Alex Miras is a Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Endocrinology and Obesity Medicine at Imperial College London. His clinical and research work focus solely on Obesity. He has contributed to the clinical management and research in Obesity over the last 10 years, through his work at a high throughput Obesity Centre. The specialist interests of his research Group are the mechanisms of action of interventions for obesity, focusing on pharmacotherapy, medical devices and obesity surgery. He has delivered invited lectures at national and international meetings, contributed to national clinical guideline development, published his research in high impact factor journals and disseminated his findings to the lay public. He is an active member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity that seeks to change policy at the highest level. He is a SCOPE (Specialist Certification of Obesity Professional Education) National Fellow for the UK and associate editor for Surgery for obesity and associated disorders and Obesity Surgery.