Stephanie Amiel

Stephanie Anne Amiel, Lady Alberti, FRCP (born 17 October 1954) is a British physician and academic, specialising in type 1 diabetes. Since 1995, she has been the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine at King's College London and a consultant at King's College Hospital.

Early life and education

Amiel was born on 17 October 1954 in Farnborough, Kent, England. She was educated at Baston School for Girls, an all-girls private school in Kent. She studied at Guy's Hospital School of Medicine, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1975 and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees in 1978. She later undertook research towards a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree which she completed in 1988.^[1]

Academic career

From 1983 to 1986, Amiel was a research fellow at Yale University.^[1] At Yale she undertook research in diabetes under professors William V. Tamborlane and Robert Stanley Sherwin.^[2] She then returned to England, and was a research fellow and honorary senior registrar at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London from 1986 to 1989.^[1] Between 1989 and 1995, she was a senior lecturer and honorary consultant at Guy's Hospital in the London Borough of Southwark.^[1] In May 1995, she joined King's College London as the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine.^[1][3][4] She is also a consultant physician to the diabetes services at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.^[5]

Amiel's research continues to be focused on type 1 diabetes.^[5] As a practising physician, she specialises in intensive insulin therapy, insulin pumps, and diabetes in pregnancy.^[3] Her academic interests include diabetic hypoglycaemia, islet transplantation, and diabetes and mental health.^[2][3][4]

Personal life

In 1998, Amiel married the British physician Sir George Alberti. This marriage brought three stepsons.^[1][6]

Selected works

• Amiel, S. A. (February 2001). "Islet transplantation". Diabetic Medicine. 18 (2): 77. doi:10.1046/j.1464-5491.2001.00502.x. PMID 11251670. S2CID 42496791.
• Amiel, S. A.; Matyka, K. (2003). "Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes". In Sperling, Mark A. (ed.). Type 1 diabetes: etiology and treatment. Totowa, N.J.: Humana Press. pp. 321–343. ISBN 978-0-89603-931-5.
• Amiel, S. A.; Blott, M. (25 June 2004). "A Randomized Trial Evaluating a Predominantly Fetal Growth-Based Strategy to Guide Management of Gestational Diabetes in Caucasian Women: Response to Schaefer-Graf et al". Diabetes Care. 27 (7): 1848, author reply 1848–9. doi:10.2337/diacare.27.7.1848. PMID 15220290.
• Mathiesen, E. R.; Kinsley, B.; Amiel, S. A.; Heller, S.; McCance, D.; Duran, S.; Bellaire, S.; Raben, A. (28 March 2007). "Maternal Glycemic Control and Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetic Pregnancy: A randomized trial of insulin aspart versus human insulin in 322 pregnant women". Diabetes Care. 30 (4): 771–776. doi:10.2337/dc06-1887. PMID 17392539.
• Amiel, S. A.; Dixon, T.; Mann, R.; Jameson, K. (March 2008). "Hypoglycaemia in Type 2 diabetes". Diabetic Medicine. 25 (3): 245–254. doi:10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02341.x. PMC 2327221. PMID 18215172.
• Amiel, S. A.; Cryer, P. E. (26 February 2009). "Attenuated Sympathoadrenal Responses, but Not Severe Hypoglycemia, During Aggressive Glycemic Therapy of Early Type 2 Diabetes". Diabetes. 58 (3): 515–517. doi:10.2337/db08-1647. PMC 2646046. PMID 19246599.
• Amiel, S. A. (28 July 2009). "Hypoglycemia: From the Laboratory to the Clinic". Diabetes Care. 32 (8): 1364–1371. doi:10.2337/dc09-0113. PMC 2713613. PMID 19638523.
• Amiel, S. A. (April 2014). "A life in balance: wandering the pathways of control". Diabetic Medicine. 31 (4): 382–392. doi:10.1111/dme.12351. PMID 24765675.
• Amiel, Stephanie A; Pursey, Nancy; Higgins, Bernard; Dawoud, Dalia (26 August 2015). "Diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes in adults: summary of updated NICE guidance". BMJ. 351: h4188. doi:10.1136/bmj.h4188. PMID 26311706. S2CID 206907064.
• Thabit, Hood; Leelarathna, Lalantha; Wilinska, Malgorzata E.; Elleri, Daniella; Allen, Janet M.; Lubina-Solomon, Alexandra; Walkinshaw, Emma; Stadler, Marietta; Choudhary, Pratik; Mader, Julia K.; Dellweg, Sibylle; Benesch, Carsten; Pieber, Thomas R.; Arnolds, Sabine; Heller, Simon R.; Amiel, Stephanie A.; Dunger, David; Evans, Mark L.; Hovorka, Roman (November 2015). "Accuracy of Continuous Glucose Monitoring During Three Closed-Loop Home Studies Under Free-Living Conditions". Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 17 (11): 801–807. doi:10.1089/dia.2015.0062. PMC 4649721. PMID 26241693.
• Naidu, Vasanth Venkat; Ismail, Khalida; Amiel, Stephanie; Kohli, Reena; Crosby-Nwaobi, Roxanne; Sivaprasad, Sobha; Stewart, Robert; Lewin, Alfred S (15 January 2016). "Associations between Retinal Markers of Microvascular Disease and Cognitive Impairment in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Control Study". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0147160. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147160N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147160. PMC 4714814. PMID 26771382.
• Winkley, Kirsty; Stahl, Daniel; Chamley, Mark; Stopford, Rosanna; Boughdady, Monica; Thomas, Stephen; Amiel, Stephanie A; Forbes, Angus; Ismail, Khalida (January 2016). "Low attendance at structured education for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: General practice characteristics and individual patient factors predict uptake". Patient Education and Counseling. 99 (1): 101–107. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.015. PMID 26319362. S2CID 8377512.

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