Metabolic and cholesterol testing and treatment
- All types of cholesterol and triglyceride disorders
- Adult cardiometabolic disease
- Metabolic complications and cardiovascular risk from other conditions
- Metabolic effects of treatments
- Cardiometabolic optimisation to achieve best metabolic health before, during and after substantial life changes or major life events
- One to one review and support with test results
- Help selecting the best tests for monitoring health and medical conditions
Experience:
Dr Luvai has been a consultant in metabolic medicine and chemical pathology for more than ten years and works at the Freeman Hospital. He is the lead consultant for the tertiary lipid and metabolic service at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and provides medical support to the cardiovascular biomarkers laboratory.
Dr Luvai is a principal investigator on several lipid, obesity and cardiovascular outcome clinical trials. A member of the regional lipid specialists advisory group and lipid guideline committee, Dr Luvai provides expert support for the diagnosis and management of biochemical and metabolic clinical problems, appropriate individual patient investigations and the repertoire provided by the clinical biochemistry and genomic laboratories. He has a laboratory interest in personalised and precision medicine, reference intervals, performance of clinical decision limits and the impact of biological variation on disease monitoring.
Qualifications:
- MB ChB Moi University, 1999
- MRCP UK, 2007
- FRCPath, 2014
- EuSpLM, 2014 (European Specialist in Laboratory Medicine)
- FRCP Edin, 2016
- RCPathME, 2019
Relevant memberships:
- Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- European Atherosclerosis Society
- Association of Clinical Pathologists
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Royal College of Pathologists
GMC number:
6084898
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