Professor Simon Pearce specialist interests include thyroid and adrenal diseases, parathyroid disorders, general endocrinology.
I qualified in Medicine MBBS with 1st Class Honours from Newcastle University. Following internal medicine training I undertook postgraduate training in endocrinology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith London (MD degree awarded with distinction), Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston USA, and latterly in Newcastle.
I was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology in 2001 at Newcastle University and promoted to Professor in 2007, affiliated to the Translational & Clinical Research Institute.
I have worked at the Royal Victoria Infirmary for 25 out of the 30 years since I qualified as a doctor. I have also published more than 180 research papers about endocrinology over the last 30 years.
I am currently President of the British Thyroid Association and Editor in Chief of the European Thyroid Journal. The main theme of my current research programme is to develop better treatments for Graves’ disease and Addison’s disease.
Clinical activity
- Thyroid clinic, weekly
- Adrenal clinic, weekly
- Combined physician/ophthalmologist thyroid eye clinic, Friday afternoon 2nd, 4th & 5th weeks of the month
