Basil Issa

Dr Basil Issa, Consultant Endocrinologist, is currently based within the Manchester University Hospital NHS Trust. He is highly specialised in the treatment and management of all aspects of endocrine pathology including issues with the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary gland, adrenal gland, as well as gonadal and lipid disorders. He is also very experienced in working with diabetes, especially with pregnant women.

Dr Issa underwent postgraduate training in endocrinology in Manchester, qualifying in 1992. He gained his interest in endocrinology while working within the Wessex rotation as a registrar. He then progressed to a fellowship within the University of Wales and also undertook a research degree focusing on the mechanisms underlying hypothalamic desensitisation in diabetic rats. This work resulted in him being awarded an MD(Res) for his efforts. After training, he was then appointed Senior Registrar in 1996 at the University of Wales, before progressing to his Consultant post in Manchester in 1998. He was then made a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2002.

Dr Issa is an active researcher, his current focuses are the utility of low energy diets in the management of diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, and adrenal disorders and tumours. His research past has resulted in several publications in peer-reviewed journals, he is also invited to present his findings globally at conferences.

• MB BCh Cairo University 1986
• MRCP (UK) Royal College of Physicians 1992
• MRCP (Ireland) Royal College of Physicians, Ireland 1992
• MD University of Wales, College of Medicine 1999
• FRCP Royal College of Physicians, London 2002
• PGCE Edgehill University 2010