Atypical Diabetes Syndromes course
This session examines five specific paediatric diabetic syndromes, illustrated by a number of case studies.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Outline the different paediatric diabetic syndromes and the defective metabolic pathways relevant to each syndrome
- Explain the clinical differential diagnoses for rare forms of childhood diabetes
- List the diagnostic questions when investigating any child with unusual diabetes
This session examines five specific paediatric diabetic syndromes, illustrated by a number of case studies.
Dr. Dhaara Iyer trained in paediatrics in India. She came to UK for further training and experience in paediatrics. Dhaara has a special interest in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes.
Through her training as a paediatric registrar, she has worked in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and University Hospital of North Midlands.
Currently, Dhaara is a senior clinical fellow in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Dr Chizo Agwu. MBBS, MRCP, PCME, MSc, FRCPCH is also an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer/Deputy Admissions Tutor at University of Birmingham and RCPCH Principal Regional Examiner for West Midlands.
Other International/National Roles related to diabetes include:
- Member Executive Advisory council of ISPAD (International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes)
- Paediatric Section Editor: Diabetes Digest Journal
- Member NICE Guideline Development Group: Diabetes Foot 2013 to March 2015
- Immediate Past National Chairman, Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians UK
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