Dr Punith Kempegowda MBBS MSc MD MRCP SFHEA PhD

• 2022    PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
• 2021    Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Advance HE
• 2018    MRCP (Endocrinology and Diabetes) Royal College of Physicians London, UK
• 2014    MRCP Royal College of Physicians London, UK
• 2013    MD General Internal Medicine (Clinical), University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK
• 2011    MSc Clinical Science (Merit), University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK
• 2007    MBBS Medicine (First Class Honours), MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India

Dr Punith Kempegowda is an academic clinical lecturer and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy at the University of Birmingham. His research interests are in providing best possible care to people with diabetes and endocrine conditions and developing innovative and evidence-based programmes to teach and learn from each other. He is currently the chair for SIMBA which provides simulation-based learning opportunities and Chair for CoMICs which creates short evidence-based videos on various medical topics. He is also the lead for DEKODE, a multicentre cloud-based quality improvement programme for diabetes-related emergencies and PCOS SEVa, a multicentre programme aimed at understanding and improving models of care in PCOS. In his spare time, he is an avid traveller, an ardent movie-goer and a passionate foodie—none of the three even slightly exaggerated if you follow him on his social media. 

• Deputy Lead, AIP module, Year 5 MBChB
• Lead for Healthcare Systems and Technology Enhanced Learning

Reproductive endocrinology

Impact of steroids on metabolism in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

• DAISY PCOS - Dissecting Androgen excess and metabolic dysfunction – an Integrated Systems approach to PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome.
• 11 OXO PCOS - The role of 11-oxygenated androgens in androgen excess and metabolic dysfunction of women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Long term Testorone Replacement Therapy (TRT)

Influence of ethnicity on TRT

Improving diabetes and endocrine clinical services through quality improvement programmes

• DEKODE-DKA - Digital Evaluation of Ketosis and Other Diabetes Emergencies (DEKODE): diabetes-related ketoacidosis (DKA)
• DEKODE-Hypoglycaemia
• Improving management of patients with Cystic fibrosis related diabetes
• Steroid induced diabetes Quality Improvement Programme (QIP)

Acute and chronic endocrinopathies associated with cancer therapy

• Immune checkpoint inhibitors associated endocrinopathies

Medical Education

• Simulation via Instant Messaging-Birmingham Advance (SIMBA)
• Concise Medical Information Charts (CoMICs)

• Trainee Representative, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Health Education West Midlands, Since 2019
• Trainee Representative, West Midlands Physician Association, UK, since 2018
• Member of the Q community, the Health Foundation, since 2018
• Former Trainee Representative, West Midlands Integrated Clinical Academic Training Group, 2015-2016
• NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Endocrinology and Diabetes, 2013-2015
• Punith has been awarded a public engagement grant from the Society for Endocrinology, for the second year. The award will enable him to work closely with the IMSR’s public engagement lead, Dr Caroline Gillett, to build on lessons learned from last year’s experience conducting endocrinology masterclasses for school students, whilst adding in new goals to create educational materials on endocrine themes created by and for young people. This will be done by co-creation workshops with medical students and young people who then present their work to the scientific community.