Dr Harvinder Chahal

Dr Harvinder Chahal is a Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Bariatric Medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, London. He qualified from St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine in 2001. He trained in diabetes and endocrinology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.In 2007 he was awarded the prestigious Medical Research Council training fellowship to undertake research in the field of endocrinology resulting in several influential research papers in high impact journals.

He has been awarded several national and international prizes for his research and clinical work. He has written several textbook chapters. He is the Lead Bariatric Physician specialising in managing patients prior to and after bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapy to reduce their complication risks and optimise the health benefits of weight loss. He also leads the tier 3 weight management programme for patients that would like to pursue non-surgical treatment for obesity.