Current NHS consultant posts held
St George’s Hospital Tooting
Gender Identity Clinic
West London Mental Health NHS Trust
Research interests
His research interests are in the effects of erectile dysfunction and its treatment on the control of diabetes and the role endocrine abnormalities in the development of gender dysphoria.
Awards received
1987 Treasurer's Prize in Anatomy
1989 Jean Shank's Research Award
1990 Kirke's Junior Scholarship in Medicine
1991 Brackenbury and Bourne Senior Scholarship in Medicine
Honours in Pathology
1992Honours all subjects
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PRIZE: The Betuel Prize for Medicine
1998 Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellowship
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
Richards C, Seal L. Trans people's reproductive options and outcomes. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2014;
Ahmad S, Barrett J, Beaini AY, Bouman WP, Davies A, Greener HM, Lenihan P, Lorimer S, Murjan S, Richards C, Seal LJ, Stradins L. Gender dysphoria services: a guide for general practitioners and other healthcare staff. J Sex and Rel Therapy 2013; 28:172-185
Seal LJ. Male hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy. Medicine 2013; 41:557-561
Seal LJ, Franklin S, Richards C, Shishkareva A, Sinclaire C, Barrett J. Predictive markers for mammoplasty and a comparison of side effect profiles in transwomen taking various hormonal regimens. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012; 97:4422-4428
Seal LJ. Testosterone Replacement Therapy. Medicine International 2009; 37:445-449
Shariff M, Dhillo WS, Seal LJ, Todd JF, Meeran K.A case of excess growth hormone levels. Int J Clin Pract Suppl. 2005 Apr;(147):34-6.
Seal LJ, Small CJ, Dhillo WS, Kennedy AR, Ghatei MA and Bloom SR 2002 Prolactin releasing peptide releases corticotrophin releasing hormone and increases plasma adrenocorticotrophin via the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Neuroendocrinology 76:70-78.
A M. Wren, C J. Small, C V. Fribbens, N M. Neary, H L. Ward, L J. Seal, M A. Ghatei, SR. Bloom 2002 The Hypothalamic Mechanisms of the Hypophysiotropic Action of Ghrelin Neuroendocrinology 76:316-324
Wren AM, Seal LJ, Cohen MA, Brynes AE, Frost GS, Murphy KG, Dhillo WS, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR 2001 Ghrelin enhances appetite and increases food intake in humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:5992
Seal LJ, Small CJ, Dhillo WS, Stanley SA, Abbott CR, Ghatei MA and Bloom SR 2001 Prolactin Releasing Peptide (PrRP) inhibits food intake in male rats via the dorso-medial hypothalamic nucleus (DMN) and not the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN). Endocrinology 142(10)4236-4243. October
Wren AM, Small CJ, Abbott CR, Dhillo WS, Seal LJ, Cohen MA, Batterham RL, Taheri S, Stanley SA, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR 2001 Ghrelin causes hyperphagia and obesity in rats. Diabetes 50:2540-2547
Seal LJ, Small CJ, Kim MS, Stanley SA, Taheri S, Ghatei MA & Bloom SR. 2000 Prolactin Releasing Peptide (PrRP) Stimulates Luteinizing Hormone (LH) And Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Via A Hypothalamic Mechanism In Male Rats. . Endocrinology 141(5): 1909-12