Clinical Focus
Care is provided to both out-patients and in-patients. A well experienced clinical nutritionist, diabetic nurse and physician assistant in the endocrine team enhance our strength in offering services to our patients.
Services Offered
Diabetes Care
The diabetes clinic offers comprehensive and intensive management of diabetes and its complications including retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy and ischemic heart disease.
Obesity Management
Apart from the hormonal assessment for obesity which is one of the common endocrine problems, a multidisciplinary team offering dietary counselling, physiotherapy, clinical psychology and drug therapy is available.
Thyroid disorders
A coordinated team management of thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer and thyroid functional disorders is provided by consultant endocrinologists, consultant radiologists, experienced pathologists, expert nuclear physician and skilled thyroid surgeons. A follow up thyroid clinic is in place for postoperative and post radioiodine therapy patients.
Paediatric Endocrine disorders
A dedicated outpatient clinic for paediatric endocrine disorders has been offered to take care of children and adolescents with disorders of growth, puberty, thyroid, bone & diabetes.
Metabolic bone disorders
The bone clinic of the department deals with the commonly unrecognized branch of endocrinology including osteoporosis, osteomalacia & parathyroid disorders. A dedicated Bone Densitometer, the DEXA (Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) helps in early diagnosis and intervention in people with/at risk for fractures.
Pituitary disorders
An excellent neuro-endocrine team comprising of consultant endocrinologists, and consultant neurosurgeons experienced in pituitary surgeries is committed in delivering the best care in pituitary disorders.
Adrenal disorders
Consultant endocrinologists & urologists experienced in adrenal surgeries & radiologists provide good care in adrenal disorders.
Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
- Paediatric: Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
- Adult Type 1, Type 2 Diabetes, and LADA
- Secondary diabetes and genetic Syndromes
- Diabetes in pregnancy, including gestational diabetes
- Post-transplant diabetes, Prevention of diabetes
- Care of comorbidities
- Including diabetic foot and neuropathy, Obesity
- Genetic syndromes of obesity
- The metabolic Syndrome
Disorders of the Thyroid
- Hypothyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Thyroid nodules
- Multinodular goitre
- Thyroid cancer
Bone and Mineral Metabolism
- Hypercalcaemia
- Hypocalcaemia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Osteomalacia
- Osteoporosis
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Congenital disorders of bone and mineral metabolism
- Rickets
- Hypophosphatemia, Paget’s disease of the bone
Growth and Its Disorders
- Growth hormone deficiency
- Hypopituitarism
- Turner’s syndrome
Disorders of the Adrenal Glands
- Hypoadrenalism including Addison’s disease
- Cushing’ syndrome
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Pheochromocytoma
- Neuroendocrine tumours
Disorders of Genital, Sexual Development and Function
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Precocious puberty
- Delayed puberty
- Hypogonadism
- Genetic disorders of the testis and ovaries
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Premature ovarian failure
- Menopause and its disorders
- Endocrine aspects of male and female infertility
Pituitary and Its Disorders
- Growth
- Acromegaly
- Cushing’ syndrome
- Tumours of the pituitary and Hypothalamus
- Diabetes insipidus
Facilities and Other Services Offered: Central endocrine laboratory, Nuclear medicine, including I131 ablation, Imaging and DEXA, dynamic testing, FNAC, and infusions.