Senior Fellows

The IDF Fellowship programme aims to foster a global community of diabetes experts to promote knowledge exchange and help strengthen the global diabetes response.

The title of Senior Fellow recognises professionals working in diabetes with over 15 years of experience. This category is highly selective, with applications open twice a year.

The next call for applications will open in Q4 2025.

The International Diabetes Federation is delighted to welcome the following Senior Fellows:
Mona Mohamed Ibrahim Abdalla's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Nader Afravi's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Iran
Sommayya Aftab's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Momtaz Ahmed's portrait

Western Pacific Fiji
Md Nurul Amin's portrait

South-East Asia Bangladesh
Kainat Asmat's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Bilguissa Baldé's portrait

Africa Guinea
Andrew Behnke's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Supratik Bhattacharyya's portrait

South-East Asia India
Arupratan Choudhury's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Desmond Croker's portrait

North America and Caribbean Jamaica
Sarah Cuschieri's portrait

Europe Malta
Kwadjo Anicet Luc Dere's portrait

Africa Côte D’ivoire
Preeti Singh Dhoat's portrait

South-East Asia India
Mohamed Elnaem's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Sujoy Ghosh's portrait

South-East Asia India
Amit Gupta's portrait

South-East Asia India
Abhinav Gupta's portrait

South-East Asia India
Mohammed Habeebuddin Shaji's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Saudi Arabia
Farrah Shafeera Ibrahim's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Rachana Kalpekar's portrait

South-East Asia India
Sobhya Karamullah's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Zia Ullah Khan's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Anjaneyulu Kowluru's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States

Western Pacific Indonesia
Lee-Ling Lim's portrait

Western Pacific Malaysia
Saeed Mahar's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Robin Maskey's portrait

South-East Asia Nepal
Dibya Aditya's portrait

South-East Asia India
Supriyo Mukherjee's portrait

South-East Asia India
Muhammad Owais Fazal's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Seyda Ozcan's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Türkiye
Djordje S. Popovic's portrait

Europe Serbia
D.S. Prasad's portrait

South-East Asia India
Chandni Radhakrishnan's portrait

South-East Asia India
Sheena Ramazanu's portrait

Western Pacific Hong Kong SAR, China
Debby Syahru Romadlon's portrait

Western Pacific Thailand
Satha Sum's portrait

Western Pacific Cambodia
Mohammed Riyaz's portrait

South-East Asia India
Shahjada Selim's portrait

South-East Asia Bangladesh
Sabyasachi Sen's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Imran Shaikh's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Arjun Shrestha's portrait

South-East Asia Nepal
Naila Masood Siddiqui's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Pakistan
Sumit Sinhal's portrait

South-East Asia India
Sijomol Skaria's portrait

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates

North America and Caribbean Canada
Ola Sukkarieh's portrait

Middle East and North Africa Lebanon
Pichakacheri Sureshkumar's portrait

South-East Asia India
Shahrad Taheri's portrait

Europe United Kingdom
Ajoy Tewari's portrait

South-East Asia India
Jimmy Thomas'portrait

Middle East and North Africa United Arab Emirates
Abhyudaya Verma's portrait

South-East Asia India
Ron T. Varghese's portrait

North America and Caribbean United States
Swaraj Waddankeri's portrait

South-East Asia India
Rohit Warrier's portrait

South-East Asia India
Jia Zheng's portrait

Western Pacific China
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