Dr Furrukh Jamil graduated in Pakistan. He completed his Foundation Training at Alder Hay Children's Hospital, Liverpool, before moving to the North East of England. He completed his paediatric training in various hospitals in the North East and subsequently spent two years at the Great North Children's Hospital to gain experience of paediatric endocrine and diabetes. He has been working as a consultant at Darlington Memorial Hospital since June 2013.
Dr Jamil currently runs paediatric diabetic services at Darlington Memorial Hospital and endocrine services across the South of County Durham and Darlington. He also does general paediatric clinics and looks after patients with metabolic problems.
He is an active member of the British Society of Endocrine and Diabetes, and part of the North East Paediatric Diabetic Network and North of England Paediatric Endocrine Group.
Dr Jamil is also a keen educationalist and has taken over the role of postgraduate lead for paediatrics at Darlington.
'Care received was fantastic and I was very well looked after and very impressed.'
Patient, Day Surgery, Darlington Memorial Hospital