Metabolic Medicine

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Our Metabolic Medicine Theme includes world leaders in research and clinical care across the range of endocrine and metabolic related disorders. More than a million Australians are now affected by diabetes, making it one of the fastest growing chronic conditions across the nation. Our Metabolic Medicine Theme is tackling this enormous challenge and related issues first-hand, by bringing together researchers, clinicians and academics.

This theme is also working to provide cutting edge research in the areas of obesity, men’s health, endocrinology and endocrine hypertension, kidney disease, bone disorders including osteoporosis, pituitary disease and developmental biology.

Generation and implementation of new knowledge concerning management and healthcare delivery of endocrine disorders is important for improving patient-centred care and health outcomes.

Dr Clement Lo
Endocrinologist
Monash Health

This theme is led by Professor Chris Gilfillan.

Professor Chris Gilfillan

Professor Chris Gilfillan is currently Director of Endocrinology at Eastern Health and has private endocrine practices in Frankston and Box Hill. He oversees an active clinical research program and has clinical interest in all aspects of endocrinology and research interests in type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease and thyroid cancer. He is a Clinical Professor in the Monash Department of Medicine and the Eastern Clinical School and involved in the teaching and medical students, and basic physician trainees in endocrinology and internal medicine.

The Metabolic Medicine Steering Committee brings together researchers, specialists and clinicians from across Monash Partners. They include:

Professor Chris Gilfillan (Lead)
Professor Wendy Brown
Professor Mark Cooper
Professor Michael Cowley
Professor Peter Fuller
Dr Kati Matthieson
Professor Robert McLachlan
Associate Professor Genie Pedagogos
Dr Debra Renouf
Professor Jonathan Shaw.

Monash Partners is proud to support the following projects within this Theme:

Precision medicine for hypertension: early detection of primary aldosteronism
Dr Jun Yang

Health-care for co-morbid diabetes and chronic kidney disease
Professor Sophia Zoungas

Does intensive glucose management, non-invasively assessed by a flash Continuous Glucose Monitoring system, improve clinical outcomes during acute pulmonary exacerbations?
Dr Georgia Soldatos

Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes (CFRD) Model of care: Optimising patient centred healthcare delivery in the inpatient and outpatient setting
Dr Georgia Soldatos

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