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Born | Farnborough, Kent, England | 17 October 1954
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Guy's Hospital School of Medicine |
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Stephanie Anne Amiel, Lady Alberti, FRCP (born 17 October 1954) is a British physician and academic, specialising in type 1 diabetes. Since 1995, she has been the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine at King's College London and a consultant at King's College Hospital.
Amiel was born on 17 October 1954 in Farnborough, Kent, England. She was educated at Baston School for Girls, an all-girls private school in Kent. She studied at Guy's Hospital School of Medicine, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1975 and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees in 1978. She later undertook research towards a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree which she completed in 1988.[1]
From 1983 to 1986, Amiel was a research fellow at Yale University.[1] At Yale she undertook research in diabetes under professors William V. Tamborlane and Robert Stanley Sherwin.[2] She then returned to England, and was a research fellow and honorary senior registrar at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London from 1986 to 1989.[1] Between 1989 and 1995, she was a senior lecturer and honorary consultant at Guy's Hospital in the London Borough of Southwark.[1] In May 1995, she joined King's College London as the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine.[1][3][4] She is also a consultant physician to the diabetes services at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[5]
Amiel's research continues to be focused on type 1 diabetes.[5] As a practising physician, she specialises in intensive insulin therapy, insulin pumps, and diabetes in pregnancy.[3] Her academic interests include diabetic hypoglycaemia, islet transplantation, and diabetes and mental health.[2][3][4]
In 1998, Amiel married the British physician Sir George Alberti. This marriage brought three stepsons.[1][6]