Dr Colin J. Kenny

Dr. Colin J. Kenny MB FRCGP MMEd BEM

Dr. Colin Kenny MB FRCGP MMED has been a general practitioner in Dromore, Co Down since 1985. He has recently retired after working for a spell in New Zealand.  He has been a GP trainer, GP tutor, course organiser, and an associate director of medical education in the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency. He ran a diabetes clinic in his practice from 1986 and writes and lectures regularly on diabetes-related subjects.

In 1996, he became the inaugural chairman of Primary Care Diabetes U.K. He was the founding chairman of the Primary Care Diabetes Society. In 2007, he became the editor of Diabetes and Primary Care and has also been editor of Diabetes Distilled. He was also involved with the ‘World of Diabetes’ podcast and lectures regularly on breaking evidence in diabetes. In 2018 he received a British Empire Medal for services to diabetes.

He has been involved as a tutor on this Diabetes Masters for five years and for the past two years has been the Programme Leader on the Masters / Diploma in Diabetes with iHEED / University of Warwick.