Dr George Farah

Professional statement

Dr George Farah is a consultant physician based in Reading, who specialises in diabetes and endocrinology. He treats both types 1 and 2 diabetes, thyroid disease and pituitary disease alongside hypogonadism, adrenal dysfunction and parathyroid and calcium abnormalities. He privately practices at Ramsay Health's The Berkshire Independent Hospital and for the NHS at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. 

Dr Farah has over a decade of experience in the management and treatment of endocrinology issues. Further to the specialisms mentioned above, Dr Farah also has expert skills in adrenal disease, testosterone replacement and diabetes management in pregnancy. 
      
Dr Farah qualified with an MBBS from Damascus University, Syria, in 2003 and underwent further training in diabetes and endocrinology at Oxford Deanery. Following this, he was awarded an SC in Diabetes and Endocrinology in 2013.

Dr Farah's clinical interests include endocrine hypertension, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as well as acromegaly (gigantism), Addison's disease and adrenal disease. 

He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians, London in 2011, and became a fellow (FRCP) in 2020. He is a member of various professional associations including the Endocrine Society, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and the European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) as well as Diabetes UK.