Sir Kurt George Matthew Mayer Alberti, (born 27 September 1938 in Koblenz/Germany) is a British doctor. His long-standing special interest is diabetes mellitus, in connection with which he has published many research papers and served on many national and international committees. He was President of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and President of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). In the 1970s, Alberti published recommendations for the management of diabetic ketoacidosis, a serious metabolic emergency which affects people suffering from severe insulin deficiency. This 'Alberti regime' rationalised the use of insulin and fluid therapy in this condition to the undoubted benefit of many patients. Alberti served as national clinical director for emergency access from September 2002 to March 2009. He has been professor and dean of medicine at the

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and president of the Royal College of Physicians. Alberti drove controversial changes to emergency care in the UK, leading to some hospitals losing their status as emergency care centres.

Personal life

Alberti first married in 1964 and had three sons with his first wife. In 1998, he married

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Education

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( MA;

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1964; BM BCh 1965; Honorary Fellow 1999).

Career

* Research Fellow,

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, 1966–69 * Research Officer, Department of Medicine,

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, 1969–73 * Professor of Chemical Pathology and Human Metabolism,

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, 1973–78 * Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University of Newcastle, 1978–85 * Professor of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1985–2002 (Dean of Medicine, 1995–97) * Professor of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London, 1999-2002 * National Clinical Director for Emergency Access, 2002-2009 * Chair of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 2011-2015 * Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College, London, 2002-

Honours

* Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (president, 1997–2002) * Fellow of the

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* Fellow of the

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* Fellow of

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* Member,

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Expert Advisory Panel on

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, 1979– * President,

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, 2000-03 (Vice-President, 1988–94) * Vice-Chairman, British Diabetic Association, 1996–99 * Vice President,

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, 2000– * Founder FMedSci 1998 (Member of Council, 1998–2002) *

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for services to Diabetic Medicine in the

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* Member of the Advisory Council of the

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