George Alberti
Sir Kurt George Matthew Mayer Alberti, FRCP, FRCPE, FRCPath, FKC (born 27 September 1938 in Koblenz/Germany) is a British doctor. His long-standing special interest is diabetes mellitus, in connection with which he has published many research papers and served on many national and international committees. He was President of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and President of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). In the 1970s, Alberti published recommendations for the management of diabetic ketoacidosis, a serious metabolic emergency which affects people suffering from severe insulin deficiency. This 'Alberti regime' rationalised the use of insulin and fluid therapy in this condition to the undoubted benefit of many patients.
Alberti served as national clinical director for emergency access from September 2002 to March 2009.[1] He has been professor and dean of medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and president of the Royal College of Physicians.
Alberti drove controversial changes to emergency care in the UK,[2] leading to some hospitals losing their status as emergency care centres.
Personal life
Alberti first married in 1964 and had three sons with his first wife. In 1998, he married Stephanie Amiel.[3]
Education
Career
- Research Fellow, Harvard University, 1966–69
- Research Officer, Department of Medicine, Oxford University, 1969–73
- Professor of Chemical Pathology and Human Metabolism, University of Southampton, 1973–78
- Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University of Newcastle, 1978–85
- Professor of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1985–2002 (Dean of Medicine, 1995–97)
- Professor of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London, 1999-2002
- National Clinical Director for Emergency Access, 2002-2009
- Chair of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 2011-2015
- Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College, London, 2002-
Honours
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (president, 1997–2002)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
- Fellow of King's College London[4]
- Member, World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on Diabetes, 1979–
- President, International Diabetes Federation, 2000-03 (Vice-President, 1988–94)
- Vice-Chairman, British Diabetic Association, 1996–99
- Vice President, Diabetes UK, 2000–
- Founder FMedSci 1998 (Member of Council, 1998–2002)
- Knight Bachelor for services to Diabetic Medicine in the New Year Honours 2000[5]
- Member of the Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering[6]
Notes
- ^ "National Director for Emergency Access - Sir George Alberti", Department of Health, 4 March 2008
- ^ Camilla Sutcliffe (28 July 2008). "Doctor's shocking claims over Blackburn and Burnley hospitals". Lancashire Telegraph.
- ^ 'ALBERTI, Sir (Kurt) George (Matthew Mayer)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 17 Oct 2017
- ^ "Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the College as at July 2017" (PDF). King's College London. July 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "No. 55710". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1999. p. 1.
- ^ "Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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