Dr. Guruprasad Udupi

About Dr. Guruprasad Udupi

Dr. Guruprasad Udupi is a consultant diabetologist & endocrinologist based in Bangalore, practicing at Mallige Medical Centre (Crescent Road) and Dialife diabetes, thyroid & endocrine center (Vidyaranyapura) Dr. Udupi obtained the postgraduate diploma in Diabetology from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin, in 2006. Prior to that he worked at Bangalore Baptist Hospital as the DNB (Internal Medicine) resident and MBBS from JSS Medical College, Mysore, in 2001. In 2004, Dr. Udupi has done fellowship in emergency medicine at St. John's Medical College and hospital in Bangalore. He has done postgraduate diploma and masters in endocrinology from University of South Wales, UK. Dr. Guruprasad Udupi is well trained and adequately experienced in handling the subcutaneous insulin pump (Medtronic's) and continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS). He is among the first doctors to have managed diabetes in pregnant ladies using the insulin pump. One of Dr. Udupi's areas of interest is mitochondrial dysfunction and type 2 diabetes mellitus - with a view to finding ways to improve mitochondrial biogenesis to prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus. Another of his interest areas is prevention of Charcot foot by finding a way to reduce pedal osteolytic hyperactivity in diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy and arteriovenous shunting. He is also has his main clinical interest in treating thyroid cancers.