha Mukhtar
Consultant in diabetes and endocrinology, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and censor, Royal College of Physicians
