Anita Banerjee

Obstetric physician

Biography

Anita Banerjee is a obstetric physician, diabetes and endocrinology consultant and internal medicine honorary reader in obstetric medicine at King's College London.

Her main clinical interests are high risk pregnancies including diabetes and cardiac disease. She runs a pre-pregnancy renal clinic and a postpartum cardio-metabolic clinic.

She is one of the central physician assessors for the UK confidential maternal deaths enquiry and was the lead obstetric physician for the first Ockendon national report.

She is one of the founding members of the RCP Obstetric Medicine diploma and co-authored the RCP acute care toolkit on managing acute medical problems in pregnancy, and is a trustee of the UK charity, Action on Preeclampsia (APEC).

Education and training

  • Fellowship of higher education (FHEA), 2015
  • Fellowship of Royal College Phsycians (FRCP), 2014
  • Bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (MBBS), King's College London
  • Bachelor of science (BSc Hons), pharmacology, King's College London

Research interests

  • Multidisciplinary team education and training
  • Preparation for a pregnancy with type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Approach to clinical deterioration and maternity early warning score systems. Part of the DREaMED study group
  • Postpartum long-term cardiovascular health after hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

Awards

  • Mentor-Mentee Award, Society of Experimental Medicine and Biology, USA (2008)

  • Travelling Scholarship, International Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group, USA (2008)

  • European Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group Stower Prize (2008)

  • Samuel Leonard Simpson Endocrinology Prize, RCP (2007)

Last updated: September 2024

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