Dr Pooja Sachdev is an Associate Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology at the University of Nottingham. She is also an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology at Nottingham Children’s Hospital based at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Her research interests include childhood obesity, Type 2 diabetes in Children and Young People and adrenal insufficiency with an emphasis on iatrogenic induced adrenal suppression. She leads the regional East Midlands Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) service for Children and Young People for Nottingham. She chairs the National Type 2 Working Group for CYP with Type 2 Diabetes for the UK and co-chairs the International Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) T2 SIG (Special Interest Group).
Dr Sachdev completed her undergraduate degree in Medicine in Aligarh, India and undertook further paediatric training in Delhi, India and the West Midlands and South Yorkshire deaneries in the UK. She completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield studying the use of intragastric balloons in adolescents with severe obesity.
Dr Sachdev’s current research includes studying the feasibility of low energy diets using total meal replacements to induce rapid and significant weight loss with possible remission in young people with Type 2 Diabetes to understand the acceptability of this approach in this population.
