Dr. Smitha Nalla

OP Timing:

• 1996-1998: BVK Junior College, Visakhapatnam, India.
• 1998-2003: Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India
• 1996: Indian Certificate of Secondary education (ICSE)
• 1998: Board of Intermediate Education Examination
• 1998: Medical School Entrance Examination
• 2003: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery MBBS
• 2006: PLAB Examination
• 2008: MRCP Part I
• 2008: MRCP Part II
• 2009: MRCP PACES
• 2012: MRCP Diabetes and Endocrinology
• 2015 : CCT in Diabetes and Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine

• I am currently working as a consultant endocrinologist. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK (01/07/2013- 28/02/2015)
• West Suffolk Hospital NHS trust , U.K. (01/11/2011-30/06/2013)
• Ipswich Hospital,U.K. (15/02/2010- 31/10/2011)
• Ipswich Hospitals (05/08/2009-14/02/2010)
• King’s Mill Hospital,U.K. (01/04/2009-04/08/2009)
• Derby City General Hospital U.K. (03/12/2008-31/03/2009)
• King’s Mill Hospital,U.K. (06/08/2008-02/12/2008)
• King’s Mill Hospital ,U.K (01/08/2007-05/08/2008)
• Leicester Royal Infirmary,U.K. (August 2006 – December 2006)
• Leicester General Hospital U.K.(06/12/2006 – 03/04/2007)
• Leicester Royal Infirmary (04/04/2007 – 31/07/2007)

• King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam, India (01/11/2003 –30/04/2004)
• Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad, India (01/05/2004- 31/10/2004)

• Awarded “Seethamma Devi” Biochemistry prize in second year
• Awarded prize for highest mark in 1st MB Examination. (Rs 3000)
• National Talent Search Scholarship – Awarded by Govt of India

• Abduscens Nerve Palsy as a complication of Lumbar Puncture- European Journal of Internal Medicine- March 2008.
• Prevalance of metabolic syndrome in hypothyroidism : Experience in a tertiary center in South India- CHRISMED J Health Res 2016.
• Juxta adrenal schwannoma presenting as Giant adrenal adenoma - Endocrine abstracts 2011
• Sweating is only half the story- Endocrine abstracts 2011

• March 2002: Pharmacology of drugs used in Asthma, Andhra Medical College India
• May 2003: Pathophysiology and pharmacology of peptic ulcer disease. Andhra Medical College, India
• October 2006: Mortality and Morbidity meeting, Department of Orthopaedics, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
• May 2007: “Malabsorption” Department of chemical pathology, Leicester Royal Infirmary
• July 2007: Presentation of Audit “Cardio-protective role of HDL- Cholesterol” Department of Chemical Pathology, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
• March 2008: Case presentation of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea- Grand Round, King’s Mill Hospital.
• March 2009: Poster Presentation at Annual Professional Conference ,Diabetes UK- “Prevalence of Cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic control in children and adolescents with Type I Diabetes in a secondary care set-up”
• May 2009 :Presentation in Grand Round- “Intracranial haemorrhage in patient on treatment for NSTEMI"- King’s Mill Hospital
• Feb 2010 : Case conference meeting- Ipswich Hospital “Hypoglycaemia”
• July 2010: Presentation at quarterly meeting of Pituitary Support Group, Ipswich Hospital.
• November 2010: Oral presentation at Clinical Update, Endocrinology, Bristol- “Hyponatremia and management”.
• April 2011: Poster presentation –BES, 2011“Sweating is only half the story”
• April 2011: Poster presentation- BES 2011 “Juxta-adrenal schwannoma presenting as ‘Giant’ adrenal tumour”
• October 2011 : Case presentation- EASENET meeting “Case of Primary hyperparathyroidism- someone old, something new”
• November 2011 :Oral presentation at Clinical Update, Endocrinology “ case of Pituitary adenoma”
• February 2012 : Oral presentation – EASENET meeting “What to do in a crisis - Amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis, Carbimazole induced agranulocytosis”
• October 2012 : Oral Presentation- EASENET meeting “ One thing after another – Phaeochromocytoma patient with bronchogenic carcinoma”
• November 2012 : Oral presentation – Clinical Update Endocrinolgy “ Case of Diabetes Insipidus”
• November 2012 : Oral Presentation- Clinical Update Endocrinolgy “ Case of Phaeochromocytoma with bronchogenic carcinoma”
• May 2013 : Oral Presentation- EASENET meeting “ A twist in the tail – Gonadotrophinoma and prostate cancer”
• February 2014 : Poster presentation at National Clinical Cases, Society of Endocrinology : “ Hypercalcemia- A fortuitous bump on the head.”
• February 2014 : Oral Presentation : Pituitary Clinico-pathological Conference – “ A drink too many”
• September 2014: Oral presentation – Departmental meeting in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust – “Use of Email in patient communication”
• February 2015: Oral presentation – Departmental meeting in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS trust- “ Audit of NICE guidance on the use of long acting insulin analogues in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”.
• June 2016 : Speaker : International foot Conference : “Role of Anaerobes in Diabetic Foot ulcers”
• November 2016: Speaker : KIMS hospital, India : “NAFLD and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”
• December 2016 : Speaker : KIMS Hospital ,India : “DPP-4 Inhibitors”