Milan Piya

Milan Piya is an Associate Professor in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, as well as a clinical academic endocrinologist at Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals. He is research lead for the multidisciplinary publicly funded South Western Sydney Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program (SWS MRBP) based in Camden Hospital, NSW and has been exploring the effect of multidisciplinary weight management on the metabolic and psychological health in people with class 3 obesity. He has a clinical and research interest in Type 2 diabetes, obesity and associated health conditions, particularly in the context of severe obesity.

Milan is originally from Nepal where he attained his medical degree before moving to the UK to complete his basic physician training as well as specialist training in Endocrinology and General Medicine. He completed his PhD in obesity and metabolism at the University of Warwick, and worked in three major obesity and bariatric centres in the UK over 10 years before moving to Sydney in 2017. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians as well as the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), a member of the Australian Diabetes Society and Diabetes UK, and is on the council of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society.