Clinical A/Prof Srikanth Bellary

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Clinical A/Prof Srikanth Bellary

Clinical Associate Professor, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Aston University

I am a Reader in Metabolic medicine and a consultant physician with specialism in Diabetes and Endocrinology. I treat patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. I have particular research interest in older adults with diabetes, Diabetic Kidney Disease ,epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and new therapies for type 2 diabetes. have been a Chief and Principal Investigator in a number of clinical trials. I have published over 80 peer reviewed articles in major medical journals. I have held many leadership roles in the NHS and also serve on the editorial board of three journals.

Is diabetes remission really as hard to achieve as a new study suggests?

We have known about cases of type 2 diabetes going into remission, or glucose levels going back to normal, since the 1960s. But how likely is it that this treatment will work outside of the carefully controlled environment of a clinical trial?

Is diabetes remission really as hard to achieve as a new study suggests?

We have known about cases of type 2 diabetes going into remission, or glucose levels going back to normal, since the 1960s. But how likely is it that this treatment will work outside of the carefully controlled environment of a clinical trial?

By Dr Duane Mellor, Craig Russell, Clinical A/Prof Srikanth Bellary