Arun C S Menon

I am an experienced Senior Consultant with excellent critical thinking and team-building talents. I have unique and varied experience in Endocrinology both in UK and India at the senior most level. I also have vast experience in teaching trainees at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. I am a team player who has always adapted to the needs of the organization that I work. I am currently registered to practice both in India and United Kingdom. I am a British Citizen with Overseas Citizenship in India.

• Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, 06/2011, 07/2020
• Consultant Endocrinologist, Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK, 02/2007, 06/2011

• Principal Investigator for multicentre drug trial – VERIFY 2017
• Principal investigator for multicentre drug trial- CANVAS 2015
• Completed a prospective research study on New onset Diabetes in live donor liver transplant recipients in Amrita Institute of Medical sciences, Kochi in 2013 - Guide for DM thesis work
• Completed a prospective research work on hepatic osteodystrophy in live donor liver transplant recipients in Amrita Institute of Medical sciences, Kochi in 2015 - Guide for DM thesis work
• Completed a prospective research work on renal osteodystrophy in renal transplant recipients in Amrita Institute of Medical sciences, Kochi in 2019 - Guide for DM thesis work

• Indian Thyroid Society, National Secretary, 2020, 2023
• PHFI Diabetes, Regional Faculty, 2022
• PHFI Diabetes module, Regional Faculty, 2015, 2020
• PHFI Diabetic Retinopathy, Regional Faculty, 2017, 2020
• PACE, Kerala, Founder Secretary, 2013, 2016
• CENDOS, Kerala, Founder Secretary, 2016, 2020
• IMA, Kochi, Joint Secretary, 2016, 2019
• IMA Kochi, Scientific Committee coordinator, 2014, 2020
• JCP- IMA online, Editor, 2020

Registered with Travancore Cochin Medical Council (TCMC) (Kerala) Reg no: 17024

Registered with General Medical Council, United Kingdom Reg no- 4596541

• Cognitive impairment and its association with glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019, 10.4103/ijem.IJEM-24-19, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Emergence of fluconazole-resistant candida infections in diabetic foot ulcers: Implications for public health, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2019, 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_111_19, 2-s2.0-85073721988
• Insulin autoantibody syndrome: Varying clinical presentations and response patterns of an underrecognized entity, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019, 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_335_19, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Klinefelter Syndrome: Clinical Spectrum Based on 44 Consecutive Cases from a South Indian Tertiary care center, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019, 10.4103/ijem.IJEM-582-18, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Metabolic profile, cardiovascular risk factors and health-related quality of life in children, adolescents and young adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019, 10.1515/jpem-2019-0079, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Outcomes of Bilateral Adrenalectomy in Cushing's Syndrome, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019, 10.4103/ijem.IJEM-654-18, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Prevalence of thyroid disorders is not different in type 2 diabetes mellitus compared to nondiabetics in South India, International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 2019, 10.1007/s13410-018-0672-8, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Prospective study of Bethesda categories III and IV thyroid nodules: Outcomes and predictive value of BRAFV600E mutation, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019
• Role of procalcitonin as a predictor of clinical outcome in acute diabetic foot infections: A prospective study, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019, 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_525_18, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• A Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics and short-term outcome of papillary thyroid carcinoma with tall cell histology and classic papillary thyroid carcinoma: A single-institution experience, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018, 10.4103/ijem.IJEM-65-18, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Treatment outcomes in paediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma, Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018, 10.1515/jpem-2018-0233, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Unilateral adrenal mass as the sole initial manifestation of differentiated thyroid cancer, BMJ Case Reports, 2017, 10.1136/bcr-2017-221296, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Autoantibodies to insulin and dysglycemia in people with and without diabetes: An underdiagnosed association, Clinical Diabetes, 2016, 10.2337/diaclin.34.3.164, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Technetium uptake predicts remission and relapse in Grave's disease patients on antithyroid drugs for at least 1 year in South Indian subjects, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2016, 10.4103/2230-8210.176360, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Utility of Gallium-68 DOTANOC PET/CT in the localization of Tumour-induced osteomalacia, Clinical Endocrinology, 2016, 10.1111/cen.12822, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Drug utilization pattern of anti-diabetic drugs among diabetic outpatients in a tertiary care hospital, Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 2015
• Erratum: Long-term impact of retinal screening on significant diabetes-related visual impairment in the working age population, Diabetic Medicine, 2009, 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02774.x, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Long-term impact of retinal screening on significant diabetes-related visual impairment in the working age population, Diabetic Medicine, 2009, 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02718.x, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Influence of pregnancy on long-term progression of retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes, Diabetologia, 2008, 10.1007/s00125-008-0994-z, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Cushing's syndrome without excess cortisol, British Medical Journal, 2006, 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.469, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Establishing ongoing quality assurance in a retinal screening programme, Diabetic Medicine, 2006, 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01865.x, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Long-term progression of retinopathy after initiation of insulin therapy in Type 2 diabetes: An observational study, Diabetologia, 2004, 10.1007/s00125-004-1473-9, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Effectiveness of screening in preventing blindness due to diabetic retinopathy, Diabetic Medicine, 2003, 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.t01-1-00899.x, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Significance of microalbuminuria in long-duration type 1 diabetes, Diabetes Care, 2003, 10.2337/diacare.26.7.2144, 2-s2.0-85070749538
• Fever, rash, swollen joints, and sore throat in a young man, Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2001, 2-s2.0-0035098025
• A case of digital vasculitis, Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2000, 2-s2.0-0033747067

• Boehringer Ingelheim
• MSD
• Astra Zeneca

• Developed Guidelines for inpatient management of Diabetes in COVID-19 - Professional Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2020
• Management of Diabetes during Ramadan and COVID-19 - Published in Journal of Family Medicine, 2020

Total Experience: 17 years as Consultant in Endocrinology