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Consultant Profile

Dr Rajeev Kumar

Name:
Dr Rajeev Kumar BSc, MD, MRCP, CCST
Practising at:
Spire Harpenden Hospital
Specialties:
  • Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
    • Thyroid disease
    • Parathyroid disease
    • Endocrinology
    • Diabetes
    • Obesity
    • Pituitary disease
  • General medicine
    • Thyroid disease
    • Diabetic medicine
Special clinical interests:

Type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus,  hypoglycaemia, insulin pumps,  hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disorders, electrolyte disturbances, osteoporosis and general internal medical conditions

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant Physician and Endodrinologist at Bedford NHS Hospital Trust

Year of first medical qualification:
1993
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

General Medical Council
Royal College of Physicians, London
Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland

 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
0800 585 112
Private secretary:
Jody Palmer
Private secretary email address:
jody.palmer@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk
Personal email address:
rajeev.kumar@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk
Website:
http://www.ukendocrinologist.com
Availability:
Alternate Thursday Evenings
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Dr Rajeev Kumar graduated from Delhi University (India) in 1993 and undertook his specialist training in Eastern Deanery (Cambridge rotation). During his career he has worked at professorial units at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (Glasgow), Addenbrooke's Hospital (Cambridge), Luton and Dunstable Hospital and QE2 hospital in Welwyn Garden City.

His clinical practice includes the management of a wide range of endocrine disorders including management type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus,  hypoglycaemia, insulin pumps,  hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disorders, electrolyte disturbances, osteoporosis and general internal medical conditions. He also runs a young adult diabetes clinic.

Dr Kumar has been a consultant since 2008, initially at Lister Hospital (Stevenage) and moved to Bedford Hospital in February 2010. He has published several papers in the fields of diabetes.

Dr Kumar can understand Hindi, Urdu, Gujrati and Punjabi.

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