Dr Janaka Karalliedde is a Clinical Reader in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in the School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, King's College London, and a consultant physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London, UK. He graduated with a distinction in medicine from the University of London and was awarded a MRC training fellowship and PhD for his research on cardiovascular and renal disease in diabetes. He has published widely on the subject of diabetic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease and frequently lectures on this topic at national and international meetings. Dr Karalliedde is an active clinician, with expertise in managing patients with renal and cardio-vascular complications related to diabetes and he runs specialist clinics for patients with diabetic kidney and cardiovascular complications at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital and has established community diabetes clinics for patients with diabetes and kidney disease in South London.