Education
Balliol College, Oxford (Master of Arts. Doctor of Philosophy 1964. Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery 1965. Honorary Fellow 1999).
Balliol College, Oxford (Master of Arts. Doctor of Philosophy 1964. Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery 1965. Honorary Fellow 1999).
His long-standing special interest is diabetes mellitus, in connection with which he has published many research papers and served on many national and international committees. In the 1970s Alberti published recommendations for the management of diabetic ketoacidosis, a serious metabolic emergency which affects people suffering from severe insulin deficiency. This "Alberti regime" rationalised the use of insulin and fluid therapy in this condition, to the undoubted benefit of many patients.
Alberti served as National Clinical Director for Emergency Access from September 2002 to March 2009.
He has been Professor and Dean of Medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and President of the Royal College of Physicians. Alberti drove controversial changes to emergency care in the United Kingdom, leading to some hospitals losing their status as emergency care centres.
Research Fellow, Harvard University, 1966-1969 Research Officer, Department of Medicine, Oxford University, 1969-1973 Professor of Chemical Pathology and Human Metabolism, University of Southampton, 1973-1978 Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University of Southampton, 1978-1985 Professor of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1985–2002 (Dean of Medicine, 1995-1997) Professor of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London, 1999-2002 National Clinical Director for Emergency Access, since 2002 Chair of King"s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, 2011-2015.
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (president, 1997–2002) Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists Member, World Health Organisation Expert Advisory Panel on Diabetes, 1979– President, International Diabetes Federation, 2000-2003 (Vice-President, 1988-1994) Vice-Chairman, British Diabetic Association, 1996-1999 Vice President, Diabetes United Kingdom, 2000– Founder FMedSci 1998 (Member of Council, 1998–2002) Knight Bachelor, Foreign services to Diabetic Medicine, 2000 Member of the Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering.
Member of the Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering.
