Dr Nisa Sheriff is a consultant endocrinologist who is passionate about providing holistic, evidence-based care to her patients.
Dr Sheriff graduated from the University of Melbourne with a combined Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours). She completed her Basic Physician Training at the Royal Melbourne and Prince of Wales Hospitals. She proceeded to specialist training in Endocrinology at Royal North Shore and St Vincent’s Hospitals in Sydney. She undertook a pituitary fellowship at St Vincent’s hospital and was recipient of a University of New South Wales Research Training Program scholarship for subsequent research in pituitary tumours and genetics. She has also furthered her interest in research while working at the prestigious William Harvey Research Institute in London, UK.
She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in the fields of pituitary diseases, diabetes, obesity and bone. She has been an invited speaker at multiple national and international conferences to present her research. She is a member of the Endocrine Society of Australia, Australian Diabetes Society, US Endocrine Society and European Society of Endocrinology. She is passionate about teaching and is an examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians exams. She is a VMO at Sydney Adventist Hospital and is involved with undergraduate teaching through the University of Sydney.
Dr Sheriff has clinical expertise in managing all areas of endocrinology including diabetes (type 1, 2 and pregnancy-related) and insulin resistance, thyroid, pituitary and adrenal conditions, endocrine disorders in pregnancy, bone and calcium disorders as well as polycystic ovarian syndrome and weight management.
Dr Sheriff’s priority is to provide high quality, warm and compassionate care to her patients. She will provide individualised care encouraging patients to be involved in decision making by providing patients with accurate and up-to-date information based on latest research.