Professor Timothy Barrett
Honorary Consultant Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Name:
Professor Timothy Barrett
Role:
Honorary Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist
Clinical/ Research interests:
Pituitary, Diabetes, rare diabetes
Biography
Tim is our Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and Professor of Paediatrics at University of Birmingham.
Tim trained to look after children with general paediatric and hormone problems, such as diabetes, growth, puberty, thyroid and pituitary issues.
He originally trained in The London Hospital Medical College, then had further training at Great Ormond Street Hospital, other hospitals in London and Exeter, then Birmingham Children's Hospital. Tim completed a PhD in rare childhood diabetes with University of Birmingham.
Tim now has a busy clinical practice in general and specialist endocrinology, and general and rare diabetes. He also leads a research team at University of Birmingham trying to find new treatments for rare diabetes.
Contact
- 0121 333 8188 (Liz Newey, Endocrinology)
- 0121 333 9269 (Lindsay Wilson, Diabetes)
Related services
Professional interests
- Childhood diabetes disorders
- Rare diabetes
- Rare endocrinology
- Type 2 diabetes
- Prader Willi syndrome
- Wolfram syndrome
- Alstrom syndrome
- Bardet Biedl syndrome
- Rare endocrine tumours