Dr. Amar Puttanna
West Midlands and University of Bangor, Birmingham
Amar Puttanna is a Diabetes and Endocrine Consultant in the West Midlands and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bangor. He is particularly interested in education, having won teaching awards from the University of Birmingham and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and currently sits on the MRCP Part 1 examining board. In 2018 he received an Excellence in Patient Care Award from the Royal College of Physicians for contribution to the profession. Between 2022 and 2025, he was National Medical Advisor for NHS Engagement for Sanofi UK.
He has been involved in writing guidelines including those on older adults with diabetes with the Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) and guidelines/patient leaflets for TREND-UK on diabetes and dementia. He was previously part of the Birmingham and Solihull CCG medicines management group and has worked on local guidelines for type 2 diabetes promoting newer therapies in cardiovascular risk reduction and specifically the section on frailty.
He sits on the editorial board for the British Journal of Cardiology and previously Diabetic Medicine Journal. He has been part of a nationwide diabetes education programme for care home staff. He has been an invited speaker to national and international conferences and has worked with the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and also the BMJ on their respective diabetes e-learning platforms. He is part of GoggleDocs, a medical education initiative focussing on cardio-reno-metabolic disease and is a former member and chair of the Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists Forum (YDEF) and one of the first Royal College of Physicians Chief Registrars.
Dr Puttanna's interests are in cardiovascular disease, diabetes management in older adults and translating research into clinical practice and is active on social media (@AmarPut). His work in cognitive impairment (DIADEM project) has won a Quality in Care award. He has a specialist interest in oral health and diabetes, working on improving awareness, cross specialty interactions and pathways and has helped develop online education with the University of Birmingham and delivered talks on this area at a national level.
He has been involved in writing guidelines including those on older adults with diabetes with the Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) and guidelines/patient leaflets for TREND-UK on diabetes and dementia. He was previously part of the Birmingham and Solihull CCG medicines management group and has worked on local guidelines for type 2 diabetes promoting newer therapies in cardiovascular risk reduction and specifically the section on frailty.
He sits on the editorial board for the British Journal of Cardiology and previously Diabetic Medicine Journal. He has been part of a nationwide diabetes education programme for care home staff. He has been an invited speaker to national and international conferences and has worked with the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and also the BMJ on their respective diabetes e-learning platforms. He is part of GoggleDocs, a medical education initiative focussing on cardio-reno-metabolic disease and is a former member and chair of the Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists Forum (YDEF) and one of the first Royal College of Physicians Chief Registrars.
Dr Puttanna's interests are in cardiovascular disease, diabetes management in older adults and translating research into clinical practice and is active on social media (@AmarPut). His work in cognitive impairment (DIADEM project) has won a Quality in Care award. He has a specialist interest in oral health and diabetes, working on improving awareness, cross specialty interactions and pathways and has helped develop online education with the University of Birmingham and delivered talks on this area at a national level.
