HPTH UK is fortunate to be supported by a number of doctors who have a special interest in calcium and bone metabolism and are experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of Hypoparathyroidism.

Professor Bill Fraser is our lead advisor and the team comprises consultant endocrinologists and GPs from all over the UK who between them can offer us a wide range of expertise. We very much appreciate this vital support and the work they undertake on our behalf.

For working so generously and freely to further our aims, our special thanks and appreciation go to :

Professor Bill Fraser ( Head of Clinical Chemistry, University of Liverpool) & Dr Brian Shine ( Consultant Chemical Pathologist,Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals) for taking on the first UK clinical trial on PTH 1-84
Dr Mo Aye (Consultant Endocrinologist, Hull Royal Infirmary) for taking on the first HPTH Patient Information Leaflet
Dr Abhi Vora ( Professional Affairs Officer, Society for Endocrinology) for taking us on and making things happen.

Professor Bill Fraser
Unit of Clinical Chemistry, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool.

Professor Bill Fraser was born and educated in Glasgow, graduating from Glasgow University with BSc (Hons) MBChB and MD (Hons). He trained in Glasgow’s teaching hospitals before spending time as a consultant/travelling fellow in Canada.

In 1991 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology and Head of the Metabolic Bone Disease Unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, promoted to Reader in 1998, Professor in 2001, and Head of the Unit of Clinical Chemistry in 2008. Since 2008 he has been appointed Director of Masters in Research for Clinical Science. He supervises a very active research group investigating the diagnosis and treatment of metabolic bone disease including osteoporosis and Paget’s Disease of bone.

Bill Fraser is on the Editorial Board of several journals, a Director of the Supra Regional Assay Service for bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis, and a Medical Advisor to the National Osteoporosis Society. He was the recipient of the ACB Foundation Award for 2006.

Professor Rajesh Thakker
May Professor of Medicine,
Consultant physician at OCDEM (Churchill Hospital) & John Radclife Hospital

Professor Thakker's research areas are Molecular Genetics, Calcium disorders, Neuroendocrine tumours, parathyroid disorders, renal tubular disorders and MEN syndromes

Professor Simon Pearce
Professor of Endocrinology, Newcastle University.

Professor Pearce is an expert on thyroid disease and calcium disorders. His research interests are in Molecular Genetics of autoimmune endocrine disorders (eg. Graves' disease, Addison's disease & autoimmune polyendocrinopathies), Parathyroid and calcium sensing disorders, and the outcome of subclinical thyroid diseases.

Dr Brian Shine
Consultant Chemical Pathologist in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals;
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences;
Chair of Oxford Research Ethics Committee A.

Dr Shine is running the PTH 1-84 trial in Oxford.

Dr Petros Perros
Consultant Endocrinologist, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Dr Perros specialises in thyroid and parathyroid disease and adrenal disorders. He has pioneered, with nurse Margaret Morris, a programme for reducing alfalcalcidol and calcium supplements in post thyroidectomy patients.

Dr Jeremy Allgrove
Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at Barts and The London Children's Hospital.

As a Paediatric endocrinologist with a particular interest in bone and calcium disorders in children, I see a number of children with different forms of HPTH - mostly genetic in origin.

Dr Nick Shaw
Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital

I am a Paediatric Endocrinologist with a special interest in “Calcium and Bone Disorders in Children and Adolescents” and am a co-editor (with Jeremy Allgrove) of a book published this year with that title.

Dr Mo Aye
Consultant Endocrinologist, Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Aye has very kindly been working with us to develop HPTH UK patient information leaflets. He specialises in parathyroid disease, bone and calcium metabolism. 

Dr Denise Adams
General Practitioner

Dr Adams is a Newcastle GP who had Hypoparathyroidism herself. Famous in the HPTH world because her parathyroid glands recovered after 5 years, Dr Adams shares her valuable experience with us on the forum as our in house doctor. She is a GP Trainer with special interests in contraception, menopause and osteoporosis.

Dr Stephen Bellamy
General Practitioner

Dr Bellamy is a Sussex GP who pioneered an emergency blood testing protocol at his surgery and raises awareness about HPTH at PCT level and in hospitals.