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Dr Varughese was appointed as Consultant Physician at the UHNS NHS Trust in 2008. He qualified in 1997 and started working in the NHS soon after in 1998. After training as a junior doctor and completing the MRCP examination, his first post as Specialist Registrar in Diabetes and Endocrinology was at the then City General Hospital and North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary at Stoke-on-Trent in 2002.

Subsequently, he was accepted on to the West Midlands higher specialist training programme in Diabetes, Endocrinology & General (Internal) Medicine obtaining CCT in 2008 from the JRCPTB. He has been instrumental in service development of various sub-specialist areas in Diabetes and Endocrinology at UHNM and has fostered a collaborative approach with other regional centres.

Dr Varughese received the prestigious Nye Bevan NHS Executive Healthcare Leadership award (NHS Leadership Academy) in 2016. A significant proportion of his outpatient workload involves treating patients with Diabetes and Endocrine disorders and in conjunction he also looks after inpatients in General (Internal) Medicine.

He is also involved with Keele undergraduate medical student teaching and postgraduate medical training. He is a Royal College of Physicians examiner and SWG faculty member for the MRCP PACES clinical exams. He has an extensive publication record with 70 listed items on PubMed indexed journals.

Dr Varughese treats adult patients with adrenal, thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary dysfunction (including Addison’s disease, Cushing’s disease, Grave’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis), and metabolic disorders related to sodium and calcium electrolyte imbalance as well as Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus focusing on microvascular and macrovascular complications to enhance cardiovascular risk reduction strategies.

Areas of interest

Adrenal dysfunction;
Addison's disease;
Pituitary disorders;
Cushing's disease;
Thyroid pathology;
Hyperthyroidism;
Hypothyroidism;
Parathyroid abnormalities;
Hyperparathyroidism;
Hypoparathyroidism;
Calcium metabolism;
Metabolic syndrome;
Type 1 diabetes mellitus;
Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Medical secretaries

• Lorraine King
• The Basford Consulting Rooms 540 Etruria Road Newcastle ST5 0SX
• 01782 614419
• lorraine@basfordconsultingrooms.com