Prof Carel le Roux MD

Prof Carel le Roux MD (Chief Medical Officer)

Professor Carel le Roux is a widely renowned metabolic scientist and researcher. He has published numerous high-impact research papers in the field and is a world-leading expert in obesity and diabetes. In particular, his translational research on the understanding of the physiological role and pathological changes in appetite control has been widely acknowledged. He has a variety of editorial positions on the boards of major peer reviewed journals.

He has been Senior Lecturer and Reader at Imperial College London and accepted a Chair as Head of Pathology at University College Dublin. He received the President of Ireland Young Researcher Award from science Foundation Ireland, a Clinician Scientist Award from the National Institute Health Research in the UK and a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellowship amongst others. He graduated from medical school in Pretoria South Africa, completed his Senior House Officer training at Barts and The London Hospital, his SpR training in metabolic medicine at the Hammersmith Hospitals and his PhD at Imperial College London.