So who is this lady that will now be looking after your diabetes?

Some of you may have met her already, but those of you who have not will be pleasantly surprised by her demeanour, manner and above all knowledge.

Dr Amutha Krishnan was born in Madras , India in 1973.

Her parents are both teachers and she has two brothers, both of whom are software consultants, the younger works in India , and her elder brother in America .

Being the youngest in the family had its advantages, as at an early age she found that if she cried, she got what she wanted as being the apple of her fathers eye he would not allow her to cry. Spoilt, she muses, but she quickly emphasises that her family is the most important thing in her life.

Her education started at a primary school in Madras , and she had an advantage, her parents being teachers.

From there, she progressed to Secondary School and then onto University where she studied medicine.

At the Medical College in Madras she got her degree in Medicine (MBBS) until eventually after much study she got her MRCP(UK) at the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom .

Prior to coming to the Isle of Man she was the Senior House Officer at the Mohan Hospital , Chennai , India .

When she came to the UK her first appointment was at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight , from where she came to the Isle of Man.

She had been told that the Isle of Man was in the middle of the sea, and that it took three hours by boat to get here, but as it was her husband, also a doctor, who had got the initial post at Noble's she naturally followed him, and has never regretted having come over.

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However, to finish her qualifications she took the post of Senior House Officer at Tameside General Hospital Ashton Under-Lyne and then returned to take a similar post at Noble's.

Dr Krishnan had worked with Dr Khan in the diabetic field from April 2003 to January 2004 before her appointment to the Diabetic Centre.

Prior to that she has worked with diabetics when she was at Tameside General Hospital

Her present title is Staff Grade Physician (diabetes and endocrinology) Noble's Hospital, Isle of Man. This title hides a multitude and diversity of responsibilities.

Dr Krishnan's duties at the Manx Diabetes Centre include; holding three diabetic clinics and one medical clinic every week, an endocrinology clinic and adolescent diabetic clinic every fortnight, and a diabetic antenatal clinic once a fortnight.

She sees some 40 patients on a weekly basis at the Manx Diabetes Centre.

Her other responsibilities include, reviewing medical inpatients on a weekly basis, the training of junior trainee doctors in the general medical care and bedside clinical teaching for those preparing for the membership exams, participating actively in clinical audit departmental educational meetings and teaching programmes for the SHO's.

Conducting a journal club at the diabetic centre, and actively involved in updating protocols in diabetes and endocrinology in association with Dr Khan.

She also works in some clinics with Dr Nigel Harrison and her other duties at Noble's are too many to mention here, but we can assure you that the DHSS takes more than full advantage of her considerable clinical knowledge.