Dr Gordon Sloan

MBChB, PhD

Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Gordon Sloan
Gordon Sloan
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gordon.sloan@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Gordon Sloan
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room FU32, F Floor
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
Profile

I am a clinical scientist, with a specialist interest in the field of neurological complications of diabetes mellitus.

I completed my undergraduate training at the University of Sheffield in 2011. During this training I completed an intercalated BMedSci where I developed an interest in research. I then undertook clinical training in South Yorkshire, and commenced specialist training in Diabetes and Endocrinology in 2015. I commenced a Clinical Research Fellowship at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2017 and defended my PhD in 2022, which was entitled ‘Central Biomarkers of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy’. Since 2022 I have been a NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer working in the Division of Clinical Medicine.

Research interests

My research interests lie in developing a greater understanding of the mechanisms which underlie Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. In particular, I have utilized neuroimaging techniques to determine the cerebral alterations which differentiate Painful- compared with Painless-Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.

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  • Binns-Hall O, White J, Goonoo MS, Walker J, Sloan G, Gandhi R & Selvarajah D (2023) Real-world evaluation of OpSite topical dressing in painful diabetic neuropathy. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 40 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Teh K, McAllister J, Anandhanarayanan A, Sloan G, Tesfaye S & Selvarajah D (2023) A novel data driven machine learning approach to identify painful diabetic neuropathy subtypes from resting-state functional magnetic resonance brain imaging. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 40 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goonoo MS, Selvarajah D, Binns-Hall O, Sloan G, Walker J & Tesfaye S (2023) Abnormal combined diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN)-check and SUDOSCAN results predict all-cause mortality in people with diabetes: The Sheffield prospective study. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 40 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan G, Selvarajah D, Anton A, Teh K, Shillo P, Greig M, Goonoo M, Caunt S, Wilkinson ID & Tesfaye S (2023) Preservation of thalamic mitochondrial and neuronal function in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging study. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 40 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goonoo M, Selvarajah D, Binns-Hall O, Sloan G, Walker J & Tesfaye S (2023) Abnormal combined DPN-check and Sudoscan results predict all-cause mortality in people with diabetes: the Sheffield prospective study. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 66(SUPPL 1) (pp S469-S469) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Selvarajah D, Teh K, Sloan G, Pallai S & Tesfaye S (2023) Cerebral dopamine receptor engagement and treatment response: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study in painful diabetic neuropathy. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 66(SUPPL 1) (pp S469-S469) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan G, Selvarajah D, Anton A, Teh K, Wilkinson ID & Tesfaye S (2023) Preservation of thalamic mitochondrial and neuronal function in Painful-Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: a multi-modal cerebral imaging study. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 66(SUPPL 1) (pp S106-S106) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan GP, Selvarajah D, Teh K, Wilkinson ID & Tesfaye S (2022) Increased functional connectivity of the thalamus to the primary somatosensory cortex and insular cortex following treatment withdrawal: A potential biomarker of painful-diabetic peripheral neuropathy. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 39 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Teh K, Mcallister J, Fan J, Anandhanarayanan A, Sloan G, Tesfaye S & Selvarajah D (2022) Better target engagement of opioid receptor systems in responders to neuropathic pain treatment: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study in painful diabetic neuropathy. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 39 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Greig M, Sloan G, Shillo PR, Selvarajah D, Wilkinson ID & Tesfaye S (2022) Mood disorders are related to thalamic H1-MRS metabolite parameters in type 1 diabetes. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 65(SUPPL 1) (pp S380-S381) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Selvarajah D, Teh K, Mcallister J, Anandhanarayanan A, Fan J, Sloan G & Tesfaye S (2022) Better target engagement of opioid receptor systems in responders to neuropathic pain treatment: a neurotransmitter-enriched functional connectivity mapping study. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 65(SUPPL 1) (pp S99-S99) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan G, Selvarajah D, Teh K, Wilkinson I & Tesfaye S (2022) Increased functional connectivity of the Thalamus and primary Somatosensory cortex and insular cortex following treatment withdrawal: a potential biomarker of painful-DPN. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 65(SUPPL 1) (pp S99-S99) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Teh K, Mcallister J, Anandhanarayanan A, Fan J, Sloan G, Tesfaye S & Selvarajah D (2022) Identification of painful diabetic neuropathy subtypes from functional connectivity resting state MRI patterns: a novel data driven machine learning approach. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 65(SUPPL 1) (pp S380-S380) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Greig M, Sloan G, Shillo P, Selvarajah D, Wilkinson ID & Tesfaye S (2021) Pain processing areas of the brain demonstrate altered microvascular perfusion during spontaneous neuropathic pain. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 64(SUPPL 1) (pp 34-34) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan G, Selvarajah D, Teh K, Greig M, Shillo P, Wilkinson ID & Tesfaye S (2021) Morphometric abnormalities of the brain in diabetic peripheral neuropathy. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 64(SUPPL 1) (pp 33-34) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Selvarajah D, Teh K, Wilkinson I, Heiberg-Gibbons F, Awadh M, Kelsall A, Sloan G & Tesfaye S (2021) A novel, multimodal magnetic resonance imaging and a machine learning approach to classifying sensory phenotypes in painful DPN. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 64(SUPPL 1) (pp 316-317) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan G, Selvarajah D, Teh K, Shillo P, Greig M, Wilkinson ID & Tesfaye S (2021) Morphometric abnormalities in the brain in painless and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 38 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Grieg MA, Sloan G, Pallai P, Selvarajah S, Wilkinson W & Tesfaye T (2021) Microvascular perfusion of the processing of the brain is altered during the experience of spontaneous neuropathic pain in diabetes. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 38 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Teh K, Wilkinson ID, Heiberg-Gibbons F, Awadh M, Kelsall A, Pallai S, Sloan G, Tesfaye S & Selvarajah D (2021) Abnormal somatosensory cortex functional connectivity in painful diabetic neuropathy: Clues to the pathogenesis of different sensory clinical phenotypes of neuropathic pain: A novel, multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 38 RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2020) Basic and clinical science posters: New insulins, technology, therapies and treatment. Diabetic Medicine, Vol. 37(S1) (pp 56-56) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan G, Lam K, Wright J & Selvarajah D (2020) The prevalence of incidental haematological conditions in patients with extremely low HbA1c levels (<20mmol/mol) identified through routine diabetes testing. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 37 (pp 141-141) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wikinson ID, Teh K, Agrawal S, Kelsall A, Pallai S, Sloan G, Tesfaye S & Selvarajah D (2020) Predicting treatment response using magnetic resonance imaging in painful diabetic neuropathy. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 37 (pp 7-7) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sloan G, Anton A, Selvarajah D, Wilkinson I & Tesfaye S (2020) Altered mitochondrial activity in the thalamus and somatosensory cortex in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 63(SUPPL 1) (pp S92-S92) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Khalifa M, Wright J, Sloan G, Selvarajah D & Lam K (2020) Low haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) result: lessons learnt in clinical practice. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, Vol. 189 (pp 78-79) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wilkinson I, Teh K, Heiberg-Gibbons F, Awadh M, Pallai S, Kelsall A, Sloan G, Tesfaye S & Selvarajah D (2019) Central brain mechanisms that predict treatment response in painful diabetic neuropathy. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 62 (pp S15-S16) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Selvarajah D, Teh K, Palai S, Sloan G, Tesfaye S & Wilkinson I (2019) Central pain signature for painful diabetic neuropathy (DN) derived from magnetic resonance imaging. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 62 (pp S17-S17) RIS download Bibtex download
Professional activities and memberships

Clinical Academic Trainee Representative: University of Sheffield Clinical Academic Working Group
Youth Committee Co-Ordinator: Diabetic Neuropathy Study Group (NEUROdiab)
Treasurer: Young Diabetologist and Endocrinologist Forum
Committee member: International Association for the Study of Pain, Neuropathic Pain Specialist Interest Group Subcommittee