Professor Carel Le Roux

 Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Consultant in Metabolic Medicine, King's College London Gutherie Clinic (as of July 2018)
• Medical Director and Head of Weight Management Clinic, Medfit Proactive Healthcare, Dublin, Ireland (present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Diabetes diet
• Diet therapy
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hypertension
• Ketogenic diet
• Lipid disorders
• Metabolic syndrome
• Neuroendocrine tumours
• Obesity
• Pre-diabetes
• Weight loss

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 Teaching posts

• Professor of Experimental Pathology, University College Dublin (present)
• Reader in Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, London (2010-2012)
• Senior Lecturer in Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London (2006-2009)

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 Education

• PhD Imperial College London
• FFPath Royal College of Physicians in Ireland
• FRCPath
• FRCP UK
• MSc University of London
• MBChB University of Pretoria (1996)

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 Publications and conferences

• Lectured at national and international conferences.
• Published numerous high impact papers over the years that have influenced his field.
• Editor of peer-reviewed journals.
• Researches the increased mortality and morbidity associated with obesity and diabetes.
• Published groundbreaking research on the understanding of the physiological role and pathological changes in appetite control.

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 Prizes and awards

• Graves medal, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2015)
• International Federation for Clinical Chemistry visiting lecturer award (2014)
• Nicola Scopinaro lecture, International Federation for Surgery of Obesity, New Delhi (2012)
• Steno medal, Steno Centre, Denmark (2011)
• Trinity College Dublin innovation in Diabetes Medal (2011)
• Young Investigator: European Association for Study of Obesity (2008)
• Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Lecturer Award (2008)
• Cuthbertson Medal for achievements in nutrition, Nutrition Society (2008)
• Young Investigator Award: Association for Study of Obesity (2007)
• Endocrine Society: First Authored Student Award for Endocrinology (2007)
• Association for Clinical Biochemsitry’s Professor’s prize for young investigators (2006)
• Association for the Study of Obesity Student Researcher award (2003)
• Nutrition Society Postgraduate competition co winner (2004)
• American Association of Clinical Chemistry travel grant (2001)
• Final year distinctions: Internal Medicine and Chemical Pathology.
• Anglo American Open Scholarship (1991 – 1996)
• University of Pretoria Achievement Bursary: (1991 & 1992)
• Five distinctions in Matriculation exams (equivalent to A levels)
• Elite track and field athlete: represented South Africa (1991-1995)

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 Professional membership

• Chair World Obesity Federation Clinical Care Committee (2016)
• Board Member of Faculty of Pathology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2014)
• Director and Board Member of the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) (2014)
• Chair of the Summer School programme for the International Association for Study of obesity (2013)
• Board Member of the Metabolic Surgery Committee of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (2012)
• Chair of Nutrition Clinical Practice Group of the Association of Clinical Biochemistry (2009-2012)
• Steering Committee Member of International Diabetes Surgery Taskforce (2011)
• Steering Committee Member of UK LDL Apheresis Working Group (2010-12)
• Member of International Diabetes Federation Taskforce Bariatric Surgery (2011)
• Member of National Confidential Enquiry Patient Outcome and Death on Bariatric Surgery (2012)
• Member of Asian Diabetes Surgery Taskforce (2012)
• Executive Committee Member of Association for Clinical Pathologists (2010-13)

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