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Dr. Janaka Karalliedde

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King's College, London

Dr Karalliedde is a Clinical Reader in the School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences at King's College London and Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital London.
He graduated with a distinction in medicine from the University of London and was awarded UK Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellowship and PhD by the University of London for research on the pathophysiology and treatment of cardiovascular disease and kidney disease in diabetes. He has published widely in the subject of diabetic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease and has been awarded research grants from the UK Medical Research Council, Diabetes UK, European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes, National Institute for Health Research, and the International Diabetes Federation.
Dr Karalliedde is an active clinician, with expertise in managing patients with renal and cardio-vascular complications related to diabetes. He runs specialist clinics for patients with diabetic kidney and vascular complications at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital and has led the development of cardio-renal community diabetes clinics in South London that are focussed on early identification and interventions in people with diabetes at high risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease.