He has over 25 years personal experience of living with type 1 diabetes and is passionate about improving care for diabetes. He graduated in medicine from the University of Cambridge and undertook his post-graduate clinical training in London teaching hospitals. He was a visiting scholar at Joslin Diabetes Centre, Harvard Medical School and completed his PhD in diabetes and obesity at Imperial College London. His research work with Sir Professor Stephen Bloom (2009-13) discovered a key brain mechanism regulating glucose appetite. He has received several training awards and prizes. He was appointed as a Darzi fellow in Clinical Leadership in 2014-15 where he undertook several large-scale projects aimed at implementing new models of care in diabetes and telemedicine. He is a course organiser and lecturer on a range of diabetes courses at Imperial College.