About Me

Top Doctors recommended Endocrinologist Dr Mark Vanderpump

 

Thank you for visiting my website, I realise it's tricky deciding who might be in the best position to help so this information here is for you. Formerly President of the British Thyroid Association, I am a Consultant Endocrinologist in private practice within several London clinics.

 

Prior to this I was a Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Royal Free Hampstead and a Consultant Endocrinologist at the North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust. I am also a published author of Thyroid Disease (The Facts)

 

My training in general medicine and endocrinology was completed at NHS posts in the West Midlands, North East England and North Staffordshire and included clinical responsibilities for the development of endocrinology and diabetes services.

 

I am a Top Doctors Consultant and a 2021 Top Doctors Award Winner

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Once a year Top Doctors chooses 50 doctors as their Awards Winners. I'm pleased to say that I was nominated by doctors to receive one of these awards in both 2017 and 2021.

 

 Patient e-mail

"I found your name on the internet and was so relieved to find a doctor I could see without a gp referral.  For several years I had been feeling ill and tried to find a diagnosis. It was fortuitous indeed because you listened to my list of symptoms and arranged a range of tests that ultimately saved my life.

When the test results arrived you wrote a letter indicating I needed urgent attention and this undoubtedly led to a diagnosis of cancer of the caecum.  After a right sided hemicolectomy there was no sign of any metastases in lymph nodes despite stage 3 cancer.  I have thoroughly enjoyed the last 2 years of life and hope there will be more to come. I can’t thank you enough Mr Vanderpump, you were absolutely marvellous!" 


 

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Areas of special interest

 

My main area of expertise is thyroid disease but my clinical practice includes all aspects of Diabetes and Endocrinology. 

I frequently see referrals and manage some of the less frequently occurring conditions such as thyroid cancer; pituitary conditions such as acromegaly; and adrenal disorders including Addison's disease, plus calcium and bone disorders. 

 

 

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Teamwork

 

As my patient you’ll not only benefit from my own expertise and experience but, where required, by the skills of carefully chosen multi-disciplinary teams including Radiologists, Pathologists, Neurosurgeons, Surgeons and Physicians. I also have access to Dietitians, Diabetes Specialist Nurses and specialist nurse support for endocrinology.

 

Endocrine disorders can be complicated and far reaching so these multi-disciplinary teams include:

 

The acute and general medical team at the Physicians’ Clinic led by founding partner Dr Paul Glynne

The Endocrine Multidisciplinary Team at the Cromwell Hospital led by Professor Fausto Palazzo

The Centre for Reproduction and Genetic Health in Great Portland Street led by Mr Paul Serhal

The Fertility Treatment Team at the Lister Fertility Clinic under Dr James Nicopoullos

The London Oncology Centre with colleagues specialising in pancreatic tumours and new immunotherapies

 

 

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Professional Credentials



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In the news

From time to time I am asked to talk about the conditions in which I specialise or to quote on a particular aspect of the medical world.  If you would like to find out more about this just click on the links below. 

 

High Street Health Tests - February 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13073609/High-Street-health-tests-worth-money-experts.html

 

Doctor shares three signs of type 2 diabetes that could show up before a diagnosis - July 2023

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1795304/type-2-diabetes-early-signs-symptoms

 

Recent coverage of the London Consultants Association Survey

https://www.independent-practitioner-today.co.uk/2020/06/adapting-to-survive/

 https://www.independent-practitioner-today.co.uk/2020/06/scale-of-pandemic-disruption-exposed/

 https://www.independent-practitioner-today.co.uk/2020/06/how-covid-19-has-affected-you-and-your-business/

 

Independent Practitioner Today - Help during the crisis - 11th May 2020

https://www.independent-practitioner-today.co.uk/2020/05/help-during-the-crisis/

 

Cover Magazine - Alan Lakey: Trust me...it's Trustedoctor - 29th April 2020

https://www.covermagazine.co.uk/feature/4014574/alan-lakey-trust-trustedoctor

 

Digital health London - Trustedoctor: What we're doing to support patients during COVID-19 - 28th April 2020

https://digitalhealth.london/trustedoctor-what-were-doing-to-support-patients-during-covid-19/

 

International Medical Travel Journal - Private Doctor Digital Consultations Grown in the UK - 15th April 2020

https://www.imtj.com/articles/private-doctor-digital-consultations-grow-uk/

 

Doctify - Diabetes and Coronavirus (COVID-19)- 23rd March 2020

https://www.doctify.com/uk/blog/posts/diabetes-coronavirus-covid-19?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Picture&utm_campaign=dy-uk-linkedin-picture-clicks-free-diabetes-coronavirus

 

Laing Buisson News - Sign up to digital platform trebles in wake of Coronavirus outbreak- 11th March 2020

https://digitalhealth.london/trustedoctor-what-were-doing-to-support-patients-during-covid-19

 

The Express - Type 2 diabetes: How much sleep you need each night to keep blood sugar levels in check - 6th March 2020

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1251355/type-2-diabetes-symptoms-signs-sleep-seven-hours-lower-blood-sugar

 

The Health Mania - Shorter sleep patterns may elevate blood sugar levels - 6th March 2020

https://thehealthmania.com/shorter-sleep-patterns-may-elevates-blood-sugar-levels/1722/

 

The Times: Three ways to boost your thyroid - 23rd July 2019

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/three-ways-to-boost-your-thyroid-7xnp55g0b 

 

BBC News: Thyroid disease being "over treated - 15th May 2019

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48265023

 

Top Doctors – Getting pregnant when you have a thyroid problem – 1st March 2019

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/pregnancy-and-thyroid-problems

 

Top Doctors – What is the thyroid and what is it responsible for?– 14th February 2019

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/what-is-the-thyroid

 

BBC World Service - Health - 16th January 2019

Will humans keep growing taller? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06y56zd

 

Top Doctors –Diabetes and depression -  6th June 2018

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/diabetes-and-depression

 

Top Doctors - 13th March 2018 - Iodine deficiency: modern lifestyle choices which can compromise your health 

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/iodine-deficiency-modern-lifestyle-choices-which-can-compromise-your-health

 

BBC Radio 4 - 30th January 2018  In their element - Awesome Iodine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09plrg0

 

BBC News - November 21st 2017 – 16th November 2017

NHS overcharged by millions for key drug, says watchdog http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42063274

 

Top Doctors – Can children get thyroid cancer? – 16th November 2017

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/can-children-get-thyroid-cancer

 

Top Doctors – Goitres – a real pain in the neck – thyroid problems in children and adolescents

21st October 2017

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/goitres-a-real-pain-in-the-neck-thyroid-problems-in-children-and-adolescents

 

UK Health Radio - October 2017

Changes in the use of private health and about Top Doctors http://ukhealthradio.com/blog/episode/there-are-always-changes-happening-in-the-nhs-and-our-health-system-i-spoke-with-dr-mark-vanderpump-and-dean-thomson-from-top-doctors-a-new-website-to-help-users-find-an-appropriate-doctor-and-get-s/

 

Top Doctors - Worried that your teenager has a thyroid problem? – 11th October 2017

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/worried-that-your-teenager-has-a-thyroid-problem-a-guide-to-thyroid-disorders-in-adolescents

 

The Endocrinologist - September 2017 - "Liothyronine (L-T3) treatment in hypothyroidism"

https://www.endocrinology.org/endocrinologist/125-autumn17/features/liothyronine-l-t3-treatment-in-hypothyroidism/  

 

 

 Top Doctors -  September 2017 - Hyperparathyroidism: causes, symptoms and treatment

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/hyperparathoidism-causes-symptoms-and-treatment

 

The Guardian - August 2017  - My comments on HRT treatment within an Health & Wellbeing article on the menopause

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/07/hrt-and-vaginal-moisturisers-heres-what-really-helps-menopausal-women   

 

Top Doctors - Thyroid Conditions during pregnancy – 29th June 20-17

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/thyroid-conditions-during-pregnancy

 

Top Doctors –Watching your waistline is not just about vanity its about health – 31st May 2017

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/watching-your-waistline-is-not-just-about-vanity-it-s-about-health

 

Top Doctors - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Graves’ Disease – 3rd April 2017

https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/medical-articles/symptoms-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-graves-disease

 

Marie Claire - March 2017

 http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/health-fitness/thyroid-disorders-479439   

 

Daily Mail Health Article - Feb 2017

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4220882/Feeling-chilly-Don-t-just-blame-cold-weather.html   

 

Radio Ulster - January 2017 - discussing Addison's Disease listen from about 35 minutes in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bb3ww   

 

Daily Mail - Health Article - December 2016

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4002952/Do-suffer-night-sweats-Don-t-blame-menopause-just-misdiagnosed-doctors-two-years-Wendy-discovered-cancer.html

 

The Times - September 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-real-reasons-you-cant-sleep-no-its-not-just-stress-0d0p0m5zz

 

The Guardian - August 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/15/testosterone-therapy-sex-drive-health-men-women    

 

Vantage Magazine Dec 2014

http://issuu.com/runwildmedia/docs/van_issuu_dec14

 

YouTube Dec 2014  - Thyroid Cancer - Patient Journeys -BTF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pro9cvUwvV0&feature=youtu.be&a  

 

Telegraph Sept 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11112141/Painful-proof-that-one-thyroid-test-does-not-fit-all.htm l

 

London Live July 2014

http://www.londonlive.co.uk/news/does-it-depend-on-where-fat-is-in-the-body

 

London Live July 2014

http://www.londonlive.co.uk/news/dr-mark-vanderpump-on-pre-diabetes

 

Pulse Jan 2014

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinical/tricky-ten-minutes-you-say-my-thyroxine-dose-is-correct-but-i-still-feel-terrible/20005710.article

 

Inside Health BBC Radio 4 Jan 2013 - Thyroxine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pp5zj

 

PPP Health Care (Live chat) March 2013

https://www.axappphealthcare.co.uk/Health-worries/Diabetes/Diabetes-and-its-impacts-live-chat/

 

Daily Mail September 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2034158/I-thought-heart-attack--thyroid-gone-blink.htm l

 

Daily Express Sept 2011

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/269399/Why-a-daily-glass-of-milk-is-just-swell  

 

Daily Mail August 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2023907/Why-feel-tired-There-illness-exhaustion.html

 

Daily Mail July 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2020557/Baywatch-actress-Gena-Lee-Nolin-tells-diagnosis-took-years-I-battled-thyroid-illness-Baywatch-bathing-suit.html

 

Daily Mail June 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2008826/Why-doughnuts-make-depressed--surprising-everyday-triggers-cause-depression.html

 

Independent June 2011

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/babies-at-risk-as-girls-fail-to-get-enough-iodine-2292040.html

 

Camden New Journal April 2011

http://archive.camdennewjournal.com/news/2011/apr/health-news-research-finds-schoolchildren-have-low-levels-iodine-which-can-affect-inte

 

BBC Website- April 2011 – Worrying levels of iodine deficiency in the  UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13034582

 

Daily Mail April 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1380507/2-thirds-teenage-girls-low-iodine-levels-future-children-risk.html

 

Daily Mail March 2010

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1160786/Imogen-Lloyd-Webber-I-work-I-kept-piling-weight-Then-I-told-thyroid-gone-haywire.html

 

Daily Mail March 2010

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1254714/Doctors-said-Ali-Jagger-greedy-8-stone-6-months--truth-far-sinister.html

 

Daily Mail January 2010

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1240649/Could-indigestion-actually-heart-disease.html

 

Mens Health Magazine August 2008

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/healthy/symptoms-treatment/7-deadly-signs-217839

 

Case Notes BBC Radio 4 April 2008

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/casenotes_tr_20080401.shtml

 

Belfast Telegraph May 2007

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/obesity-its-time-to-stop-the-fat-attack-28793327.html   

 

Times April 2007

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article1524827.ece    

 

Daily Mail September 2006

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-404724/The-hormone-makes-fat.html   

 

BBC Radio 4 June 2006 Diabetes Check-Up

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/checkup_tr_20060406.shtml

 

Guardian March 2005

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/mar/09/features11.g21  

 

Today Programme BBC Radio 4 October 2002 Pituitary disease

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2316419.stm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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