Ralph Abraham
Director
London Medical College
UK
Biography
Ralph Abraham is the Clinical Director of London Medical, which he founded as The London Diabetes & Lipid Centre in 1991. Starting his career as a biochemist at Oxford, he did a PhD in Biochemistry at Imperial College on insulin resistance in obese mice, a subject that is all too relevant in the management of diabetes today. Abraham was trained at the Hammersmith Hospital and Kings College Hospital in gastroenterology and hepatology before specialising in Endocrinology and Diabetes at St Mary\'s Hospital and St Bartholomew\'s Hospital, leaving the NHS in 1986. Dr. Abraham works in full time private practice with a successful and recognised expertise in diabetes, endocrinology, lipid disorders and obesity management.
Research Interest
ADVANCED DIABETES CARE INCLUDING THE USE OF SENSORS AND PUMPS PREVENTION OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES HORMONE PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY THE PITUITARY AND ADRENAL GLANDS OBESITY, CHOLESTEROL DISORDERS