Dr. Gerry Rayman MD FRCP
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
Dr. Gerry Rayman is Head of Service at the Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. He has been NHS Diabetes’s national clinical lead for the diabetic foot and national lead on inpatient diabetes care. He is the specialist medical advisor to Diabetes UK and clinical lead for their Diabetes Foot Campaign. He is the current President of the Endocrine and Diabetes section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Dr. Rayman developed the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit and has contributed to several national guidelines on inpatient diabetes care including the JBDS guidelines on DKA, perioperative management and safe discharge. Dr Rayman was involved in development of the National Diabetes Foot Audit launched this year. He has also contributed to several national guideline documents on foot care including both the ‘Putting Feet First’ guidance documents and NICE foot guidelines (CG10 and CG119).
Dr. Rayman’s research interests are diabetic foot complications, new technologies, patient education and service delivery. He has been involved in designing and advising on devices related to diabetes care including insulin pens, glucose meters, glucose sensors, insulin pump cannulae, and devices for assessing skin blood flow and neuropathy.
Dr. Rayman has been prominent in training future diabetologists. He established the Foundation Course in Clinical Diabetes for SpRs, the ABCD SpR meet the expert sessions, and helped set up the Young Diabetologists SpR Forum. He has been involved in organising the national Diabetes UK and RSM conferences and the Malvern international foot conference. He lectures nationally and internationally on the diabetic foot.
