Consultant Diabetologist
Bob Ryder trained in South Wales and Sheffield. He has worked as a Consultant Physician/Diabetologist/Endocrinologist, City Hospital, Birmingham since 1991. Over the years special interests have included diabetic retinopathy screening; diabetic hypoglycaemia unawareness; diabetic autonomic neuropathy; diabetic impotence; clinical use of IT; treating to target; relative risks and benefits of pioglitazone He leads the ABCD nationwide audits of new therapies and devices – current live and active audits include closed-loop systems, Dexcom, FreeStyle Libre, testosterone and diabetes, oral semaglutide and the EndoBarrier worldwide registry. He is chief investigator of two ABCD EndoBarrier studies (https://youtu.be/xRcnMBOdb58, https://youtu.be/y1zm0Scq6YM). Beyond diabetes he is best known as principal author of best-selling "An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases", the 4th-edition of which is the three volume “An Aid to the MRCP PACES”.