Khurram Qayyum

Specialty Registrar in Endocrinology and Diabetes with broad experience across endocrine, diabetes and acute general internal medicine services, including inpatient referral work, outpatient specialty clinics, acute medical take, senior ward support and peri-operative optimisation. Current responsibilities include endocrine and diabetes registrar rota management, supervision of junior doctors, participation in pituitary and adrenal MDTs, and teaching of medical students and junior colleagues. Passed MRCP in 2020 and Specialty Certificate Examination in Endocrinology and Diabetes in 2024, with expected CCT in September 2026.

• CCT in Endocrinology and Diabetes / GIM , United Kingdom - 1st September 2026.
• SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes, United Kingdom - 2024.
• MRCP, London, United Kingdom - 2020.
• MBBS, Pakistan - 2013.

Junior Doctors Awards 2022 - Best Specialty Registrar, 

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, in recognition of clinical performance and teamwork.

• Hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis – could this be Cushing’s syndrome? Poster and abstract, ECE, international presentation, 2026.
• When PCOS is not PCOS: a diagnostic pitfall of non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Poster and abstract, ECE, international presentation, 2026.
• Ventricular tachycardia storm secondary to amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis: a complex case requiring multidisciplinary team management. Poster, AACE MENA, international presentation, 2025.
• Takotsubo cardiomyopathy secondary to phaeochromocytoma. Poster and Endocrine Abstracts Vol. 109, P19, BES, national presentation, 2025.
• A complex case of adrenocortical carcinoma requiring multi-dimensional approach: a clinical case report. Poster and abstract publication, Endocrine Abstracts, 2025, 109 P33, national presentation.
• A case of severe agranulocytosis induced by carbimazole in a patient with Graves’ disease requiring thyroidectomy. Poster and Endocrine Abstracts 2025, 109 EP46, BES, national presentation, 2025.

• ABCD Consultant Development Programme, June 2026.
• ABCD Diabetes Update, 2026.
• Society for Endocrinology Clinical Update, 2025.
• Train the Trainers course, 2025.
• ALS, Resuscitation Council UK, 2025.
• YDEF-DTN Diabetes Technology course, DTN UK, 2024.
• Leadership Management Seventeen Seconds, NHS England / Maxcourse, 2024.

• Maintains the endocrinology and diabetes registrar rota, organising ward, referral and clinic cover, managing short-notice gaps and balancing service needs with trainee educational requirements.
• Works closely with consultants and medical staffing to maintain safe, compliant rotas while protecting training opportunities.

• Delivered regular small-group teaching for Hull York Medical School (Year 1 weekly and Year 2 alternate weeks), leading to appointment as Honorary Lecturer.
• Designed, organized and delivered a year-long weekly teaching programme for final-year Cambridge medical students in Renal Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology, and previously taught Year 3 Leicester medical students.
• Provides ongoing case-based bedside and clinic teaching for junior doctors and allied health professionals during ward rounds and on-call endocrine/diabetes work. Completed Train the Trainer and Teach the Teachers courses.

• Audit of annual ACR screening and nephroprotection in adults with type 1 diabetes (2026): retrospective audit at Allam Diabetes Centre, Hull Royal Infirmary, assessing annual ACR screening and ACEi/ARB prescribing against NICE guidance; identified incomplete annual screening and missed nephroprotection opportunities, with recommendations for education, documentation, targeted review and re-audit.
• Audit of lipid modification therapy and cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with diabetes attending consultant-led clinics (2024): retrospective review of 147 patients identifying gaps in statin prescribing, absent QRISK3 documentation in type 2 diabetes and inadequate documentation of reasons for non-prescription or intolerance.
• Quality improvement project to redesign and implement a diabetic foot MDT referral proforma and flow-chart online referral system (2022): introduced a new electronic referral with mandatory questions, improving documentation, primary team assessment and MDT triage efficiency.