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Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Physician & Clinical Research Fellow in Endocrinology & Obstetric Medicine.

Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (London).

Specialist in the management of a wide range of endocrine disorders including diabetes, thyroid, adrenal, pituitary & metabolic bone disease.

General Physician

Research interests

In association with Imperial Collage London & Brown University Providence RI, my research focuses on the influence of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), on maternal and fetal hormone signalling, reflected in altered glucose & cholesterol metabolism.

Main Research findings:

ICP was associated with significantly reduced placental gene expression of 11β-HSD2 a protective enzyme involved in steroid metabolism

ICP is associated with an increased risk of developing Gestational Diabetes

Personal interests

Classic car maintenance
Current Affairs
Gardening
Scuba-diving: Advanced PADI open water certified
Riding

Awards received

Advanced Life Support
(Resuscitation Council UK)

Leadership & Management.
Imperial College 01/2013

USMLE Part 1 Basic Sciences 01/2010
USMLE Part 2 Clinical Knowledge 01/2010
USMLE Part 2 Clinical Skills 03/2010

MBBS O&G Merit 06/2000

MBBS Surgery Merit 06/2000

MBBS Pathology Merit 06/1999

Primary MB Distinction 06/1995

Publications

PUBLICATIONS
The metabolic profile of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy is associated with impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipdaemia and increased fetal growth. Diabetes Care 2015 Feb;38 (2):243-8

Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of Gestational Diabetes. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 2014

Cholestatic Pregnancy is associated with reduced placental 11βHSD2 expression. Placenta 2014;35(1):37-43.

Thyroid and other endocrine disorders in pregnancy. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine 2010; (20) 9: 265-271.

Behcet’s Disease and pregnancy – a review of the literature and treatment guidelines in the antenatal and postnatal period. Obstetric Medicine 2010; 3: 2-7.

Cardiac disease during pregnancy. MIMS Women’s Health (4) 2009; 20-26.

Venous thromboembolic disease in pregnancy – revised guidelines on investigation, treatment and prevention. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2009: 85; 489-494.

Martineau M, Nelson-Piercy C, Haskard D. Patient information leaflet Behcet’s disease in pregnancy. www.behcets.org.uk (2009 - 2013 & 2016)

Courses offered to GPs

Provision of regular free educational lectures to both Primary & Secondary Care as well as the primary author of the the North West London Type II Diabetes Management Guidelines (which in collaboration have now been adopted in several separate parts of the country)