Meet the experts

Endocrine Genetic Testing 2024 has been devised by a Founding Group of experts, who are shaping the future of Genetic Testing. 

Professor Marta Korbonits, London 

Márta Korbonits, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCP is Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. Her current interests include endocrine tumorigenesis, especially the genetic origin of pituitary adenomas and other endocrine tumour syndromes. She works on both the clinical characterisation as well as molecular aspects of pituitary diseases and leads a large international consortium to study the genetic background of endocrine tumours. She published over 200 original papers (Scopus H-index of 64). She shares her time between clinical patient care, clinical research and laboratory based research as well as teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She was a recipient of several national and international awards and is an elected Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She was serving on the Executive Committee of ENEA, SfE and ESE and she is currently the Deputy Editor of Endocrine-Related Cancer.

Dr Ruth Casey, Cambridge 

Dr Ruth Casey is a consultant endocrinologist in Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and holds an academic position as a senior research fellow in the Department of Medical Genetics at Cambridge University. Dr Casey leads neuroendocrine tumour (NET) and endocrine cancer services in Cambridge and is the endocrine lead for the endocrine genetics service, encompassing both clinical practice and independently-funded research in GIST, phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma.

Professor Miles Levy, Leicester 

Professor Miles Levy, Consultant Endocrinologist, University Hospitals of Leicester. Professor Levy was appointed Consultant Endocrinologist at University Hospitals of Leicester in 2005 and is currently an Honorary Professor at Leicester University. Professor Levy's research interests include the genetics of endocrine tumours, functional imaging in endocrine tumours and the association of pituitary tumours and headache. Miles is the CRG Lead Endocrinology for Midlands and East, and Training Programme Director for Diabetes and Endocrinology East Midlands South. Professor Levy has an active role within the Society is currently a member of Council and was previously a member of both the Clinical Committee and Public Engagement Committee, a Media Advisor for the Society and was the Editor in Chief for You and Your Hormones, the Society’s public-facing website. 

Dr Paul Newey, Dundee 

Dr Paul Newey is a Clinical Reader and Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist at Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Scotland. He undertook his medical degree in Edinburgh before moving to Oxford for specialist training where he undertook a DPhil in molecular genetics. He moved to Dundee in 2014, where he now combines clinical and research interests, primarily in genetic testing, monogenic endocrine tumour syndromes and disorders of calcium homeostasis. He is clinical lead for endocrine genetics at Ninewells Hospital & Medical School which hosts the national NGS endocrine genetic testing service in Scotland.