Samuel Seidu
Professor in Primary Care, Diabetes and Cardio-metabolic Medicine
Biography
Professor Sam Seidu is a clinical academic with research expertise in primary care diabetes, cardiometabolic disease, health inequalities, therapeutic inertia, technology in type 2 diabetes, models of care in primary care, and cardiometabolic multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries. He holds a BSc, MBChB, MSc, MD, and PGCertMedEd.
He is a GP Partner at Hockley Farm Medical Practice in Leicester and has been awarded fellowships from the Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal Society of Medicine and Diabetes India. He is Co-Chair of the Diabetes Delivery Group for Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR), Chair for Research at Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE), a Board Member of the Primary Care Diabetes Society (UK), and an Associate Editor of Primary Care Diabetes.
Professor Seidu actively contributes to leading diabetes and primary care research communities, including Diabetes UK and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE) and serves on grant review panels, such as Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB), Diabetes UK, and PCDE.
In 2021, he was named the Most Outstanding Early Career Researcher by the Royal College of GPs (RCGP).
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Professor Seidu's research spans primary care, with a focus on chronic conditions like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
He is particularly interested in the deintensification of diabetes medications in older adults to prevent overtreatment. His work also emphasises global health, particularly the prevention of cardiometabolic long-term conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes studying effective interventions and care models to address the unique health challenges in these regions.
Additionally, he explores the integration of digital health tools, the effectiveness of clinical guidelines, and the reduction of health inequalities to optimise primary care and improve outcomes for patients with complex needs.
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Undergraduate tutor and GP trainer.
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