Dr Candy Sze
Consultant Endocrinologist
Endocrinology
Sub-specialties: Type 1 & 2 Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Adrenal Disorders, Endocrinology, Pituitary Hormone Replacement, Adrenal Hormone Replacement, Hypertension, Pituitary Disease , Parathyroid Disease, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Menopause, Hypogonadism, Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Pump Therapy.
Overview
Dr Candy Sze is a specialist in all aspects of Endocrinology with a particular interest in adrenal disorder through her research and all types of Diabetes, including experience using technology such as insulin pumps and flash glucose monitoring.
About Dr Candy Sze
Dr Candy Sze is a specialist in all aspects of Endocrinology with a particular interest in adrenal disorder through her research and all types of Diabetes, including experience using technology such as insulin pumps and flash glucose monitoring.
Alongside her work at OneWelbeck Dr Sze is a consultant at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. At St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, she has set up a virtual thyroid clinic service and an inpatient Diabetes service to provide excellent care for her patients. She is highly regarded by her patients and peers as an extremely caring physician who always prioritises her patient’s care.
Dr Sze qualified with MBBS and a BSc in Psychology from University of London (UCL) in 2001. Since qualifying she has had a highly successful career as a physician and undertook her specialist training in Endocrinology and Diabetes on the prestigious St. Bartholomew’s rotation.
She has achieved academic excellence during her training, having been awarded the Wellcome Trust research grant for her PhD in adrenal disorders. She has also won other accolades including the AMEND award for clinical research in 2012.
Dr Sze became a Consultant in 2014 at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, an internationally renowned centre for Endocrinology.
Areas of Expertise
Dr Sze performs a range of treatments, including:
- Specialist endocrine testing and treatment including:
- Pituitary hormone replacement
- Adrenal hormone replacement
- Thyroid treatment for over and underactivity
- Endocrine Hypertension
Dr Sze treats all all aspects of Endocrinology. Some of the conditions she commonly treats are:
- Pituitary disease – non functioning adenoma, Cushing’s, Acromegaly, Prolactinoma, incidentalomas
- Adrenal disease – Addison’s, Cushing’s, incidentalomas, primary aldosteronism, Conn’s, phaeochromocytoma
- Thyroid disease – over and underactivity, in pregnancy, thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, multinodular goitre
- Parathyroid disease
- Endocrine Hypertension
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), menopause
- Hypogonadism
- Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:
- Medical management
- Insulin pump therapy
Additional Information
Memberships
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians
- British Endocrine Society
- Diabetes UK
- ABCD – Association of British Clinical Diabetologist
Languages
- Chinese
- English
Research Highlights
Publications
- Currently involved in writing ‘Mastering Endocrinology and Diabetes: A Structured Guide for Clinical Practice’
- Published in areas of primary aldosteronism, thyroid disease, adrenal signalling, neuroendocrine tumours and diabetes mellitus
Research
- 2020: PhD awarded for ‘BMP3b Expression and Role in Zonation and Tumourigenesis in the Adrenal Cortex’
- 2010: British Endocrine Society Clinical Cases Poster Price
- 2012: British Endocrine Society AMEND Young Investigator Award
- 2009: Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellowship – In support of PhD research
- 2008: Joan Adams Clinical Fellowship Award – In support of PhD research.
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