A/Prof Roland Mccallum

Roland graduated from the University of Glasgow and worked in the Western Infirmary's MRC Blood Pressure and Endocrinology Unit while completing his basic Physician training. He was awarded a postgraduate MD with a thesis investigating the vascular effects of Growth Hormone replacement in hypopituitary patients.

He became a Staff Specialist in Endocrinology at the Royal Hobart Hospital in 2007 and is a Visiting Medical Officer at Hobart Private, Calvary Hospitals. He has initiated various joint clinics with specialists at the RHH in Gynaecology, Sexual Health and Cystic Fibrosis, as well as regular clinics at the Aboriginal Health Centre. He is the Tasmanian investigator on an Australian insulin pump trial and has research interests in weight loss, diabetes and thyroid disease.

He has helped hundreds of patients with obesity achieve their weight loss goals, is SCOPE certified, and is a member of the Obesity Medicine Association and the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society. He was part of the steering committee for access to Bariatric Surgery at the RHH.