Professor Eric Kilpatrick, MBChB, MD, FRCPath, FRCP Ed
Professor Eric Kilpatrick is the Division Chief in Clinical Biochemistry at Sidra Medicine in Qatar. He is Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Qatar and also an honorary Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at Hull York Medical School. He is past President of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (ACB) in the UK and currently Chairs the Science Committee of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM).
After graduating in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1988 he trained in Clinical Biochemistry in Glasgow and then Manchester before being appointed as the consultant Head of Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Hull Royal Infirmary in 1998, subsequently becoming the Clinical Director for Pathology. In 2015 he moved to become the inaugural Division Chief for Clinical Chemistry at Sidra. Professor Kilpatrick’s other leadership roles include being Chair of UK national audit in his field of medicine between 2004 and 2010 as well as providing expert advice to the UK Government and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on aspects of diabetes care.
Academically, he gained his higher MD degree from Glasgow in 1996, with his thesis combining his interest in the laboratory medicine and clinical diabetes. Since then, he has become an international authority on assessing glucose control in diabetes and has published ~170 articles peer-reviewed articles. He has additionally gained recognition by receiving international lectures and awards from countries such as the UK, Canada and Australia.
