* More than 25 years of experience* Consultant in Metabolic Medicine, King's College London Gutherie Clinic (as of July 2018) * Medical Director and Head of Weight Management Clinic, Medfit Proactive Healthcare, Dublin, Ireland (present) ...

* PhD Imperial College London* FFPath Royal College of Physicians in Ireland * FRCPath* FRCP UK* MSc University of London* MBChB University of Pretoria (1996) ...

* Chair World Obesity Federation Clinical Care Committee (2016)* Board Member of Faculty of Pathology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2014) * Director and Board Member of the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) (2014)* Chair of the Summer School programme for the International Association for Study of obesity (2013)* Board Member of the Metabolic Surgery Committee of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (2012)* Chair of Nutrition Clinical Practice Group of the Association of Clinical Biochemistry (2009-2012)* Steering Committee Member of International Diabetes Surgery Taskforce (2011)* Steering Committee Member of UK LDL Apheresis Working Group (2010-12)* Member of International Diabetes Federation Taskforce Bariatric Surgery (2011)* Member of National Confidential Enquiry Patient Outcome and Death on Bariatric Surgery (2012)* Member of Asian Diabetes Surgery Taskforce (2012)* Executive Committee Member of Association for Clinical Pathologists (2010-13) ...

* Graves medal, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2015)* International Federation for Clinical Chemistry visiting lecturer award (2014) * Nicola Scopinaro lecture, International Federation for Surgery of Obesity, New Delhi (2012)* Steno medal, Steno Centre, Denmark (2011)* Trinity College Dublin innovation in Diabetes Medal (2011)* Young Investigator: European Association for Study of Obesity (2008)* Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Lecturer Award (2008)* Cuthbertson Medal for achievements in nutrition, Nutrition Society (2008)* Young Investigator Award: Association for Study of Obesity (2007)* Endocrine Society: First Authored Student Award for Endocrinology (2007)* Association for Clinical Biochemsitry€™s Professor€™s prize for young investigators (2006)* Association for the Study of Obesity Student Researcher award (2003)* Nutrition Society Postgraduate competition co winner (2004)* American Association of Clinical Chemistry travel grant (2001)* Final year distinctions: Internal Medicine and Chemical Pathology.* Anglo American Open Scholarship (1991 €“ 1996)* University of Pretoria Achievement Bursary: (1991 and 1992)* Five distinctions in Matriculation exams (equivalent to A levels)* Elite track and field athlete: represented South Africa (1991-1995) ...

* Lectured at national and international conferences.* Published numerous high impact papers over the years that have influenced his field. * Editor of peer-reviewed journals.* Researches the increased mortality and morbidity associated with obesity and diabetes.* Published groundbreaking research on the understanding of the physiological role and pathological changes in appetite control. ...

* Professor of Experimental Pathology, University College Dublin (present)* Reader in Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, London (2010-2012) * Senior Lecturer in Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London (2006-2009) ...