Endocrinology
Contact
- Outpatients appointments
- 020 3313 5000
- General Enquiries
- 020 3311 1065
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Endocrinology is a specialty service that sees patients with a range of hormonal diseases. For most of our patients their problems occur because they either produce too much or have too little of a particular hormone.
Deficiency of a hormone can cause symptoms that are difficult to diagnose and that make patients feel unwell in peculiar ways. If your GP thinks that your symptoms are due to a hormonal deficiency or excess then you may be referred to see one of our endocrinologists.
We have a nationally recognised pituitary service for specialised tumours such as Cushing's syndrome and acromegaly, and our outcomes for the treatment of endocrine tumours are some of the best in Europe.
Conditions and treatments
Our service addresses a variety of hormonal diseases and specialties, including:
- pituitary thyroid adrenal bone and parathyroid (gland beside thyroid gland)
- neuroendocrine tumours (in cells of endocrine and nervous systems)
- carcinoid tumours (slow-growing neuroendocrine tumours)
- reproductive endocrinology
Treatments we offer:
- Surgery
- Medical treatment
- Radiotherapy
- Dynamic endocrine tests
- Angiography
- Hormone measurements
Clinics
Endocrinology at Charing Cross Hospital
Address
Outpatients Department
First Floor
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Hours
Clinic hours vary – please check appointment letters for details.
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 5000
Diabetes and endocrine centre
Address
Outpatients Department
First floor
Mint Wing
Praed Street
St Mary's Hospital
London W2 1NY
Hours
Clinic hours vary – please check appointment letters for details.
Contact information
Phone (Dr David Gable and Dr Michael Yee): 020 3312 6012
Phone (Dr Jonathan Valabhji): 020 3312 6876
Additional information
Appointments are on the first floor except for the Endocrine Traumatic Brain Injury clinic which is held on the second floor of main outpatients.
Endocrinology at Hammersmith Hospital
Address
Main Outpatients
Ward B2
Ground Floor
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London, W12 0HS
Hours
Clinic hours vary – please check appointment letters for details.
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 4877
Meet the team
Charing Cross Hospital
Consultants
Professor Karim Meeran
Professor Waljit Dhillo
Professor Fausto Palazzo
Professor Amir H. Sam
Dr Niamh Martin
Dr Emma Hatfield
Dr Nick Oliver
Mr Nigel Mendoza
Mr Ramesh Nair
Dr Alison Falconer
Dr Amrish Mehta
Dr Brynmor Jones
Dr Florian Wernig
Dr Claire Feeney
Dr Sirazum Choudhury
Dr Aditi Sharma
Hammersmith Hospital
Consultants
Professor Stephen Bloom
Professor Karim Meeran
Professor Amir H. Sam
Prof Duncan Bassett
Dr Jeannie Todd
Dr Tricia Tan
Dr Anne Dornhorst
Dr Tony Goldstone
Dr Emma Hatfield
Dr Niamh Martin
Professor Fausto Palazzo
Dr Florian Wernig
Dr Sirazum Choudhury
St Mary’s Hospital
Consultants
Professor Stephen Bloom
Dr Harvinder Chahal
Dr Jeremy Cox
Dr David Gable
Dr Tony Goldstone
Professor Desmond Johnston
Dr Nick Oliver
Dr Stephen Robinson
Dr Michael Yee
Professor Karim Meeran
Dr Claire Feeney
Dr Sirazum Choudhury
Endocrine specialist nurse
Debbie Papadopoulou
Patient information
Before your appointment
You are welcome to bring a relative, close friend or carer with you to your appointment. You are also welcome to ask for a chaperone and we will endeavour to provide one for you. Remember to check your appointment letter for anything specific you have been asked to take with you. In some circumstances, you may also be asked to have a blood or urine test before attending your first clinic appointment as this will help to speed up your treatment. In addition, it would be helpful if you could bring the following:
- Your full address and telephone number(s)
- Your appointment card and appointment letter
- Your GP’s name and address
- Money to pay for any prescriptions, or an exemption card
- A list of questions you may want to ask your consultant
- Please also bring your tablets or a list of your current tablets with you
During your appointment
Please note that we are a teaching hospital, so medical students may be present for some appointments. If you do not wish to have them in the room please let the nurse or doctor know and the students will be asked to step outside.
We usually see patients within six weeks of referral; sooner if it is urgent. Please expect your appointment to take up to an hour; two hours if you require blood tests or examinations.
After your appointment
If you are hormone deficient, we can arrange for hormone replacement therapy. If surgery is required, we will arrange for endocrine surgery as necessary.
Refer to this service
GP referrals
Please use NHS e-Referrals to refer a patient to our endocrinology service.
Additional information
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care
We also offer private care services at Imperial College Healthcare.
All funds generated by our private care services are reinvested back into the Trust, supporting the development of both NHS and private care for the benefit of all our patients.
Find more information about private endocrinology services on our private care website.
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