Medicine Matters diabetes

Pratik Choudhary, MBBS MD FRCP, is a consultant clinical diabetologist and senior lecturer. He serves as clinical lead for the islet transplant service at King's College Hospital, London, and diabetes lead for the pancreas transplantation at Guy's Hospital, London.

Dr. Choudhary’s main research work is based around mechanisms and treatments of hypoglycaemia unawareness and maintains a special interest in the psychology of patients with recurrent hypoglycaemia, and the associated changes in the brain observable via neuroimaging.

Dr. Choudhary is also interested in the use of technology in diabetes, with a large clinical and research interest in the use of insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring and closed loop insulin delivery. 

Lori Berard, RN CDE, is currently an international consultant in diabetes and clinical research based in Canada. She was formerly the Nurse Manager at the WRHA Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg Diabetes Research Group, Diabetes Nurse Clinician/Educator at the Wellness Institute Seven Oaks General Hospital and a Faculty Member of the University of Manitoba Department of Medicine Section of Endocrinology. She has 30 years of experience in diabetes and is a Certified Diabetes Educator. She is actively involved in many research and educational initiatives with numerous presentations and publications