Professor David Carey

 Director of Brisbane Metabolic institute, Brisbane.

 Level 2 67 Astor Terrace Spring Hill Brisbane, Q4000

 I have been involved in clinical research and treatment of obesity, insulin resistance,   diabetes, PCOS and osteoporosis since 1990. I have both national and international publications and present at conferences world wide.

I graduated in both Science and Medicine at the UNSW and won the University Medal in Medicine.

I moved to Brisbane in 1996 and was acting director of the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology at PAH, prior to my move to the Wesley Hospital.  I established the Brisbane Metabolic isntitute at the end of 2006. I specialise in the treatment and management of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis and have an interest in R&D of drugs and programs to promote weight loss. I provide teaching services, covering the topics of osteoporosis and obesity for the science and medical students at the University of Qld.

I run an endocrine private practice, which has now been incorporated into the Brisbane Metabolic Institute (BMI) and has a multi-disciplinary approach to treating the metabolic syndrome. The Brisbane Metabolic Institute runs inpatient and outpatient diabetes and obesity treatment programs. Our team consists of physiotherapists, psychologists, nurse counselors, diabetes educators, dieticians, psychiatrists and lymphoedema specialists. We work closely with sports physicians, cardiologists, sleep specialists and bariatric surgeons.

Current research includes clinical trials of oral growth hormone, Reductil, GLP-1 and cannabis receptors blockers (rimonabant) for treatment of obesity and diabetes.

POSITIONS & TRAINING

1981-86: Undergraduate Science and Medical training UNSW

1987-96: post graduate training and research

• Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney
• St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
• Garvan Institute of Medical Research & University of NSW,

1996-2000: Acting director of   the Dept. of Diabetes & Endocrinology , Princess Alexandra Hospital & Logan District Hospital, and Senior Lecturer in the Dept of Medicine University of Queensland

2003+ Associate Professor of Endocrinology, School of Human Movement Studies Uni of QLD

 2006: Medical director of the Brisbane Metabolic Institute

PRIZES/AWARDS:                                                     

• 1982 Credit Union Prize for outstanding academic achievement in Science.
• 1984-5 Jane Skillen Prize in Anatomy; Sugarman prize in pathology for 1984  Graduation prize in surgery and Medicine; Wallace worth prize for best performance throughout MBBS             
• University Medal in medicine, 1987
• St. Vincent's Hospital Research Symposium: Award for excellence in research.
• Beckman Award for outstanding Scientific contributions at the Garvan Institute during 1993
• RACP Advance trainees research competition:  first  in NSW, 2nd in Australasia  1994.
• International young investigator award, 7th international Congress of Obesity,Toronto 1994
• Corning Nichols Award for  exceptional research at the 10th International congress of endocrinology, San Francisco 1996

INVITED REVIEWER FOR:

• European Journal of Endocrinology, Medical Journal of Australia, International Journal of Obesity
• Current Opinion in Lipidology, NHMRC, Diabetes Australia Research Trust
• Osteoporosis Australia, Cardiovascular Lipid Research Grants - Parke Davis/Pfizer
• Westmead Hospital Research

INVITED LECTURER AND CHAIRMANSHIPS

• UQ Department of Physiology; Royal Australasian College of Physicians ; Sri Lanka Medical Association; Australian Diabetes Society; Australian Society for the Study of Obesity; Queensland Transplant Group; Aust. Soc. For Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition; Optometrists' Association; NSW Nursing Education; Women’s Health Australia Conference; International Symposia on regional adiposity and its complications, Wisconsin USA.; World congress of the world federation of nuclear medicine & biology.

Industry initiated meetings:

•  Pfizer Cardiology Education program; Merck Sharp and Dohme Bone Care program; Pharmacia & Upjohn osteoporosis program: Servier Diabetes education program