Professor Wasim Hanif

About Professor Wasim Hanif

Professor Wasim Hanif is a leading endocrinologist in Birmingham, who specialises in type 2 diabetes, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, alongside thyroid problems, erectile dysfunction, obesity, diabetic nephropathy and cardiovascular medicine in diabetes. He privately practises at The Harborne Hospital - part of HCA Healthcare, while his NHS base is University Hospital Birmingham, where he is Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Consultant physician, and Clinical Director of Diabetes services. Professor Hanif is highly qualified with an MB BS from Osmania University, an MD, and an MRCP (Royal College of Physicians). He is a highly-regarded researcher, and his work on topics including diabetes prevention, management of diabetes in Ramadan, and ethnicity and tackling health inequalities, is widely published in various peer-reviewed journals. He has been involved in several multi-centre trials as a principal investigator, and helped to set up the United Kingdom Asian Diabetes Study (UKADS). He is Chair of the Diabetes Working Group of the South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF), and has been involved in an advisory role to both the government and organisations such as NICE, sitting on several boards and committees. Professor Hanif, who is a member of Diabetes UK and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), takes pride in his gold-standard approach to patient care. Furthermore, he's committed to advancing endocrinological medical knowledge on a global scale.