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Dr Suja Padmanabhan
MBBS(hons) BSc(Med) MPHTM FRACP PhD
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Westmead Clinical School
Westmead Clinical School
Dr Suja Padmanabhan is a Staff Specialist with the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Westmead Hospital, a practising private Endocrinologist and Senior Clinical Lecturer with the University of Sydney
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Her primary interests are in the area of diabetes in pregnancy, particularly women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and improving pre-conception health in women.
Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health
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Journals
- Melov, S., Elhindi, J., White, L., McNab, J., Lee, V., Donnolley, K., Alahakoon, T., Padmanabhan, S., Cheung, N., Pasupathy, D. (2024). Previous High-Intensity Breastfeeding Lowers the Risk of an Abnormal Fasting Glucose in a Subsequent Pregnancy Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. Nutrients, 16(1). [More Information]
- Zen, M., Haider, R., Simmons, D., Peek, M., Nolan, C., Padmanabhan, S., Jesudason, S., Alahakoon, T., Cheung, N., Lee, V. (2022). Aspirin for the prevention of pre-eclampsia in women with pre-existing diabetes: Systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(1), 12-21. [More Information]
- Harrison, J., Melov, S., Kirby, A., Athayde, N., Boghossian, A., Cheung, W., Inglis, E., Maravar, K., Padmanabhan, S., Luig, M., Pasupathy, D., et al (2022). Pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus by models of care: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(9). [More Information]
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2024
- Melov, S., Elhindi, J., White, L., McNab, J., Lee, V., Donnolley, K., Alahakoon, T., Padmanabhan, S., Cheung, N., Pasupathy, D. (2024). Previous High-Intensity Breastfeeding Lowers the Risk of an Abnormal Fasting Glucose in a Subsequent Pregnancy Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. Nutrients, 16(1). [More Information]
2022
- Zen, M., Haider, R., Simmons, D., Peek, M., Nolan, C., Padmanabhan, S., Jesudason, S., Alahakoon, T., Cheung, N., Lee, V. (2022). Aspirin for the prevention of pre-eclampsia in women with pre-existing diabetes: Systematic review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(1), 12-21. [More Information]
- Harrison, J., Melov, S., Kirby, A., Athayde, N., Boghossian, A., Cheung, W., Inglis, E., Maravar, K., Padmanabhan, S., Luig, M., Pasupathy, D., et al (2022). Pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus by models of care: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(9). [More Information]
- Melov, S., White, L., Simmons, M., Kirby, A., Stulz, V., Padmanabhan, S., Alahakoon, T., Pasupathy, D., Cheung, N. (2022). The BLIiNG study - Breastfeeding length and intensity in gestational diabetes and metabolic effects in a subsequent pregnancy: A cohort study. Midwifery, 107, 103262. [More Information]
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2021
- Sung, J., Gurung, S., Lam, T., Yusaf, S., Vicaretti, M., Begg, L., Cheung, N., Padmanabhan, S., Girgis, C. (2021). A 'Speed-Dating' Model of Wound Care? Rapid, High-Volume Assessment of Patients with Diabetes in a Multidisciplinary Foot Wound Clinic. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes, 129(11), 837-841. [More Information]
- Lah, S., Cheung, N., Lee, V., Athayde, N., Inglis, E., Padmanabhan, S. (2021). Aspirin and pre-eclampsia prevention in women with pre-existing diabetes: a retrospective study. Internal Medicine Journal, 51(10), 1673-1680. [More Information]
- Marschner, S., Chow, C., Thiagalingam, A., Simmons, D., McClean, M., Pasupathy, D., Smith, B., Flood, V., Padmanabhan, S., Melov, S., Ching, C., Cheung, N. (2021). Effectiveness of a customised mobile phone text messaging intervention supported by data from activity monitors for improving lifestyle factors related to the risk of type 2 diabetes among women after gestational diabetes: Protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (SMART MUMS with smart phones 2). BMJ Open, 11(9), e054756. [More Information]
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2020
- Zen, M., Padmanabhan, S., Zhang, K., Kirby, A., Cheung, N., Lee, V., Alahakoon, T. (2020). Urinary and Serum Angiogenic Markers in Women With Preexisting Diabetes During Pregnancy and Their Role in Preeclampsia Prediction. Diabetes Care, 43(1), 67-73. [More Information]
2019
- Wang, M., Athayde, N., Padmanabhan, S., Cheung, N. (2019). Causes of stillbirths in diabetic and gestational diabetes pregnancies at a NSW tertiary referral hospital. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 59(4), 561-566. [More Information]
- Zen, M., Padmanabhan, S., Cheung, N., Kirby, A., Jesudason, S., Alahakoon, T., Lee, V. (2019). Microalbuminuria as an early predictor of preeclampsia in the pre-gestational diabetic population: A prospective cohort study. Pregnancy Hypertension, 15, 182-188. [More Information]
2018
- Sung, J., Padmanabhan, S., Gurung, S., Inglis, S., Vicaretti, M., Begg, L., Cheung, N., Girgis, C. (2018). SGLT2 inhibitors and amputation risk: Real-world data from a diabetes foot wound clinic. Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology, 13, 46-47. [More Information]
2017
- Padmanabhan, S., Lee, V., Mclean, M., Athayde, N., Lanzarone, V., Khoshnow, Q., Peek, M., Cheung, N. (2017). The association of falling insulin requirements with maternal biomarkers and placental dysfunction: A prospective study of women with preexisting diabetes in pregnancy. Diabetes Care, 40(10), 1323-1330. [More Information]
2016
- Padmanabhan, S., Jiang, S., Mclean, M., Cheung, N. (2016). Effect of pregnancy on insulin requirements differs between type 1 and type 2 diabetes: A cohort study of 222 pregnancies. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 56(4), 352-357. [More Information]
- Padmanabhan, S., Zen, M., Lee, V., Cheung, N. (2016). Pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy. Minerva Endocrinologica, 41(1), 123-137.
2015
- Cheung, N., Lih, A., Lau, S., Park, K., Padmanabhan, S., McElduff, A. (2015). Gestational diabetes: a red flag for future Type 2 diabetes in pregnancy? A retrospective analysis. Diabetic Medicine, 32(9), 1161-1171. [More Information]
- Jayaballa, M., Sood, S., Alahakoon, I., Padmanabhan, S., Cheung, N., Lee, V. (2015). Microalbuminuria is a predictor of adverse pregnancy outcomes including preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension, 5(4), 303-307. [More Information]
2014
- Padmanabhan, S., Mclean, M., Cheung, N. (2014). Falling insulin requirements are associated with adverse obstetric outcomes in women with preexisting diabetes. Diabetes Care, 37(10), 2685-2692. [More Information]