Publications

2024

Khor XY, Majeed W, Syed AA. Cushing disease presenting with hypertension in association with nonfunctioning unilateral adrenal adenoma. CMAJ 2024;196:xxx-x. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240341 [Forthcoming]

Whitehead M, Mills DW, James A, Sultan J, Syed AA. Perioperative Renal Function Correlates with Postoperative Serum Urate Following Bariatric Surgery: An Observational Study. Obes Surg. 2024 Aug 28. doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07483-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID:39198379 | Scholar

Iqbal Z, Vasan SK, Fachim H, Warner-Levy J, Donn RP, Ammori BJ, Heald AH, Soran H, Syed AA. Are weight loss and metabolic outcomes of bariatric surgery influenced by candidate glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms? A prospective study. Adipocyte. 2024 Dec;13(1):2369776. doi: 10.1080/21623945.2024.2369776. Epub 2024 Jul 9. PMID: 38982594; PMCID: PMC11238915 | Scholar

Heald A, Mannan F, Wiltshire R, Ghaffari P, Waheed U, Zdravkovic D, Bashir B, Syed A, Donn R, Soran H. The Effects of Bariatric Surgery on the Requirement for Antihypertensive Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes: Insights from a Long-Term Follow-Up Study. Diabetes Ther. 2024 Jul 27. doi: 10.1007/s13300-024-01627-1. PMID: 39078476 | Scholar

Sankar A, Syed AA, Robinson A, Kearney T, Majeed W. Specialism and generalism in medical education: a balancing act. BMJ. 2024 Jun 7;385:q1137. doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1137. PMID: 38849144 | Scholar

Mills DW, Woolley DM, Ammori BJ, Chinoy H, Syed AA. Changes in Serum Urate Levels after Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Obesity: An Observational Study. Obes Surg. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07191-8. PMID: 38528214 | Scholar

Sankar A, Mudaliar RN, Kochhar RS, Summers LKM, Syed AA, Majeed W. The Importance of Glycaemic Control Before Bariatric Surgery: Preventing Microvascular and Metabolic Complications. Obes Surg. 2024 Feb 24. doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07119-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38400944 | Scholar

Al-Chalabi S, Syed AA, Kalra PA, Sinha S. Mechanistic Links between Central Obesity and Cardiorenal Metabolic Diseases. Cardiorenal Med. 2024;14(1):12-22. doi: 10.1159/000535772. Epub 2024 Jan 3. PMID: 38171343 | Scholar

Ragavan S, Elhelw O, Majeed W, Alkhaffaf B, Senapati S, Ammori BJ, Mudaliar RN, Syed AA. Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery in People with or without Metabolic Syndrome: A 5-Year Observational Comparative Study. J Clin Med. 2024 Jan 1;13(1):256. doi: 10.3390/jcm13010256. PMID: 38202263 | Scholar

2023

Elhelw O, Ragavan S, Majeed W, Alkhaffaf B, Mohammed N, Senapati S, Ammori BJ, Robinson JA, Syed AA. The impact of bariatric surgery on liver enzymes in people with obesity: A 5-year observational study. Surgeon. 2024 Feb;22(1):e26-e33. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2023.07.006. Epub 2023 Aug 9. PMID: 37567846 | Scholar

Heald AH, Jenkins DA, Williams R, Mudaliar RN, Khan A, Syed A, Sattar N, Khunti K, Naseem A, Bowden-Davies KA, Gibson JM, Ollier W; CVD-COVID-UK/COVID-IMPACT Consortium. Sars-Cov-2 Infection in People with Type 1 Diabetes and Hospital Admission: An Analysis of Risk Factors for England. Diabetes Ther. 2023 Dec;14(12):2031-2042. doi: 10.1007/s13300-023-01456-8. Epub 2023 Aug 25. Erratum in: Diabetes Ther. 2023 Oct 5;: PMID: 37620452 | Scholar

Heald AH, Fachim HA, Bashir B, Garside B, Adam S, Iqbal Z, Syed AA, Donn R, Le Roux CW, Abdelaal M, White J, Soran H. Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) Gene Expression and Inflammation in the Adipose Tissue of Obese Diabetic Rats. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 30;24(23):16978. doi: 10.3390/ijms242316978. PMID: 38069302 | Scholar

Bashir B, Iqbal Z, Adam S, Ferdousi M, Chick W, Hussein HA, Syed AA, Le Roux CW, Cohen RV, Malik RA, Soran H. Microvascular complications of obesity and diabetes-Role of bariatric surgery. Obes Rev. 2023 Oct;24(10):e13602. doi: 10.1111/obr.13602. Epub 2023 Jul 29. PMID: 37515402 | Scholar

Kyriacou A, Syed AA, Sawicka-Gutaj N, Picolos M, Economides P, Kyriacou A. Body weight change trajectories following the treatment of hyperthyroidism: A prospective cohort study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2023 May;98(5):738-740. doi: 10.1111/cen.14873. Epub 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36574980 | ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | EuropePMC | Scholar

Mangat HS, Rippon B, Reddy NT, Syed AA, Maruthanal JM, Luedtke S, Puthumana JJ, Srivatsa A, Bosman A, Kostkova P. Reported rates of all-cause serious adverse events following immunization with BNT-162b in 5-17-year-old children in the United States. PLoS One. 2023 Feb 17;18(2):e0281993. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281993. PMID: 36800368 | Scholar

Razvi S, Jabbar A, Addison C, Vernazza J, Syed A, Soran H, Leng O. Variation in the reference range limits of thyroid function tests and association with the prevalence of levothyroxine treatment. Eur J Endocrinol. 2023 Feb 14;188(2):lvad016. doi: 10.1093/ejendo/lvad016. PMID: 36751726 | Scholar

Rajgopal R, Khan A, Syed AA. Sténose artérielle rénale se manifestant par de l’hypertension et de l’hypokaliémie. CMAJ. 2023 Jan 23;195(3):E136-E137. French. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220091-f. PMID: 36690368 | Scholar

2022

Ioakim S, Syed AA, Zavros G, Michalis Picolos M, Persani L, Kyriacou A. Real world application of ATA guidelines in over 600 aspirated thyroid nodules: Is it time to change the size cut-offs for FNA? Eur Thyroid J 2022; doi:10.1530/ETJ-22-0163 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:36215117 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Elhelw O, Ragavan S, Syed A, Majeed W. Immunosenescence and severity of COVID-19. British Student Doctor Journal 2022;6(1):50-58 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | Scholar

Slater C, Santhosh SH, Ellison J, Majeed W, Summers LKM, Senapati S, Akhtar K, Ammori BJ, New JP, Syed AA. Does preoperative weight loss in a specialist medical weight management centre influence postoperative weight loss after bariatric surgery? Clin Obes. 2023 Feb;13(1):e12560. doi: 10.1111/cob.12560. Epub 2022 Sep 30. ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:36181305 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Mangat HS, Musah A, Luedtke S, Syed AA, Maramattom BV, Maruthanal J, Bosman A, Kostkova P. Analyses of reported severe adverse events after immunization with SARS/nCoV2 vaccines in the United States: One year on. Frontiers in Public Health 2022; doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.972464 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:36311588 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Rajgopal R, Khan A, Syed AA. Renal artery stenosis presenting as hypertension with hypokalemia. CMAJ 2022; 194 (36): E1248-E1249 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:36122918 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Nawaz S, Chinnadurai R, Al-Chalabi S, Evans P, Kalra PA, Syed AA, Sinha S. Obesity and chronic kidney disease: A current review. Obes Sci Pract 2022; doi: 10.1002/osp4.629 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:37034567 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Ganawa S, Santhosh SH, Parry L, Syed AA. Weight loss with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Clin Obes 2022;12(5):e12546 ePDF | CrossRef | PubMed:35932204 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Adam S, Ho JH, Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Siddals K, Iqbal Z, Azmi S, Senapati S, New J, Jeziorska M, Ammori BJ, Syed AA, Donn R, Malik RA, Durrington PN, Soran H. Bariatric Surgery induced high density lipoprotein functionality enhancement is associated with reduced inflammation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022;107(8):2182–2194 CrossRef | PMiD:35639942 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Heald AH, Jenkins DA, Williams R, Sperrin M, Mudaliar RN, Syed A, Naseem A, Bowden Davies KA, Peng Y, Peek N, Ollier W, Anderson SG, Delanerolle G, Gibson JM. Mortality in People with Type 2 Diabetes Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Population Level Analysis of Potential Risk Factors. Diabetes Ther 2022;1–15. doi: 10.1007/s13300-022-01259-3. ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:35416588 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Iqbal Z, Bashir B, Adam S, Ho JH, Dhage S, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Yusuf Z, Donn R, Malik RA, Syed A, Ammori BJ, Heald A, Durrington PN, Soran H. Glycated apolipoprotein B decreases after bariatric surgery in people with and without diabetes: A potential contribution to reduction in cardiovascular risk. Atherosclerosis 2022; 346: 10-17 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:35247628 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Marouf BH, Iqbal Z, Mohamad JB, Bashir B, Schofield J, Syed A, Kilpatrick ES, Stefanutti C, Soran H. Efficacy and Safety of PCSK9 Monoclonal Antibodies in Patients With Diabetes. Clinical Therapeutics 2022; 44(2):331-348 | doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.12.005 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:35246337 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Derbyshire AE, MacKintosh ML, Pritchard CM, Pontula A, Ammori BJ, Syed AA, Beeken RJ, Crosbie EJ. Women’s Risk Perceptions and Willingness to Engage in Risk-Reducing Interventions for the Prevention of Obesity-Related Endometrial Cancer. Int J Womens Health 2022;14:57-66 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:35115844 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Ragavan S, Elhelw O, Majeed W, Kyriacou A, Syed A. Alemtuzumab-induced autoimmune thyroid dysfunction. Cureus 2022;14(3):e22751

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Perros P, Basu A, Boelaert K, Dayan C, Vaidya B, Williams GR, Lazarus JH, Hickey J, Drake WM, Crown A, Orme SM, Johnson A, Ray DW, Leese GP, Jones TH, Abraham P, Grossman A, Rees A, Razvi S, Gibb FW, Moran C, Madathil A, Žarković MP, Plummer Z, Jarvis S, Falinska A, Velusamy A, Sanderson V, Pariani N, Atkin SL, Syed AA, Sathyapalan T, Nag S, Gilbert J, Gleeson H, Levy MJ, Johnston C, Sturrock N, Bennett S, Mishra B, Malik I, Karavitaki N. Post-radioiodine Graves' management: the PRAGMA study. Clin Endocrinol 2022; 97(5):664-675 | doi:10.1111/cen.14719 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:35274331 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Adam S, Ho JH, Syed AA, Malik RA, Soran H. Response to Letter to the Editor Concerning: Adam S. et al. Improvements in Diabetic Neuropathy and Nephropathy After Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Cohort Study. Obes Surg. 2022; doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05818-8. ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:36018420 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Ramsbottom V, Slater C, Syed AA. Folic acid in pregnancy: high dose supplements are also recommended after bariatric surgery. BMJ. 2022;378:o1924. ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:35922066 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Syed A. A new era in obesity management. The Endocrinologist 2022;(144):7-8 ePrint | CrossRef | Archive |

Maramattom BV, Syed AA. Viral neuromyopathy associated with acute hepatitis B infection. BMJ Case Rep 2022; 15: e247203 CrossRef | PMiD:34980642 | EuropePMC | Scholar

2021

Adam S, Ho JH, Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Pagano S, Azmi S, Dhage SS, Donn R, Ammori BJ, Syed AA, Durrington PN, Malik RA, Vuilleumier N, Soran H. Bariatric Surgery Leads to a Reduction in Antibodies to Apolipoprotein A-1: A Prospective Cohort Study. Obes Surg 2021; 32(2):355-364 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34888742 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Naqvi A, MacKintosh M, Derbyshire A, Tsakiroglou AM , Walker T , McVey RJ, Bolton J , Fergie M , Bagley S, Ashton G, Pemberton PW , Syed AA , Ammori B , Byers R, Crosbie E. The impact of obesity and bariatric surgery on the immune microenvironment of the endometrium. International Journal of Obesity 2021; 46(3):605-612 | doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-01027-6

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Fachim HA, Iqbal Z, Gibson JM, Baricevic-Jones I, Campbell AE, Geary B, Syed AA, Whetton A, Soran H, Donn RP, Heald AH. Relationship between the plasma proteome and changes in inflammatory markers after bariatric surgery. Cells 2021;10(10):2798 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34685777 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Kyriacou A, Ioakim S, Syed AA. COVID-19 vaccination and a severe pain in the neck. Eur J Intern Med 2021; 94:95-96 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34690055 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Maramattom BV, Moidu FM, Varikkottil S, Syed AA. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after ChAdOx1 vaccination: the first case of definite thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome from India. BMJ Case Rep 2021;14(10):e246455. ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34706921 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Foo O, Hiub S, Teare D, Syed AA, Razvi S. A global country level analysis of the relationship between obesity and COVID-19 cases and mortality. Diabetes Obes Metab 2021; 23(12):2697-2706 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34402152 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Iqbal Z, Fachim HA, Gibson JM, Baricevic-Jones I, Campbell AE, Geary B, Donn RP, Hamarashid D, Syed A, Whetton AD, Soran H, Heald AH. Changes in the proteome profile of people achieving remission of type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery. J Clin Med 2021; 10(16):3659 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34441954 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Barr C, Ryan N, Derbyshire AE, Wan L, Mackintosh M, McVey RJ, Bolton J, Fitzgerald C, Awad D, Slade RJ, Syed A, Ammori BJ, Crosbie E. Weight loss during intrauterine progestin treatment for obesity-associated atypical hyperplasia and early stage cancer of the endometrium. Cancer Prevention Research 2021; 14(11):1041-1050 | doi:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-21-0229 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34348914 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Mundy-Baird G, Kyriacou A, Syed AA. Thyroïdite subaiguë de De Quervain. CMAJ 2021;193(39):E1549-E1550
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Mundy-Baird G, Kyriacou A, Syed AA. De Quervain subacute thyroiditis. CMAJ 2021; 193(26):E1007

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Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Liu Y, Adam S, Siahmansur T, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Petropoulos IN, Ho JH, Syed AA, Gibson JM, Ammori BJ, Durrington PN, Malik RA, Soran H. The role of abnormalities of lipoproteins and HDL functionality in small fibre dysfunction in people with severe obesity. Sci Rep 2021;11(1):12573. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90346-9. ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34131170 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Adam S, Ho JH, Bashir B, Iqbal Z, Ferdousi M, Syed AA, Soran H. The impact of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, dyslipidaemia and lipid lowering therapy on Coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes: an examination of the available evidence. Curr Opin Lipidol 2021; 32(4):231-243 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:34116544 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Ahmed B, Ammori BJ, Akhtar K, Senapati S, New JP, Syed AA. Weight loss and metabolic outcomes in women with or without polycystic ovarian syndrome after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a case-matched study. Surgeon 2021; 20(3):137-141 | doi:10.1016/j.surge.2021.02.012 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:33863670 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Liu Y, Adam S, Iqbal Z, Dhage S, Ponirakis G, Siahmansur T, Marshall A, Petropoulos I, Kalteniece A, Ho JH, Syed A, Gibson JM, Ammori BJ, Durrington PN, Malik RA, Soran H. Bariatric surgery leads to an improvement in small nerve fibre damage in subjects with obesity. Int J Obes (Lond) 2021; 45(3):631-638 | doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-00727-9. ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:33504933 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Shipton MJ, Johal NJ, Dutta N, Slater C, Iqbal Z, Ahmed B, Ammori BJ, Senapati S, Akhtar K, Summers LKM, New JP, Soran H, Adam S, Syed AA. Haemoglobin and Hematinic Status Before and After Bariatric Surgery over 4 years of Follow-Up. Obes Surg. 2021 Feb;31(2):682-693. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04943-0. Epub 2020 Sep 1. Erratum in: Obes Surg. 2021 Aug;31(8):3901. PMID: 32875517; PMCID: PMC7847875. ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:32875517 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Ahmed B, Ammori BJ, Akhtar K, Senapati SP, Alkhaffaf BH, Sultan J, O'Connor D, Syed AA. Why Good Preoperative Control of Diabetes Is Important in Patients Undergoing Metabolic Bariatric Surgery. Obes Surg . 2021; doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05787-y. ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:34775539 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Syed AA, Alkhaffaf B, Sultan J, O'Connor D, New JP. Comment on: Clinical significance of diabetes control before metabolic surgery. Why diabetes control is important before metabolic surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis . 2021;S1550-7289(21)00351-8 CrossRef | PMID:34389245 | EuropePMC | Scholar

2020

Kyriacou A, Economides PA, Syed AA. Thyroid sonography as an extension of the bedside examination in hyperthyroidism. Journal of Medical Science 2020; 89(4):e482. ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | Scholar

Ho JH, Adam S, Liu Y, Azmi S, Dhage S, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Donn R, Heald A, Gibson JM, Malik RA, Yang X, Durrington PN, Tsimikas S, Soran H. Effect of bariatric surgery on plasma levels of oxidised phospholipids, biomarkers of oxidised LDL and lipoprotein(a). J Clin Lipidol 2020; 15(2):320-331 | doi:10.1016/j.jacl.2020.12.002 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:33518459 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Ho JH, Ong KL, Cuesta Torres LF, Liu Y, Adam S, Iqbal Z, Dhage S, Ammori BJ, Syed AA, Rye KA, Tabet F, Soran H. High-density lipoprotein-associated miRNA is increased following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity. J Lipid Res 2020; jlr.RA120000963. doi: 10.1194/jlr.RA120000963 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:33093236 | EuropePMC | Scholar

🎗️Syed AA, Soran H, Adam S. Obesity and covid-19: the unseen risks. BMJ 2020;370:m2823 | paper version: BMJ 2020;370(8255):154

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Adam S, Azmi S, Ho JH, Liu Y, Ferdousi M, Siahmansur T, Kalteniece A, Marshall A, Dhage SS, Iqbal Z, D'Souza Y, Natha S, Kalra PA, Donn R, Ammori BJ, Syed AA, Durrington PN, Malik RA, Soran H. Improvements in diabetic neuropathy and nephropathy after bariatric surgery: a prospective cohort study. Obes Surg 2020; doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-05052-8 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:33104989 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Iqbal Z, Adam S, Ho JH, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Malik RA, Soran H. Metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes of bariatric surgery. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2020 Aug;31(4):246-256. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000696. PMID: 32618731.ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:32618731 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Al-Ozairi E, El Samad A, Al Kandari J, Taghadom E, Adam S, le Roux C, Syed AA. Continuous Glucose Monitoring of Glycemic Variability During Fasting Post-Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obes Surg. 2020 Oct;30(10):3721-3729. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04505-4. PMID: 32676844; PMCID: PMC7467959. ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:32676844 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Fox A, Slater C, Ahmed B, Ammori BJ, Senapati S, Akhtar K, Ellison J, Summers LKM, Robinson A, New JP, Soran H, Adam S, Syed AA. Vitamin D status after gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy over 4 years of follow-up. Obes Surg 2020; 30(4):1473-1481 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:31820405 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Ammori BJ, Skarulis MC, Soran H, Syed AA, Eledrisi M, Malik RA. Medical and Surgical Management of Obesity and Diabetes: What’s new? Diabetic Medicine 2020;37(2):203–210 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:31850536 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Iqbal Z, Ho JH, Adam S, France M, Syed A, Neely D, Rees A, Khatib R, Cegla J, Byrne C, Qureshi N, Capps N, Ferns G, Payne J, Schofield J, Nicholson K, Datta D, Pottle A, Halcox J, Durrington P, Soran H, on behalf of Heart UK’s Medical Scientific and Research Committee. Managing hyperlipidaemia in patients with COVID-19 and during its pandemic: An expert panel position statement from HEART UK. Atherosclerosis 2020; doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.09.008 ePrint (PDF) | CrossRef | PMiD:33045618 | PMCiD:PMC7490256 | EuropePMC | Scholar

2019—2010

Ho JH, Adam S, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Liu Y, Kalteniece A, Dhage SS, Keevil BG, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Ahern T, Donn R, Malik RA, Soran H. Male sexual dysfunction in obesity: The role of sex hormones and small fibre neuropathy. PLoS One. 2019;14(9):e0221992 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:31509565 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Kyriacou A, Kyriacou A, Makris KC, Syed AA, Perros P. Weight gain following treatment of hyperthyroidism – a forgotten tale. Clin Obes 2019 ;e12328 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:31267667 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Adam S, Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Ho JH, Dhage SS, Yadav R, New JP, Donn R, Ammori BJ, Syed AA, Malik RA, Soran H, Durrington PN. Bariatric surgery as a model to explore the basis and consequences of the Reaven hypothesis: Small, dense low-density lipoprotein and interleukin-6. Diab Vasc Dis Res 2019;16(2):144-152. ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:31014098 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Mackintosh M, Derbyshire A, McVey R, Bolton J, Nickkho-Amiry M, Higgins CL, Kamieniorz M, Pemberton PW, Kirmani BH, Ahmed B, Syed A, Ammori B, Renehan A, Kitchener H, Crosbie E. The impact of obesity and bariatric surgery on circulating and tissue biomarkers of endometrial cancer risk. International Journal of Cancer 2018;144(3):641-650 | doi:10.1002/ijc.31913 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:30289975 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Bell L, Hunter AL, Kyriacou A, Mukherjee A, Syed AA. Clinical diagnosis of Graves' or non-Graves' hyperthyroidism compared to TSH receptor antibody test. Endocr Connect 2018; 7(4):504-510 | doi:10.1530/EC-18-0082 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:29531156 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Soran H, Adam S, Mohammad JB, Ho JH, Schofield JD, Kwok S, Siahmansur T, Liu Y, Syed AA, Dhage SS, Stefanutti C, Donn R, Malik RA, Banach M, Durrington PN. Guidelines/recommendations: Hypercholesterolaemia – practical information for non-specialists. Arch Med Sci 2018;14(1):1–21 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:29379528 | EuropePMC | Scholar

🎗️Adam S, Ammori B, Soran H, Syed AA. Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: screening for gestational diabetes. BMJ 2017;356:j533

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Soran H, Banerjee M, Mohamad JB, Adam S, Ho JH, Ismaeel SM, Dhage S, Syed AA, Abdulla I, Younis N, Malik RA. Risk Factors for failure of direct current cardioversion in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation. BioMed Research International 2018; doi:10.1155/2018/5936180 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:29721508 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Yadav R, Hama S, Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Schofield J, Syed AA, France M, Pemberton P, Adam S, Ho JH, Aghamohammadzadeh R, Dhage S, Donn R, Malik RA, New JP, Jeziorska M, Durrington P, Ammori BJ, Soran H. Effect of Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery on lipoproteins, insulin resistance, and systemic and vascular inflammation in obesity and diabetes. Front. Immunol 2017 | doi:10.3389/fimmu.2017.01512 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:29187850 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Mudaliar RN, Subramanian V, Kyriacou A, Syed A. Endocrinology Quiz - Case 9. Androgen deficiency in a patient with prolactinoma: Primary or secondary hypogonadism? Archives of Hellenic Medicine 2017; 34(6):853-854 ePrint | Scholar

Kyriacou A, Syed A. Endocrinology Quiz – Case 8. Subacute (DeQuervain's) thyroiditis. Archives of Hellenic Medicine 2017; 34(3):423-425 ePrint | Scholar

Tingi E, Syed AA, Kyriacou A, Mastorakos G, Kyriacou A. Benign Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy: A State of the Art Review. J Clin Transl Endocrinol 2016;6:37-49 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:29067240 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Adam S, Grecian S, Syed AA. Hereditary haemochromatosis presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis. QJM 2016; 109(11):747-748 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:27634967 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Narayanan RP, Syed AA. Response to Letter Regarding ‘Pregnancy Following Bariatric Surgery—Medical Complications and Management’. Obes Surg 2016; doi:10.1007/s11695-016-2363-1 CrossRef | PMID:27654904

Narayanan RP, Syed AA. Pregnancy following bariatric surgery - medical complications and management. Obes Surg 2016;26(10):2523-9 ePrint | CrossRef | PMiD:27488114 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Adam S, Syed AA. Diabetes care for the Hajj. Eur J Intern Med 2016;28:e7-8 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:26388256 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Kyriacou A, McLaughlin J, Syed AA. Thyroid disorders and gastrointestinal and liver dysfunction: A state of the art review. Eur J Intern Med 2015;26(8):563-71 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:26260744 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Al-Ozairi E, Al Kandari J, Al Haqqan D, Al Harbi O, Masters Y, Syed AA. Obesity surgery and Ramadan: a prospective analysis of nutritional intake, hunger and satiety, and adaptive behaviours during fasting. Obes Surg 2015; 25(3):523-9 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:25595382 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Kennedy-Dalby A, Adam S, Ammori BJ, Syed AA. Weight loss and metabolic outcomes of bariatric surgery in men versus women — A matched comparative observational cohort study. Eur J Intern Med 2014;25(10):922-5 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:25468739 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Yadav R, France M, Aghamohammadzadeh R, Liu Y, Hama S, Kwok S, Schofield J, Turkington P, Syed AA, Malik R, Pemberton P, Greenstein A, Durrington P, Ammori B, Gibson M, Jeziorska M, Soran H. Impairment of high density lipoprotein resistance to lipid peroxidation and adipose tissue inflammation in obesity complicated by obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014; 99(9):3390-8 doi:10.1210/jc.2013-3939 CrossRef | PMID:24823455 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Behbehani F, Ammori BJ, New JP, Summers LKM, Soran H, Syed AA. Metabolic outcomes 2 years following gastric bypass surgery in people with type 2 diabetes: an observational cohort study. QJM 2014; 107(9):721-6 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:24652654 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Elkhenini HF, New JP, Syed AA. Five-year outcome of bariatric surgery in a patient with melanocortin-4 receptor mutation. Clin Obes 2014;4(2):121–124 CrossRef | PMID:25826735 | Scholar

Demssie YN, Patel L, Kumar M, Syed AA. Hypomagnesaemia: clinical relevance and management. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2014; 75(1):39-43 CrossRef | PMID:24401970 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Demssie YN, Kulavarasalingam K, Kumar M, Syed A. Pituitary metastasis: an unusual cause of hypopituitarism. N Z Med J 2014; 127(1388):76-8 ePrint | PMID:24481391 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Syed AA, Demssie YN. Adrenocortical carcinoma presenting with hirsutism: an uncommon cause of a common complaint. N Z Med J 2014;127(1390):70-2 ePrint | PMID:24670593 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Adam S, Syed AA. Bariatric surgery. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2014;2(6):449 CrossRef | PMID:24880561 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Millichamp KA, Cooper V, Syed AA. Immediate changes in continuous positive airway pressure after bariatric surgery in obese people with obstructive sleep apnoea. Eur J Intern Med 2014; 25(3):e33-e34 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:24239271 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Elkhenini H, New JP, Summers LKM, Syed AA. Liraglutide therapy in obese people with type 2 diabetes—experience of a weight management centre. Eur J Intern Med 2014; 25(3):e38-e39 CrossRef | PMID:24412647 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Selvaraj T, Syed AA. Serum magnesium in postoperative patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Eur J Intern Med 2014; 25(4):e48-9 CrossRef | PMID:24484621 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Kyriacou A, Hunter AL, Tolofari S, Syed AA. Gastric bypass surgery in women with or without polycystic ovary syndrome—A comparative observational cohort analysis. Eur J Intern Med 2014;25(2):e23-e24 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:24140258 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Alatishe A, Ammori BJ, New JP, Syed AA. Bariatric surgery in women of childbearing age. QJM 2013; 106(8):717-720 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:23576775 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Dunne P, Kaimal N, MacDonald J, Syed AA. Iodinated contrast-induced thyrotoxicosis . CMAJ 2013; 185(2):144-147 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:23148056 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Kaimal N, Al-Rashedy M, Ammori BJ, Syed AA . Suture erosion after gastric bypass surgery. QJM 2013; 106:483-484 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:22539251 | EuropePMC | Scholar

MacCuish A, Razvi S, Syed AA. Effect of weight loss after gastric bypass surgery on thyroid function in euthyroid people with morbid obesity . Clin Obes 2012; 2:25-28 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:25586044 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Mohammed N, Ammori BJ, Syed AA. Investigating iron deficiency in the severely obese: challenges and solutions . Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2012; 73(11):606-607 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:23147357 | EuropePMC | Scholar

Farook S, Subudhi C, Syed A. Minerva (Lemierre's syndrome in elderly woman) . BMJ 2011;343:d5920 ePrint | CrossRef | WorldCat

Syed AA, Jones NAG, Bliss RD, Roberts JT, Mallick UK, Johnson SJ, Douglas SF, Perros P, Quinton R. Metachronous testicular teratoma, testicular seminoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma occurring in a single individual: a report of two unrelated cases . Eur J Cancer Care 2010;19(5):701-702 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:19912297 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

2009—2000

Syed AA, Halpin CG, Irving JAE, Unwin NC, White M, Bhopal RS, Redfern CPF, Weaver JU. A common intron 2 polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with insulin resistance in men. Clin Endocrinol 2008;68(6):879-884 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:18194492 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Hot Topics: GR polymorphism associated with insulin resistance. The Endocrinologist 2008:88 | PDF

Syed AA , Jones NAG, Perros P. Acute pretibial myxoedema following thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease . N Z Med J 2008;121(1283):108-109 ePrint | PMID:18841193 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA , Mecci FN. Erythema ab igne . N Z Med J 2008;121(1276):106-107 ePrint | PMID:18574515 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA. The endocrine system at a glance . Diabetic Medicine 2007;24:104 CrossRef | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA , Irving JAE, Redfern CPF, Hall AG, Unwin NC, White M, Bhopal RS, Weaver JU. Association of glucocorticoid receptor polymorphism A3669G in exon 9β with reduced central adiposity in women . Obesity 2006;14:759-764 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:16855182 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA. Minerva (Home made treatment history card patient innovation) . BMJ 2006;333:1278 ePrint | CrossRef | PMC1702451 | EuropePMC | WorldCat

Syed AA , Syeda RD, Mecci FN. Droopy eye . sBMJ 2006; 332:0605194 ePrint | CrossRef | WebCite | Scholar

Syed AA, Redfern CPF, Weaver JU. Human obesity and glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms . BMC Med Genet 2006 ePrint | WebCite | Archive

Putta SM, Syed AA , Parr JH. Cutaneous lesions on the legs . Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 2005;51(2):127, 130 ePrint | PMID:16006707 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA , Rattansingh A, Furtado SD. Current perspectives on the management of gastroparesis . J Postgrad Med 2005;51(1):54-60 ePrint | PMID:15793344 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA, Redfern CPF, Weaver JU. Aldosterone revisited . New England Journal of Medicine 2004;351(20):2131 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:15543662 | EuropePMC | WorldCat

Syed AA , Irving JAE, Redfern CPF, Hall AG, Unwin NC, White M, Bhopal RS, Alberti KGMM, Weaver JU. Low prevalence of the N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor in South Asians living in the United Kingdom . J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004;89(1):232-235 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:14715855 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA , Wheatley HA, Badminton MN, McDowell IFW. Urinary catecholamines and metabolites in the immediate postoperative period following major surgery . Journal of Clinical Pathology 2004;57(5):548-550 ePrint | CrossRef | PMID:15113868 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA. Online visibility and availability of journals can attract authors and readers . Indian Journal of Medical Research 2004;119(6):289 ePrint | PMID:15243167 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA, Weaver JU. Insulin resistance and coronary artery disease: body mass index may have affected results. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2004;6(1):78 PMID:14686967 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA, Weaver JU. Book review: Hormone resistance and hypersensitivity states . CME Bulletin Endocrinology & Diabetes 2004;5(1):10 ePrint | WebCite

Syed AA. Cortisol and the metabolic syndrome in South Indians . Clinical Endocrinology 2003;59(3):405-406 CrossRef | PMID:12919168 | EuropePMC | WorldCat | Scholar

Syed AA. Invisible oedema . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2003;33:295-296 ePrint | WebCite

Syed AA, Large DM. Quality of GPs' referral letters to diabetes secondary care. Pract Diab Int 2003;20(5):165-169 ePrint | CrossRef | WorldCat | Scholar

Comment: Improving communication between primary and secondary care. Pract Diab Int 2003;20(5):164 | CrossRef

Syed AA, Tiplady P, Large DM. Human consequences of foot and mouth disease: a diabetes perspective. Diabetes Today 2002;5(3):75-76 ePrint | CrossRef | WorldCat

Contributorship

Lieber I, et al. Treating subclinical hypothyroidism in individuals with or without mental health problems -A Delphi based expert consensus study in two countries. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Jul 12;14:1204842. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1204842. PMID: 37501790; PMCID: PMC10369346.

Jabbar A, et al. Effect of Levothyroxine on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients With Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2020;324(3):249-258 CrossRef | PMID:32692386 | Scholar

Colhoun HM, et al. Effects of atorvastatin on kidney outcomes and cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes: an analysis from the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS) . Am J Kidney Dis 2009;54(5):810-9 CrossRef | PMID:19540640 | Scholar

Rattansingh A, et al. Bidirectional flow within the intratesticular arteries caused by microvenous thrombosis secondary to testicular torsion. J Ultrasound Med 2009;28:817-21 PMID:19470824 | Scholar

Jayapaul MK, et al. The joint diabetic-renal clinic in clinical practice: 10 years of data from a District General Hospital. QJM 2006;99:153-60 PMID:16497849 | Scholar

Colhoun HM, et al. Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with atorvastatin in type 2 diabetes in the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS): multicentre randomized placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2004;364:685-96 CrossRef | PMID:15325833 | Scholar

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Conference proceedings/abstracts

Slater, C., Ellison, J., Weerasinghe, P., Rigor, M., Majeed, W., Mudaliar, R., Alkhaffaf, B., Sultan, J., Senapati, S., Akhtar, K., & Syed, A. (2023). Clinical practice innovation: pre-treatment with intragastric balloon vs. GLP-1 injections prior to bariatric surgery for patients with severe obesity. Obesity Surgery, 33(S1), S124-S124. | CrossRef

Naim Bin Aizan L, Ahmed B, Syed A, Alkhaffaf B. "BS P02 Equitable access to bariatric surgery: an exploration of trends in health inequalities and patient profiles over the last 15-years" British Journal of Surgery 110.Supplement_8(2023) | CrossRef

Mannan F, Wiltshire R, Ghaffari P, Waheed U, Syed A, Zdravkovic D, Donn R, Soran H, Heald A. "The effects of bariatric surgery on blood pressure management in Type 2 Diabetes: Insights from a ten-year follow up study" Endocrine Abstracts (2023) | CrossRef

Khor XY, Majeed W, Syed A. "Diagnosis of Cushing's in the presence of unilateral adrenal adenoma: not always what it seems" Endocrine Abstracts (2023) | CrossRef

Khor XY, Syed A. "The Swinging Sixties: Drug-fuelled Highs and Lows" Endocrine Abstracts (2023) | CrossRef

Vryza P, Economides P, Kyriacou A, Picolos M, Rizos E, Patrikios I, Syed AA, Kyriacou A. Parameters impacting excessive weight gain in patients treated for hyperthyroidism. Poster session presented at Society for Endocrinology BES 2023, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Endocrine Abstracts (2023) | CrossRef

Ragavan, S., Elhelw, O., Majeed, W., Alkhaffaf, B., Senapati, S., & Syed, A. (2023). Long-term comparative observational study of effectiveness of bariatric surgery in people with or without metabolic syndrome. Obesity Surgery, 33(S1), Article S22. | CrossRef

Elhelw, O., Ragavan, S., Majeed, W., Alkhaffaf, B., Senapati, S., & Syed, A. (2023). Long-term observational study of the effect of bariatric surgery on liver enzymes in people with obesity. Obesity Surgery, 33(S1), Article S21. | CrossRef

Ramsbottom V, Syed A. "Micronutrient concentrations and their associations with BMI in bariatric surgery patients" Endocrine Abstracts (2022) | CrossRef

Ganawa, Shawg, Santhosh, Smrithi, Parry, Lucy, Syed, Akheel A. "GLP1RA therapy in Bardet-Biedl syndrome" Endocrine Abstracts (2022) |CrossRef

Ioakim S, Zavros G, Picolos M, Syed Akheel Kyriacou A. "Real world prospective application of ATA guidelines in over 500 aspirated thyroid nodules: Is it time for changing the size cut-offs for FNA?" Endocrine Abstracts (2022) | CrossRef

Ragavan, S., Elhelw, O., Abdul Majeed, W., Kyriacou, A., & Syed, A. (2021). Alemtuzumab-induced thyroid dysfunction. Poster session presented at EndoBridge 2021, Antalya, Turkey. | Weblink

Iqbal, Z., Ferdousi, M., Kalteniece, A., Adam, S., Ho, JH., Liu, Y., Bashir, B., Donn, R., Syed, AA., Ammori, BJ., Malik, RA., & Soran, H. (2021, Aug). Distal Corneal Small Nerve Fibre Damage in Subjects With Obesity. Research Square. | CrossRef

Helene Fachim, Zohaib Iqbal, Martin Gibson, Ivonna Baracevic-Jones, Amy Campbel, Bethany Geary, Rachelle Donn, Akheel Syed, Antony Whetton, Handrean Soran & Adrian Heald. Associations between reduction in body mass index (BMI) and proteins linked to neural function after 12 months of bariatric surgery. Endocrine Abstracts 2021;77:P173 | CrossRef

Zohaib Iqbal, Helene Fachim, John Martin Gibson, Ivona Baricevic-Jones, Amy Campbell, Bethany Geary, Rachelle Donn, Dashne Hamarashid, Akheel Syed, Anthony Whetton, Handrean Soran & Adrian Heald. The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on the proteome of people achieving remission of Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrine Abstracts 2021;77:P61 | CrossRef

Iqbal, Z., Fachim, H., Gibson, J., Baricevic-jones, I., Campbell, A., Geary, B., Donn, R., Syed, A., Wetton, A., Soran, H., & Heald, A. N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase is a biomarker for remission of type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery. Poster session presented at SfE BES 2021, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Endocrine Abstracts 2021 | CrossRef

Fachim H, Iqbal Z, Gibson M, Baricevic-Jones I, Campbell A, Geary B, Donn R, Syed A, Whetton A, Soran H, Heald A. Heat shock 70 kDa protein 4 declines after bariatric surgery in association with markers of inflammation and glycaemia [Oral communication]. 57th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Diabetologia 2021; 64(Suppl 1):S28 | Webcast | Abstract

Z. Iqbal, H. Fachim,M.Gibson, I. Baricevic-Jones, A. Campbell, B. Geary, R. Donn, A. Syed, A. Whetton, H. Soran, A. Heald. Bariatric surgery, type 2 diabetes remission and proteomic changes. Diabetologia 2021;64(Suppl 1):S132 | Webcast | Abstract

Mathew S, Syed A. GCM2 variant - A rare genetic cause of Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism. In: Society for Endocrinology National Clinical Cases 2020 (London, UK). Endocrine Abstracts 2020;69:P25 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.69.P25 | CrossRef

Ho, J. H., Liu, Y., Adam, S., Syed, A. A., Ammori, B. J., Donn, R., Malik, R., Tabet, F., Cochran, B. J., Rye, K.-A., & Soran, H. (2020). Changes in the effect of HDL on pancreatic beta-cell insulin secretion following metabolic surgery. In Atherosclerosis (Vol. 315, pp. e150-e151) | CrossRef

Slater C, Ellison J, Clark H, Michaelidou M, Majeed W, Summers L, Senapati S, Akhtar K, Syed A. Does weight loss in Tier-3 Specialist Medical Weight Management influence weight loss after Bariatric Surgery? In: Abstracts of the 11th BOMSS Annual Scientific Meeting (Aberdeen, UK). OBES SURG 2020;30(Suppl 1):S14 | CrossRef

Iqbal Z, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Kalteniece A, Adam S, Ho J, Liu Y, Syed AA, Malik R, Soran H. Obesity related small fibre neuropathy is associated with circulating PCSK9. In 88th EAS Congress 2020 (e162). Atherosclerosis (Vol. 315, pp. e162) | CrossRef

Naqvi A, Mackintosh M, Derbyshire A, Tsakiroglou AM, Walker T, Mcvey R, Bolton J, Fergie M, Bagley S, Ashton G, Pemberton P, Syed A, Ammori B, Byers RJ, Crosbie E. The impact of morbid obesity and weight loss on the immune microenvironment of the endometrium. Leeds Pathology 2019. 12th Joint Meeting of the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology and the Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2–4 July 2019. J. Pathol. 2019;249: S1-S59. | CrossRef

Adam S, Azmi S, Liu Y, Ferdousi M, Siahmansur T, Kalteniece A, Marshall A, Ho J, Iqbal Z, Dhage S, D'Souza Y, Natha S, Kalra P, Donn R, Syed A, Ammori B, Durrington P, Malik R, Soran H. Changes in serum triglycerides are associated with improvements in small fibre neuropathy in obese persons following bariatric surgery. Atherosclerosis Supplements. 2019;38:e3. | CrossRef

Ho JH, Adam S, Liu Y, Azmi S, Dhage S, Syed A, Ammori BJ, Donn R, Malik RA, Yang X, Tsimikas S, Soran H. Reduction In Autoantibodies To Oxidised Ldl And Apob-Immune Complexes Following Metabolic Surgery. Atherosclerosis. 2019 Aug 1;287:e82. | CrossRef

Ho, J. H., Liu, Y., Adam, S., Azmi, S., Dhage, S., Syed, A., Ammori, B. J., Donn, R., Malik, R. A., Yang, X., Tsimikas, S., & Soran, H. (2019). The effect of metabolic surgery on lipoprotein(A), oxidised phospholipids and biomarkers of lipoprotein oxidation. e2-e3. Abstract from HEART UK 33rd Annual Medical & Scientific Conference 2019, Coventry, United Kingdom. Atherosclerosis. 2019 Aug 1;287:e230. | CrossRef

Adam S, Liu Y, Siah Mansur T, Ho JH, Azmi S, Siddals K, Dhage S, Malik R, Syed A, Ammori B, Durrington P, Donn R & Soran H. Novel insights into potential mechanisms by which bariatric surgery reduces cardiovascular disease risk. Oral communication in Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society, Telford, United Kingdom. BOMSS abstracts 2018. Br J Surg, 105:6. | CrossRef

Jan Hoong Ho, Safwaan Adam, Shazli Azmi, Shaishav Dhage, Yifen Liu, Maryam Ferdousi, Akheel Syed, Basil J Ammori, Rayaz A Malik, Rachelle Donn, Handrean Soran. The effects of bariatric surgery on obesity-related male sexual dysfunction. In Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society, Telford, United Kingdom. BOMSS abstracts 2018. Br J Surg, 105:10. | CrossRef

Yeo, L. X. C., Evans, P., Syed, A., Senapati, S. P., & Sinha, S. (2018). Investigating the effect of bariatric surgery on renal function: a retrospective study. In British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society, Telford, UK. | BOMSS abstracts 2018. Br J Surg, 105:18. | CrossRef

Shipton, M., Johal, N., Dutta, N., Ahmed, B., Ammori, B., Senapati, S. P., Akhtar, K., Summers, L., New, J., & Syed, A. (2018). Deficiencies of Vitamin B12, Folate and Iron Over 4 Years of Follow-up Post-Bariatric Surgery. In British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society, Telford, UK. | BOMSS abstracts 2018. Br J Surg, 105:28. | CrossRef

S.S. Dhage, S. Azmi, S. Adam, M. Ferdousi, Y. Liu, T.J. Siahmansur, G. Ponirakis, A. Marshall, U. Alam, I. Petropoulos, P. Pemberton, J. Schofield, J.H. Ho, A.A. Syed, B.J. Ammori, P.N. Durrington, R.A. Malik, H. Soran. Obesity related neuropathy is associated with HDL functionality. Atherosclerosis 2018;275:e172 | DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.520 | CrossRef

J.H. Ho, S. Adam, T. Siahmansur, Y. Liu, S. Azmi, R. Aghamohammadzadeh, K. Siddals, R.A. Malik, A.A. Syed, B.J. Ammori, P.N. Durrington, R. Donn, H. Soran. Bariatric surgery enhances reverse cholesterol transport and high density lipoprotein functionality. Atherosclerosis 2018;275:e35-e36 | DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.088 | CrossRef

S. Adam, T. Siahmansur, Y. Liu, J.H. Ho, S. Pagano, S. Azmi, A.A. Syed, S.S. Dhage, R.A. Malik, R. Donn, B.J. Ammori, N. Vuilleumier, H. Soran. Bariatric surgery leads to a reduction in anti-apolipoprotein-A-1 IgG antibodies. Atherosclerosis 2018;275:e207 | DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.643 | CrossRef

Y. Liu, S. Adam, J.H. Ho, T. Siahmansur, S. Azmi, S.S. Dhage, R.A. Malik, A.A. Syed, B.J. Ammori, P.N. Durrington, R. Donn, H. Soran. Reductions in glycated apolipoprotein B after bariatric surgery are more closely associated with decreases in glycaemic parameters than changes in LDL-C or total apolipoprotein B. Atherosclerosis 2018;275:e30-e31 | CrossRef

Kyriacou A, Kyriacou A, Syed AA, Perros P. Weight gain with hyperthyroidism therapy: a prospective pilot study. In Society for Endocrinology BES 2018, Glasgow, UK (19 Nov 2018 - 21 Nov 2018). Endocrine Abstracts (2018) 59 P210 | CrossRef

Ahmed B, Syed A, New J, Senapati S, Akhtar K, Ammori B. DOES POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME IMPAIR WEIGHT LOSS AMONGST MORBIDLY OBESE WOMEN UNDERGOING LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS? A CASE-CONTROLLED STUDY. In OBESITY SURGERY 2018 Sep 1 (Vol. 28, pp. 401-401). 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA: SPRINGER.

Dhage, S. S., Adam, S., Ho, J. H., Yadav, R., Hama, S., Schofield, J., France, M., Syed, A. A., Siahmansur, T., Pemberton, P., Aghamohammadzadeh, R., Donn, R., Malik, R. A., New, J. P., Durrington, P., Ammori, B. A., Liu, Y., & Soran, H. (2017). Effect of Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery on lipoproteins, insulin resistance, and systemic and vascular inflammation in obese patients with and without diabetes. Endocrine Abstracts. | CrossRef

Ho, J. H., Adam, S., Azmi, S., Dhage, S., Liu, Y., Ferdousi, M., Syed, A., Ammori, B., Malik, R., Donn, R., & Soran, H. (2017). Male sexual dysfunction and hypogonadism improves following bariatric surgery. Endocrine Abstracts. | CrossRef

Adam, S., Siahmansur, T., Liu, Y., Azmi, S., Siddals, K., Ho, J. H., Dhage, S., Malik, R., Syed, A., Ammori, B., Durrington, P., Donn, R., & Soran, H. (2017). Reverse cholesterol transport and other functions of high density lipoprotein are enhanced after bariatric surgery. Endocrine Abstracts, 50, 322. | CrossRef

Kyriacou, A., & Syed, A. (2017). Use of glucocorticoids in subacute thyroiditis. Endocrine Abstracts, 50, P403. | CrossRef

Fox, A., & Syed, A. (2017). Vitamin D status before and after bariatric surgery during 4 years of follow-up. Endocrine Abstracts, 50, P340. | CrossRef

Elkhenini, H., Slater, C., Ammori, B., Akhtar, K., Senapati, S., Summers, L., New, J., & Syed, A. (2017). Clinical outcomes of bariatric surgery in a specialist centre. In Society for Endocrinology: Obesity Update | Endocrine Abstracts (2017) 48 P14 | CrossRef

Elkhenini, H., Slater, C., Ammori, B., Akhtar, K., Senapati, S., Summers, L., New, J., & Syed, A. (2017). Review of process of care for bariatric surgery in a specialist weight management centre. In Society for Endocrinology: Obesity Update | Endocrine Abstracts (2017) 48 P6 | CrossRef

MacKintosh ML, Derbyshire AE, Gavrielides N, Kamieniorz M, Pemberton PW, Nickkho-Amiry M, McVey RJ, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Kitchener HC, Crosbie EJ. PTEN STATUS AND CIRCULATING AND ENDOMETRIAL MARKERS OF INSULIN SIGNALLING IN MORBIDLY OBESE WOMEN UNDERGOING BARIATRIC SURGERY. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER 2017 Nov 1 (Vol. 27, pp. 1816-1816).

Bell, L., & Syed, A. Evaluation of clinical diagnosis of Graves’ or Non-Graves’ Hyperthyroidism Compared to Gold-Standard TRAb Test. In: Society for Endocrinology BES 2016, Brighton, UK. Endocrine Abstracts (2016) | CrossRef

Liu, Y, Siahmansur, T, Schofield, JD, Hama, S, Yadav, R, Adam, S, France, M, Kwok, S, Donn, R, Stevens, A, Ho, J, Ammori, BJ, Syed, A, Durrington, PN & Soran, H 2016, 'EFFECTS OF OBESITY AND BARIATRIC SURGERY ON HDL FUNCTIONALITY AND MICROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY', Atherosclerosis, vol. 252, pp. E221-E222. | CrossRef

Siahmansur TJ, Liu Y, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Pemberton P, Adam S, Schofield JD, Syed AA, Ammori B, Malik R, Durrington PN, Soran H. Improvement in small fibre neuropathy and inflammatory biomarkers after bariatric surgery. Atherosclerosis 2016;255:e8-9 | DOI:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.09.026 | CrossRef | Scholar

Liu Y, Siahmansur T, Hama S, Schofield JD, Yadav R, France M, Kwok S, Donn R, Stevens A, Ammori BJ, Syed A, Durrington PN, Soran H. Effect of bariatric surgery on HDL quantity and quality. Atherosclerosis 2016;245:e245 | CrossRef | Scholar

MacKintosh ML, McVey R, Derbyshire A, Nickkho-Amiry M, Pemberton P, Syed A, Ammori B, Kitchener H, Crosbie EJ. The impact of obesity and weight loss on the endometrium. (Blair Bell Research Society). BJOG - An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2015;122(12):E7-E7 | CrossRef | PMiD:26498313 | EuropePMC

Muhyaldeen A, Kyriacou A, Schofield J, Ali A, Ghattamaneni S, Thiryayi S, Durgesh R, Nadira N, Lee S, Syed A, Parrott N, Soran H. The value of second fine needle aspiration cytology tests when investigating benign thyroid nodules (Thy2/Thy2c). Endocrine Abstracts 2015;38:P447 | CrossRef

Grecian, S., Adam, S., & Syed, A. (2015). From the bronze age to the iron age. In Endocrine Abstracts (Vol. 38, pp. P241) | CrossRef

Syed AA. Obesity epidemic and diabesity. In Obesity: Epidemiology, complications and management. London: Royal Society of Medicine, 2015 (24 Apr) | CrossRef | RSM London

Yadav, R., France, M., Aghamohammadzadeh, R., Liu, Y., Hama, S., Kwok, S., Schofield, J., Syed, A., Malik, R., Durrington, P., Greenstein, A., Jeziorska, M., & Soran, H. (2014). HDL antioxidant function is impaired and adipose tissue inflammation is pronounced in obese patients with increasing severity of sleep apnea. e145. Abstract from 82nd EAS Congress, Madrid. Atherosclerosis 2014;235(2):e145 | CrossRef

MacKintosh ML, McVey R, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Kitchener HC, Crosbie EJ. (2014, November). Should morbidly obese women be screened for endometrial cancer? International Journal of Gynecological Cancer 2014;24(9):1582-1583 | Scholar

Kennedy-Dalby, A., Ammori, B., & Syed, A. (2014). Outcomes of bariatric surgery in men versus women: a matched observational cohort analysis. In Society for Endocrinology. Endocrine Abstracts (Vol. 34). | CrossRef

Tolofari, S., Hunter, L., Kyriacou, A., & Syed, A. (2013). RCSENG/ASIT poster presentation prize winner: Effectiveness of bariatric surgery in women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome. In International Journal of Surgery (Vol. 11). | CrossRef

Elkhenini H, New J, Syed A. Bariatric surgery in a patient with melanocortin 4 receptor mutation. In Society for Endocrinology BES 2013 Mar 1 (Vol. 31). Endocrine Abstracts (2013) | CrossRef

Kyriacou A, Hunter L, Tolofari S, Syed A. Effectiveness of bariatric surgery in women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome. In In Society for Endocrinology BES 2013 Mar 1 (Vol. 31). Endocrine Abstracts (2013) | CrossRef

Al Ozairi, E., Al Kandari, J., Al Haqqan, D., Al Harbi, O., Master, Y., & Syed, A. (2013). Nutritional Intake and Hunger and Satiety During Ramadan Fasting in People Who Have Undergone Bariatric Surgery. 1221-1221. Abstract from The 18th World Congress of IFSO, Istanbul. | CrossRef

Menon, A., Senapati, P., Akhtar, K., New, J., Syed, A., & Ammori, B. (2013). The effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on postoperative erythrocyte and haematinic indices at 1 year. 1056-1056. Abstract from The 18th World Congress of IFSO, Istanbul. Obesity Surgery 2013;23(8):105 | Scholar

Hama, S., Schofield, J., Aghamohammadzadeh, R., Liu, Y., Yadav, R., Charlton-Menys, V., France, M., Jeziorska, M., Greenstein, A., Pemberton, P., Kwok, S., Syed, A., Bhatnagar, D., Heagerty, A., Durrington, P., Ammori, B., & Soran, H. (2013). Changes in inflammation markers, adipose tissue properties, glucose homeostasis and lipoproteins after gastric bypass surgery in morbidly obese patients. e1-e10. Abstract from HEART UK 27TH Annual Conference: Familial Hypercholesterolaemia – Recognised at Last?, UWE Exhibition & Conference Centre, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK. Atherosclerosis 2013;231(2):e3-e | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.07.016 | Scholar

Toleubekova L, Al-Rashedy M, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Summers LKM. Weight loss and metabolic effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Obes Facts 2013;6(suppl 1):101 | CrossRef

MacKintosh ML, McVey R, Syed AA, Ammori BJ, Kitchener HC, Crosbie EJ. The incidence of occult endometrial hyperplasia or carcinoma in morbidly obese women [Oral communication]. BJOG 2013;120 (Suppl. s1):226-226 | CrossRef

Chrystal RJ, Syed AA, Summers LKM. (2013). Is orlistat effective in managing obesity in patients with type 2 diabetes who have previously failed at weight loss?. Poster session presented at Diabetes UK Professional Conference, Manchester Central. Diabetic Medicine 2013;30(Suppl. 1):82 | CrossRef | Scholar

Alatishe A, Ammori BJ, New JP, Syed AA. Weight loss after bariatric surgery in women of childbearing age. In Society for Endocrinology BES 2013. Endocrine Abstracts (2013) 31 P218 | CrossRef

Behbehani F, Ammori B, New J, Summers L, Syed A. Glycaemic and metabolic outcomes following bariatric surgery in obese people with Type 2 diabetes: A33 (P430). Diabetic Medicine. 2013 Mar;30.

MacCuish, A., Razvi, S., & Syed, AA. (2011). Effect of weight loss through gastric bypass on thyroid function in euthyroid people with morbid obesity. Abstract from Society for Endocrinology BES 2011, Birmingham, UK. Endocrine Abstracts 2011 Apr 1 (Vol. 25). | CrossRef

Prajapati R, Canoy D, Gittins M, Buchan I, New J, Syed A. Effectiveness of sibutramine in promoting weight loss in obese people with and without diabetes in a weight management clinic: A retrospective case-cohort study. In: American Diabetes Association 70th Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL (25-29 Jun 2010). Diabetes 2010;59(Suppl 1):A490-A491 | Abstract | Scholar | WebCite | Archive

Demssie Y, Mukherjee A, Kearney T, Syed AA. Extensive hirsutism, a valuable clue to a sinister pathology. In Society for Endocrinology BES 2010 Mar 31. Endocrine Abstracts (Vol. 21). | Weblink

Demssie YN, Jawaheer J, Farook S, New JP, Syed AA. Weight and glycaemic outcomes following bariatric surgery in people with type 2 diabetes. In Society for Endocrinology BES 2010 Mar 31 (Vol. 21). Endocrine Abstracts (2010) 21 P161 | Weblink

Bhattacharya, B., Syed, A., Razvi, S., Johnson, K., Hill, J., Carrie, S., Mitra, D., & Quinton, R. (2007). Diagnosing early acromegaly: the pre-test probability of disease is strongly influenced by the presence or absence of other associated diseases. Poster session presented at Society for Endocrinology BES 2007, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Endocrine Abstracts (2007) 13 P220 | Weblink

Syed AA, Jones NA, Roberts JT, Mallick UK, Douglas F, Perros P, Quinton R. Testicular teratoma, testicular seminoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma occurring in a single individual: a report of two unrelated cases. In Society for Endocrinology BES 2007, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Endocrine Abstracts (2007) 13 P219 | Weblink

Syed, A., Irving, J. A., Redfern, C. P. F., A, H., Unwin, N., White, M., Bhopal, R., Alberti, K. G. M. M., & Weaver, J. U. (2004). The N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor in South Asians in the North East. Poster session presented at 23rd Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies with the European Federation of Endocrine Societies, Brighton, United Kingdom. Endocrine Abstracts (2004) 7 P41 | Weblink

Syed, A., Mathias, D. B., Wahid, S. T., Hall, K., & Weaver, J. U. (2002). Prolactin elevation to 16,630 mU/l in a case of a large non-functioning pituitary adenoma. 22. Poster session presented at 21st Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies, Harrogate, United Kingdom. Endocrine Abstracts (2002) 3 P22 | Weblink

Syed A, Wheatley H, Badminton M, McDowell I. Urinary catecholamines and catecholamine-metabolites in the immediate post-operative period following coronary revascularization surgery. Poster session presented at 21st Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies. Endocrine Abstracts (2002) 3 P196 | Weblink

Syed AA, Evans C, Nix B, Ludgate M, Lazarus JH. Early Changes in Thyroid Stimulating Antibody Activity Following Radio-iodine Therapy. Poster session presented at Focus 2001 - National Scientific Meeting of the Association of Clinical Biochemists, London, United Kingdom (30 Apr-4 May 2001). Proceedings of the Association of Clinical Biochemists National Meeting (2001) p73

Syed AA, Ashok MV, Appaya MP. Children with Scholastic Backwardness: A Psychiatric Profile. Oral session presented at 28th Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society South Zone Branch, Vijayawada, India (14-15 October 1995).

Book chapters

Hunter AL, Syed AA. Obesity, cortisol excess and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. pp.37-48 In: Weaver JU, editor. Practical guide to obesity medicine, Edition: 1, Publisher: Elsevier, 2017 CrossRef | WorldCat | Google Books

Kalavalapalli SS, Syed AA. Bariatric surgery in women of childbearing age. In: Seshiah V, editor. Contemporary topics in gestational diabetes mellitus. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., 2014 WorldCat | Google Books

PhD thesis

Syed AA. The role of glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms and glucocorticoid sensitivity in human obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Doctoral dissertation. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2008