Name and Position
Prof Ketan DhatariyaConsultants
Diabetes, Endocrinology & General Medicine
Contact Details
Main Telephone Number:01603 288170Profile
Department page: Diabetes and endocrinology
Post: Professor of Translational and Clinical Research, Honorary Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine
Specialities:Diabetes and endocrinology
Special clinical interests: Inpatient diabetes, perioperative diabetes care, diabetes related emergencies, and the ‘diabetic foot’.
Research interests: Hospital in-patients with diabetes, diabetes and dementia, the diabetic foot
Secretary: Cara Boam
GMC number: 3543346
Degrees & Universities:MBBS – 1991 – University of London (University College and Middlesex Hospitals Medical School); MRCP(UK) – 1994 – Royal College of Physicians of London; MSc Diabetes and Endocrinology (With Merit) – 1999 – University of London, MD – University of London, MS (Master of Biomedical Science and Clinical Research) – Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, FRCP – 2008 – Royal College of Physicians of London; PhD – 2017 – University of East Anglia
Professional Expertise: Professor Ketan Dhatariya graduated from the University of London in 1991 and did his diabetes and endocrinology training in London. For 2 years during his training he was also a part time General Practitioner in the evenings. He took some time out of his training to spend a year doing intensive care medicine and anaesthetics. After he finished his diabetes training in 2001 he went to do a 2 year research fellowship in endocrinology at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA. He was appointed as a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general medicine at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital in 2004, and Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of East Anglia in 2019. In 2026 he became Professor of Clinical and Translational Medicine, and Honorary Consultant.
His predominant areas of interest are inpatient diabetes – in particular peri-operative diabetes care, the management of diabetes related emergencies, and the ‘diabetic foot’. He leads one of the largest foot clinics in the East of England.
He has several national roles in the UK. He is currently the Chair of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and is also the immediate past chair of the Joint British Diabetes Societies Inpatient Care Group where he led or co-authored several national guidelines on the management of various aspects of inpatient diabetes care. He is the Chair of the Examining Board for the UK Specialist Clinical Exam in Diabetes and Endocrinology. He is the Section Co-editor for diabetes for www.endotext.org. He is an Associate Editor of Diabetic Medicine and Diabetologia, and was also an Associate Editor of BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care.
Professor Dhatariya has over 240 peer reviewed publications, and has published over 25 book chapters on inpatient diabetes, peri-operative diabetes care or on the diabetic foot. He has been named as one of the world’s leading diabetes experts by www.expertscape.com
Personal profile: Prof Dhatariya is married to Vasu, a pharmacist. They have two grown up children. He tries to practice what he preaches by getting on a treadmill most days of the week lifting weights and generally keeping fit. He enjoys all aspects of cinema and film, as well as reading. He tries to keep up to date with the medical literature by subscribing to several medical journals.
Because he is from North India, he speaks Hindi and Urdu fluently.