Dr Malcolm Prentice

Dr Malcolm Prentice is a Consultant in Endocrinology, Diabetes and General Medicine with a special interest in thyroid diseases. He trained at King's College Hospital and has a BSc in Pharmacology from King's College, London. He has over thirty years consultant experience of inpatient and outpatient management of endocrinology, diabetes and general medicine. He was one of the first in the UK to set up a one-stop Thyroid Nodule Clinic with ultrasound and biopsy in 1990. He initiated the National Training Course for Thyroid Ultrasound and Biopsy jointly with the support of the Royal College of Radiologists, which he has run since 2005. He is the co-author of the National Guidelines for the Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (Editions 1 & 2). He delivers radioactive iodine treatment of thyrotoxicosis and goitre. He is a member of the UK Iodine Group. He attends professional meetings of The British Thyroid Association (former Secretary and Treasurer), Society for Endocrinology (UK), European Thyroid Association, European Endocrine Society, Endocrine Society (USA), American Thyroid Association, Diabetes UK, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists.

Thyroid diseases, thyroid nodules and goitre. The management of thyroid diseases in pregnancy. Thyroid ultrasound, thyroid FNA and ultrasound guided needle biopsy and cyst aspiration. Radioactive Iodine -131 therapy for thyrotoxicosis and goitre. Pituitary disease, adrenal diseases. Reproductive endocrinology, Polycystic ovarian syndrome. Calcium disorders, parathyroid diseases and related conditions. Diabetes type 2 and Diabetic complications. Metabolic assessment, hyperlipidaemia and medical risk. General (Internal) Medicine.