Dr Wycliffe Mbagaya
Consultant in Metabolic Medicine
MB ChB FRCP Edin FRCPath
"Spire Hospital Bristol is easy to access and offers a supportive environment for patients and staff."
Specialises in
I am a Consultant in Metabolic Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust. I run busy diabetes, lipid and inherited adult metabolic clinics, with continued leadership in laboratory medicine.
I have extensive experience in metabolic medicine, specialising in the treatment and management of diabetes, lipid disorders, electrolyte imbalance and inherited metabolic diseases. I manages patients with various metabolic conditions, including unexplained fatigue, trimethy laminuria and other malodour syndromes and regularly advise patients and other doctors on blood test results and their implications. I am particularly interested in the management of mineral and nutrient deficiencies, such as hypomagnesaemia, phosphate deficiency and vitamin D deficiency. With my background in metabolic medicine background I have an insight in management of metabolic effects of medications such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, chemotherapy and immune modulators. I see patients for metabolic optimisation before surgery, pregnancy and recovery phase.
In addition to my clinical roles, I participate in clinical research. I’ve been a principal investigator and sub-investigator in a number of novel cholesterol medications, with some now in practice and was an early prescriber of injectable cholesterol medications and GLP-1 agonists.
I am a Clinical Director for Laboratory Medicine at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust. Alongside my clinical work, I’m an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, teaching both students and doctors in training. I regularly teach on nationwide GP courses on metabolic disorders and laboratory medicine.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Wycliffe Mbagaya at Spire include:
Metabolic medicine
- Blood disorder test
- Blood pressure test
- Cancer tests
- Cholesterol level test
- Diabetes test
- Hormone test
- Liver and kidney test
- Thyroid test
Other treatments
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Hypercholesterolaemia
- Metabolic effects of medication
- Metabolic optimisation
- Metabolic syndrome
- Personalised medicine
- Prediabetes
- Vitamin and mineral deficiency
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Diabetes
Diabetic medicine
General medicine
Hypertension
Pathology
Stroke prevention
Thyroid disease
Qualification and professional memberships
MB ChB / Moi Universty Kenya / 1999
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MB ChB is a degree given to physicians at the basis of their training
Professional memberships
Association of Clinical Biochemistry
British Inherited Metabolic Diseases Group
European Atherosclerosis Society
Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Fellowship of Royal College of Pathologists
Professional leadership
I am the Clinical Lead for Pathology at Weston General Hospital and Year 3 Lead for University of Bristol North Somerset Academy.
Research and publications
Articles
Mbagaya W, Luvai A, Waise A. Diagnostic biochemical markers for heart failure. Pract Diab 2018: 35; 149-151
Barth JH, Luvai A., Jassam N, Mbagaya W, Kilpatrick ES, Narayanan D, Spoors S. Comparison of method-related reference intervals for thyroid hormones: studies from a prospective reference population and a literature review. Ann Clin Biochem 2017: 55;107-112
Mbagaya W, Luvai A, Lopez B. Biological variation of troponin in stable haemodialysis Patients. Ann Clin Biochem 2015: 52;562-568 Luvai
Current NHS posts
Consultant in Metabolic Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol
Personal profile
I enjoy spending time with my wife and two daughters, cycling and walking in the countryside.
Contact information
| Private secretary | Hayley Thomas |
| Private secretary telephone | 0754 822 2332 |
| Private secretary email | Hayley@remotepa.uk |