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Partha Sarathi Kar FRCP OBE is a British-Indian consultant in endocrinology and diabetes mellitus.
Early life[edit]
Kar was born on 20 December 1973 in Wordsley Hospital near Dudley, West Midlands.[1][2] Both his parents were doctors of Bengali Indian origin. He emigrated to Kolkata, India at the age of 7, where he attended local primary and secondary schools and later studied medicine at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, graduating in 1997. After working as a junior doctor in the city for two years, he moved back to the UK, where he initially worked in the Kidderminster Hospital and Worcestershire Royal Hospital.[3]
Career[edit]
Kar became a consultant specialising in endocrinology and diabetes mellitus in 2008 at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. He was clinical director for the specialty at the trust from 2009 to 2015. Kar has been the co-lead for the Getting It Right First Time diabetes programme since 2020 and was the National Specialty Advisor for diabetes at NHS England between 2014 and 2024.[4][5]
- ^ Partha Kar (28 June 2023). "Partha Kar: The NHS at 75—how do we help it survive?". The BMJ.
- ^ . Twitter https://twitter.com/parthaskar.
Born December 20
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Curriculum vitae: Partha Kar". The BMJ. 18 May 2017.
- ^ "GIRFT diabetes lead awarded OBE in New Year Honours". Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "National Specialty Advisor for Diabetes to step down". Diabetes Times. 1 March 2024.