Dr John Lindsay

Treatments and areas of interest

• Osteoporosis
• All thyroid disorders, thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer
• Thyroiditis – post viral, post-partum
• Goitres (enlarged thyroid gland)
• Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s disease (underactive thyroid)
• Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ disease (overactive thyroid)
• Management of thyroid conditions before, and after pregnancy
• Investigation of weight gain
• Medical obesity treatments
• Management of obesity – initial assessment, liaising with dietitians, nutritionists and surgeons, post-operative medical care
• Premature menopause (early menopause), perimenopause and menopause
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), hirsutism (excess hair growth)
• Amenorrhoea – infrequent, irregular or absence of periods
• Testosterone deficiency, erectile dysfunction, reduced libido (sex drive)
• Andropause (low testosterone in older men)
• Gynaecomastia (breast development in men)
• Parathyroid disease, hyperparathyroidism (high parathyroid), hypoparathyroidism (low parathyroid)
• Hypercalcaemia (high calcium), hypocalcaemia (low calcium)
• Vitamin D deficiency & osteoporosis
• Adrenal nodules, Addison’s disease (low cortisol) & adrenal insufficiency
• Conn’s syndrome (high aldosterone), Phaeochromocytoma (high adrenaline production)
• Pituitary disorders, prolactinomas, hyperprolactinaemia (high prolactin)
• Acromegaly (growth hormone excess) & growth hormone deficiency
• Cushing’s disease & syndrome (high cortisol production)
• Diabetes insipidus & polyuria (disorders of water balance – excess thirst, excess urine frequency/volume)
• Type 1 diabetes and Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood (LADA)
• Type 2 diabetes
• Complications of diabetes – diabetic foot, diabetic kidney disease, cardiometabolic
• Genetic forms of diabetes & secondary diabetes (eg., due to pancreatic disease, pancreatic surgery, cystic fibrosis)
• Gestational diabetes (pregnancy induced diabetes)
• Pre-diabetes & metabolic syndrome
• Hyponatraemia (low sodium levels), hypernatraemia (high sodium)
• Unexplained weight loss
• Investigation of fatigue
• Investigation of dizziness and fainting
• Hypoglycaemia (low glucose)
• Hypertension – investigation of secondary causes
• Excess sweating
• Hot flushes and carcinoid syndrome
• Erectile dysfunction
• General medicine
• Menopause
• Obesity & Weight Loss

Qualifications

• MD, FRCP Edin