Stephen Shalet, MD, FRCP
Professor Shalet is an honorary Consultant and Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the University of Manchester, UK. He completed a BSc in Physiology at London University and qualified in medicine at the Royal London Hospital. Medical training posts in London and Bristol were followed by an appointment at the Christie Hospital, Manchester, as Research Fellow in Endocrinology in 1974 and then subsequently Consultant in 1978. Professor Shalet has extensive research interests in the late endocrine effects following treatment of cancer, pituitary disorders and in particular abnormalities of growth hormone secretion. Previous positions and official activities include Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, Co-Editor of the first edition of the Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology and a member of the Council of the Society for Endocrinology and the SAC in Endocrinology and Diabetes. Professor Shalet has served as President of the Endocrine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, as a member of the Council of the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology, was Chairman of the Specialist Training Committee in Diabetes and Endocrinology for the North West Region and as a member of the Clinical Practice Committee of the Society for Endocrinology.
