Meet the Endocrinologist: Dr Carel le Roux, Consultant in Metabolic Medicine and Obesity Update speaker

Meet Dr le Roux, Consultant in Metabolic Medicine at Imperial College London and Chair of Experimental Pathology at University College Dublin. During his career, he successfully established an independent research group and has been an important influencer in the field of metabolic medicine. His research focuses on diabetes and obesity, specifically the increased morbidity and mortality associated with these conditions. 

Dr le Roux will be speaking at Obesity Update 2018, in the debate ‘Will metabolic surgery replace pharmacotherapy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes?’ Ahead of the event, we interviewed him to find out more about his career path, research interests and his position in the upcoming debate.  

Read the full interview on https://endocrinologyblog.org/2017/12/18/meet-the-endocrinologist-dr-carel-le-roux-consultant-in-metabolic-medicine-and-obesity-update-speaker/