Endocrinology (hormones)

The department provides a comprehensive specialist endocrinology service for patients with conditions caused by hormonal problems, including outpatient clinics at both St Helier and Epsom hospitals.

We carry out a full range of dynamic and other complex investigations on a day-case or outpatient basis at a dedicated medical investigation unit at St Helier Hospital.

This is supported by our chemical pathology and immunology services; we also have excellent endocrine imaging services including ultrasound, CT and MRI scanning, and nuclear medicine. We work closely with surgical colleagues within out hospitals, the department of neurosurgery at St George's Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital.

We manage inpatients who are admitted because of endocrine emergencies or who are found to have new endocrine problems. We also provide a consultation service for other inpatients with endocrine disorders.

We deal with a wide range of endocrine and metabolic disorders, including:

• Thyroid diseases
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Hirsutism
• Virilisation
• Male and female hypogonadism
• Calcium disorders
• Disorders of the adrenal glands
• Endocrine hypertension
• Hypoglycaemia
• Obesity
• Pituitary tumours
• Genetic endocrine conditions.

Key staff

• Dr Andrew Rodin, clinical lead, Consultant and Endocrinologist
• Dr Steve Hyer, consultant
• Dr Ratnasingam Nithiyananthan, Consultant

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm

Contact details

St Helier Hospital

Tel: 020 8296 2563
Fax: 020 8644 4377

Epsom Hospital

Tel: 01372 735 030
Fax: 01372 73 5952

For urgent advice

Call 020 8296 2000 and ask for the specialist registrar in endocrinology
(Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm)

Out of hours

Call 020 8296 2000 and ask for the duty medical registrar

Referrals

eReferral or by letter.

For urgent advice

Call 020 8296 2000 and ask for the specialist registrar in endocrinology (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm).