Katie Bishop is a Specialist Registrar in
Diabetes and Endocrinology and General Medicine in Merseyside, UK. She studied
medicine at the University of Liverpool where, during placement at the Countess
of Chester Hospital, the zealous teaching of Dr David Ewins ignited her passion
for Diabetes and Endocrinology. Through her junior doctor training working in
Bristol, Taunton and Liverpool, she has developed a particular interest in improving
patients’ experience of living with type 1 diabetes. Her posters have been
presented at Diabetes UK and RCOG World congress, and she has published case
reports on different aspects of type 1 diabetes care in Practical Diabetes.