FACULTY BIO :

DR. JOE GEORGE

GMBBS, MD, DNB, DM (Endocrinology)

Dr. Joe George is a leading Endocrinologist based at Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He passed his MBBS examination from Calicut Medical College, Kerala in 1997. Further he did his General medicine training from Kottayam Medical College and was awarded MD in 2003. He cleared Diplomate of National Board of examinations in Medicine in 2005. He pursued specialist training in Endocrinology and Diabetology from the renowned Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and was awarded DM in 2007. He was adjudged best resident of KEM Hospital for the year 2006. He has received additional training in radioimmunoassay techniques and their clinical applications from prestigious Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay in 2006. Dr. George is a WHO- IDC certified Diabetes Management Trainer. He has received additional training in Paediatric Endocrinology under Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society (APPES) from Thailand in 2006.

After completing DM (endocrinology), he joined MIMS (Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences), Calicut as a full time consultant in August 2007. In December 2008 he joined Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) Mumbai as a consultant. In May 2011, he joined Baby Memorial Hospital as Consultant Endocrinologist and ran the department there till October 2016. In November 2016, he started Endodiab Clinic – The first super specialty endocrine and diabetic clinic in North Kerala along with Dr. Raju A Gopal.

Along with Prof. Abdul Majeed, he organized the Endocrinologists of North Kerala to form a society called MENDOS (Malabar Endocrine Society). He was the founder secretary of the organization and held the post for 2 years till 2016. As the secretary of the organization, he organized two national level Endocrine CME at Kozhikode in 2015 and 2016 called MENDOS update attended by more than 500 doctors. This was meant to spread awareness and knowledge of endocrinology among general practitioners and helping them improve patient care. He was the Secretary of Endocrine Society (Kerala Chapter) and Professional Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (PACE, Kerala) for 3 years from May 2017 to May 2020. During his tenure he organized 3 national endocrine meetings KENDOCON 2018, PACE Masterclass and KENDOCON 2019.

From the start of his career, he has been a speaker for various academic meetings and CME program both at state and national level. He has been faculty and speaker at national conferences organized by various reputed associations like RSSDI and Endocrine Society of India. He has also been invited speaker for various international academic meetings organized at venues like Oslo, Dubai, Colombo, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. He was one among the panel of judges for AV Gandhi Award 2020. This prestigious award was instituted by Endocrine Society of India and is given for best thesis among postgraduate students of endocrinology all over India.

He is very enthusiastic in research and publications. He has 16 publications in indexed journals to his credit. His post-doctoral thesis “Study of metabolic bone disease in chronic liver disease” was first of its kind study from India and was published in World Journal of Gastroenterology in 2009.