Stephanie Amiel
Born (1954-10-17) 17 October 1954
Farnborough, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materGuy's Hospital School of Medicine
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(m. 1998)​
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Stephanie Anne Amiel, Lady Alberti, FRCP (born 17 October 1954) is a British physician and academic, specialising in type 1 diabetes. Since 1995, she has been the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine at King's College London and a consultant at King's College Hospital.

Early life and education

Amiel was born on 17 October 1954 in Farnborough, Kent, England. She was educated at Baston School for Girls, an all-girls private school in Kent. She studied at Guy's Hospital School of Medicine, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1975 and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees in 1978. She later undertook research towards a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree which she completed in 1988.[1]

Academic career

From 1983 to 1986, Amiel was a research fellow at Yale University.[1] At Yale she undertook research in diabetes under professors William V. Tamborlane and Robert Stanley Sherwin.[2] She then returned to England, and was a research fellow and honorary senior registrar at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London from 1986 to 1989.[1] Between 1989 and 1995, she was a senior lecturer and honorary consultant at Guy's Hospital in the London Borough of Southwark.[1] In May 1995, she joined King's College London as the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine.[1][3][4] She is also a consultant physician to the diabetes services at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[5]

Amiel's research continues to be focused on type 1 diabetes.[5] As a practising physician, she specialises in intensive insulin therapy, insulin pumps, and diabetes in pregnancy.[3] Her academic interests include diabetic hypoglycaemia, islet transplantation, and diabetes and mental health.[2][3][4]

Personal life

In 1998, Amiel married the British physician Sir George Alberti. This marriage brought three stepsons.[1][6]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 'AMIEL, Prof. Stephanie Anne, (Lady Alberti)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 17 Oct 2017
  2. 1 2 "Stephanie Amiel – King's College London". Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Professor Stephanie Amiel". Division of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences. King’s College London. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Professor Stephanie Amiel". Research Portal. King's College London. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Stephanie Amiel". Diabetes UK. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  6. ↑ 'ALBERTI, Sir (Kurt) George (Matthew Mayer)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 17 Oct 2017
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