Dr Basil Issa, Consultant Endocrinologist
Dr Basil Issa
Consultant Endocrinologist
Dr Basil Issa MB BCh, MD, FRCP
Consultant Endocrinologist
Dr Issa is a recommended Consultant Endocrinologist
Areas of expertise
- All aspects of diabetes management including the management of diabetes complications
- Thyroid disorders
- Parathyroid disease and disorders of calcium metabolism
- Pituitary disease
- Adrenal disease
Recommendations for Dr Issa
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Recommended by:
byDr Ilan Lieberman, Consultant in Pain Medicine
❝Excellent patient feedback and sensible clinician❞
by Dr Neil Davidson, Consultant Cardiologist
❝Dr Basil Issa is an excellent general physician and an endocrinologist.❞
by Dr Jaydeep Sarma, Cardiologist
❝Gold standard opinion on diabetic and endocrine problems❞
by Dr Simon Horner, Cardiologist
❝Really excellent clinician. Well liked by patients.❞
by Dr David Fox, Cardiologist
❝Excellent clinician. Happy to refer my patients.❞
byDr Ilan Lieberman, Consultant in Pain Medicine
❝Excellent patient feedback and sensible clinician❞
by Dr Neil Davidson, Consultant Cardiologist
❝Dr Basil Issa is an excellent general physician and an endocrinologist.❞
by Dr Jaydeep Sarma, Cardiologist
❝Gold standard opinion on diabetic and endocrine problems❞
by Dr Simon Horner, Cardiologist
❝Really excellent clinician. Well liked by patients.❞
by Dr David Fox, Cardiologist
❝Excellent clinician. Happy to refer my patients.❞
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Address
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HCA UK at The Wilmslow Hospital
52-54 Alderley Road Wilmslow, London, SK9 1NY
About Dr Basil Issa
GMC number: 3645815
Year qualified: 1985
Place of primary qualification: Cairo
Dr Basil Issa is a senior Consultant Endocrinologist at Manchester University Foundation Trust. He has been a Consultant Endocrinologist since 1998 and has developed the Endocrine services at both North Manchester General and Wythenshawe Hospitals. Dr Issa has extensive experience in managing all endocrine disorders, including thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, adrenal, gonadal, and lipid disorders. He also specialises in endocrine and diabetes disorders in pregnancy and the management of diabetes and its complications.
Dr Issa completed his postgraduate training in Manchester, obtaining his MRCP in 1992. He developed an interest in endocrinology and diabetes while working as a registrar on the Wessex rotation. He then undertook a Clinical Fellowship at the University of Wales, College of Medicine, where he completed his MD thesis on "Mechanisms underlying hypothalamic desensitisation in the diabetic GK rat." In 1996, he was appointed Senior Registrar at the University Hospital of Wales before taking up his consultant post in Manchester. In 2002, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
Dr Issa has held several leadership and educational roles within the NHS. His research interests include the utility of low-energy diets in managing diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, and adrenal disorders and tumours. He has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at both national and international meetings. Dr Issa is committed to advancing the field of endocrinology through both clinical practice and research.
Areas of expertise
- Obesity and diabetes
- Thyroid disease
- Type 2 diabetes
- Therapeutics
- Neuroendocrinology
- Medical education
- Connective tissue disease
- Dementia and delirium
- Diagnostic problems
- Domiciliary visits
- Falls and rehabilitation
- Frailty
Professional memberships
Articles by Dr Basil Issa
Low dose tolvpatan (7.5 mg) is effective in the management of siadh in oncology patients (results from a retrospective audit at the christie hospital and wythenshawe pulmonary oncology unit)
Effect of extended-release niacin on high-density lipoprotein (hdl) functionality, lipoprotein metabolism, and mediators of vascular inflammation in statin-treated patients
Submucosal haemorrhage--or ruptured nodule in a multinodular goitre? ultrasound scan suggested recent haemorrhage in a left upper pole thyroid nodule
Effect of 2-week treatment with pirenzepine on fasting and postprandial glucose concentrations in individuals with type 2 diabetes
Urinary steroid metabolites in a case of florid ectopic cushing’s syndrome and clinical correlations
Undetectable urinary free cortisol concentrations in a case of cushing's disease
Pica in pregnant women with diabetes: does it really exist?
Diabetes in the over 50 years age group
