
Name
Peter Trainer
Job title
Consultant Endocrinologist
Email Address
karen.mason@nhs.net
Phone number
0161 446 3664
Qualifications
BSc MB ChB MD FRCP
Specialities
Pituitary and adrenal disease
Started at The Christie (Year)
1998
Responsibilities
Associate medical director; clinical lead for endocrinology; lead on global health activity; Professor Trainer holds clinics in general endocrine, thyroid, radioiodine, neuro-endocrine tumours, adrenal carcinoma, phaeochromocytoma and familial endocrine neoplasia syndromes.
Professor Trainer is also the clinical director at the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.
Professional biography
Professor Trainer qualified in Edinburgh and undertook his higher training in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital London, Aberdeen, Utrecht (Netherlands) and Portland (Oregon, USA).
Professor Trainer is an active leader in the international endocrine community. He has served on the senior executive committees of the Society for Endocrinology, the Endocrine Society, the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) and chaired Bioscientifica. He chaired the programme organising committee for ECE2011 and the clinical programme of ENDO2007.
In 2014, ESE presented Professor Trainer with a ‘special recognition award’ for his contribution to the Society and in particular education. His prime areas of interest are diseases of the pituitary and adrenal glands, particularly Cushing’s syndrome and acromegaly. His research has resulted in over 160 peer-reviewed publications.
Research Interest
Professor Trainer has a longstanding interest in clinical aspects of pituitary and adrenal disease, particularly Cushing's syndrome, and acromegaly.
Publications
The Christie Private Care
Prof. Trainer also practises privately at The Christie Private Care
- Contact: 0161 918 7296
- Email: karen.mason@nhs.net