Professor Paul Dimitri

BSC, MBChB, FRCPCH, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Professor of Child Health Technology

Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology

Paul.dimitri@nhs.net
+44 114 271 7118
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Professor Paul Dimitri is a Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Child Health Technology at the ±¬ÁÏTV. He is the Director of the , and the Clinical Director for the . 

He was the previous Director of the NIHR Children & Young People MedTech Cooperative (NIHR CYP MedTech), the UK’s first paediatric NIHR MedTech Co-operative. He is also the Vice President for Science and Research at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health shaping the national research agenda and policy for child health across the UK through strategic partnerships. He was the NIHR National Children’s Specialty Lead from 2016-2024 leading 15 networks to position the UK as a global leader in child health research. 

Professor Dimitri is leading on the development of the £24.4 million National Centre for Child Health Technology, a global first 42,000 ft2 centre bringing together industry, universities, healthcare professionals, children and young people and their families to develop the most advanced healthcare technologies for children worldwide. 

Paul has led on the development and implementation of national technology networks that specifically focus on the development and deployment of technology for paediatrics and child health through private and public sector collaboration. These networks have leveraged over £55 million and supported around 200 projects to support the development of child health technology over the last decade. 

For his achievements, Paul was awarded NIHR Senior Investigator status in 2025. NIHR Senior Investigator status is a prestigious national award recognising the UK’s leading researchers in applied health and care. 

Through a sustained focus on research, innovation, and technology, Professor Dimitri is committed to transforming the health and healthcare of children and young people ensuring that the delivery of meaningful, equitable, and lasting impact.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Swallow V, Horsman J, Mazlan E, Campbell F, Zaidi R, Julian M, Branchflower J, Martin-Kerry J, Monks H, Soni A , Rodriguez A et al (2025) . JMIR Diabetes, 10.
  • Dimitri P (2025) . Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102018-102018.
  • Groeneweg S, van Geest FS, Martín M, Dias M, Frazer J, Medina-Gomez C, Sterenborg RBTM, Wang H, Dolcetta-Capuzzo A, de Rooij LJ , Teumer A et al (2025) . Nature Communications, 16(1).
  • Dimitri P & Roth CL (2025) . Journal of the Endocrine Society, 9(1).
  • Giunti G, Michelis F, Halabi A, Koledova E, Harvey J & Dimitri P (2024) .
  • Dimitri P, van Dommelen P, Banerjee I, Bellazzi R, Ciaccio M, de Arriba Muñoz A, Loche S, Zaini AA, Halabi A, Bagha M & Koledova E (2024) . Frontiers in Endocrinology, 15.
  • Court RJ, Swallow V, El-Yousfi S, Gray-Burrows K, Sotir F, Wheeler G, Kellar I, Lee JM, Mitchell R, Mlynarczyk W , Ramavath A et al (2024) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 109(10), 826-835.
  • Labarta JI, Dimitri P, Keiser M, Koledova E & Rivera-Romero O (2023) . JMIR Human Factors, 10.
  • Dimitri P (2023) . Cambridge Prisms: Precision Medicine, 1.
  • Phelan I, Carrion-Plaza A, Furness PJ & Dimitri P (2023) . Virtual Reality, 27(4), 3505-3520.
  • Phelan I, Furness PJ, Matsangidou M, Carrion-Plaza A, Dunn H, Dimitri P & Lindley SA (2023) . Virtual Reality, 27(1), 173-185.
  • RECOVERY Collaborative Group T (2022) . The Lancet, 400(10349), 359-368.
  • Wheeler G, Mills N, Ankeny U, Howsley P, Bartlett C, Elphick H & Dimitri P (2022) . Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 46(6), 462-471.
  • Mills N, Howsley P, Bartlett CM, Olubajo L & Dimitri P (2022) . Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 46(6), 547-557.
  • Olubajo L, Dimitri P, Johnston A & Owens M (2022) . Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 46(6), 482-496.
  • Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abdallah N, Abdelaziz A, Abdelfattah M , Abdelqader B et al (2022) . The Lancet, 399(10325), 665-676.
  • RECOVERY Collaborative Group T (2022) . The Lancet, 399(10320), 143-151.
  • Cheetham TD, Cole M, Abinun M, Allahabadia A, Barratt T, Davies JH, Dimitri P, Drake A, Mohamed Z, Murray RD , Steele CA et al (2022) . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 107(3), 743-754.
  • van Geest FS, Groeneweg S, van den Akker ELT, Bacos I, Barca D, van den Berg SAA, Bertini E, Brunner D, Brunetti-Pierri N, Cappa M , Cappuccio G et al (2022) . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 107(3), e1136-e1147.
  • Phelan I, Furness PJ, Dunn HD, Carrion-Plaza A, Matsangidou M, Dimitri P & Lindley S (2021) . Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 14(3), 401-414.
  • Shalof H, Dimitri P, Shuweihdi F & Offiah AC (2021) . Bone, 150.
  • Dicks P, Schwarze J & Dimitri P (2021) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(12), e50-e50.
  • Abani O, Abbas A, Abbas F, Abbas M, Abbasi S, Abbass H, Abbott A, Abdallah N, Abdelaziz A, Abdelfattah M , Abdelqader B et al (2021) . The Lancet, 397(10289), 2049-2059.
  • Littler BKM, Alessa T, Dimitri P, Smith C & de Witte L (2021) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(11), 1095-1101.
  • Devaraja J, Sloan S, Lee V & Dimitri P (2021) . Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2021.
  • RECOVERY Collaborative Group T (2021) . Lancet, 397(10274), 605-612.
  • Milne-Ives M, Neill S, Bayes N, Blair M, Blewitt J, Bray L, Carrol ED, Carter B, Dawson R, Dimitri P , Lakhanpaul M et al (2021) .
  • Dimitri P, Fernandez-Luque L, Banerjee I, Bergadá I, Calliari LE, Dahlgren J, de Arriba A, Lapatto R, Reinehr T, Senniappan S , Thomas-Teinturier C et al (2021) .
  • Fennimore DJ, Digby M, Paggiosi M, Arundel P, Bishop NJ, Dimitri P & Offiah AC (2020) . Pediatric Radiology, 50, 1781-1787.
  • Devaraja J, Jacques R, Paggiosi M, Clark C & Dimitri P (2020) . JBMR Plus, 4(11).
  • Blower S, Swallow V, Maturana C, Stones S, Phillips B, Dimitri P, Marshman Z, Knapp P, Dean A, Higgins S , Kellar I et al (2020) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(11), 1093-1104.
  • Groeneweg S, van Geest FS, Abacı A, Alcantud A, Ambegaonkar GP, Armour CM, Bakhtiani P, Barca D, Bertini ES, van Beynum IM , Brunetti-Pierri N et al (2020) . The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 8(7), 594-605.
  • Marques P, Caimari F, Hernández-Ramírez LC, Collier D, Iacovazzo D, Ronaldson A, Magid K, Lim CT, Stals K, Ellard S , Grossman AB et al (2020) . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 105(6).
  • Dimitri P, Joshi K & Jones N (2020) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(11), 1035-1040.
  • Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Doshi AB, Smith K, Christian M, Mushtaq T, Banerjee I, Padidela R, Ramakrishnan R, Owen C, Cheetham T & Dimitri P (2019) . Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 32(9), 959-967.
  • Dimitri P (2019) . Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 28(1), 4-17.
  • Cole M, Hynes AM, Howel D, Hall L, Abinun M, Allahabadia A, Barrett T, Boelaert K, Drake AJ, Dimitri P , Kirk J et al (2019) . BMJ Open, 9(1), e024705-e024705.
  • Dimitri P (2019) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(2), 184-188.
  • Culpin E, Crank M, Igra M, Connolly DJA, Dimitri P, Mirza S & Sinha S (2018) . PITUITARY, 21(5), 474-479.
  • Dimitri P (2018) . Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 23(2), 62-69.
  • Fane De Salis A, Saatchi R & Dimitri P (2018) . Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 56(9), 1633-1643.
  • Downing J, Gleeson H, Clayton PE, Davis JRE, Dimitri P, Wales J, Young B & Callery P (2017) . BMC Endocrine Disorders, 17(1).
  • Farr JN & Dimitri P (2017) . Calcified Tissue International, 100(5), 500-513.
  • Buonocore F, Kühnen P, Suntharalingham JP, Del Valle I, Digweed M, Stachelscheid H, Khajavi N, Didi M, Brady AF, Blankenstein O , Procter AM et al (2017) . Journal of Clinical Investigation, 127(5), 1700-1713.
  • Dimitri P (2017) . Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 31(2), 175-182.
  • Dimitri P & Rosen C (2017) . Calcified Tissue International, 100(5), 431-432.
  • Elder CJ & Dimitri PJ (2017) . ADC Education & Practice, 102(2), 100-104.
  • Dimitri P & Rosen C (2017) . Calcified Tissue International, 100(5), 476-485.
  • Nobles J, Radley D, Dimitri P & Sharman K (2016) . Journal of Adolescent Health, 59(5), 523-529.
  • Dimitri P, De Franco E, Habeb AM, Gurbuz F, Moussa K, Taha D, Wales JKH, Hogue J, Slavotinek A, Shetty A & Balasubramanian M (2016) . American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A.
  • Lekadir K, Hoogendoorn C, Armitage P, Whitby E, King D, Dimitri P & Frangi AF (2016) . Medical Physics, 43(6).
  • Elder CJ & Dimitri P (2015) . Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, 100(5), 272-276.
  • Dimitri P, Habeb AM, Garbuz F, Millward A, Wallis S, Moussa K, Akcay T, Taha D, Hogue J, Slavotinek A , Wales JKH et al (2015) . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 100(10), E1362-E1369.
  • Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Bagga V, Wharton SB, Connolly DJ, Sinha S & Dimitri PJ (2015) . Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2015.
  • Dimitri P, Jacques RM, Paggiosi M, King D, Walsh J, Taylor ZA, Frangi AF, Bishop N & Eastell R (2014) . Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 100(2), 594-602.
  • Bishop N, Arundel P, Clark E, Dimitri P, Farr J, Jones G, Makitie O, Munns CF & Shaw N (2014) . Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 17(2), 275-280.
  • Elder CJ, Somerset LM, Ram V, Wright NP, Wales JK & Dimitri PJ (2014) . Clinical Endocrinology , 80(6), 925-925.
  • Kendall D, Vail A, Amin R, Barrett T, Dimitri P, Ivison F, Kibirige M, Mathew V, Matyka K, McGovern A , Stirling H et al (2013) . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 98(1), 322-329.
  • Dimitri P & Petkar R (2012) Eating for two. Biologist, 59(5), 36-39.
  • Dimitri P, Bishop N, Walsh JS & Eastell R (2012) . Bone, 50(2), 457-466.
  • Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop N (2011) . Bone, 48(2), 189-196.
  • Dimitri P, Warner JT, Minton JAL, Patch AM, Ellard S, Hattersley AT, Barr S, Hawkes D, Wales JK & Gregory JW (2011) . Eur J Endocrinol, 164(3), 437-443.
  • Loftus J, Heatley R, Walsh C & Dimitri P (2010) Systematic Review of the Clinical Effectiveness of Genotropin (Somatropin) in Children with Short Stature. J PEDIATR ENDOCR MET, 23(6), 535-551.
  • Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop N (2010) . J BONE MINER RES, 25(3), 527-536.
  • Dimitri P, Warner JT, Minton JAL, Ellard S, Hattersley AT, Barr SM, Hawkes DJ, Wales JK & Gregory JW (2009) Novel GLIS3 mutations in two patients with resistant hypothyroidism, neonatal diabetes, hepatitis, renal cystic dysplasia, osteopenia and pancreatic exocrine dysfunction. HORM RES, 72, 35-35.
  • Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop NJ (2009) Adipokines may modify osteoblast Wnt signalling through Dickkopf-1, and promote osteoclastogenesis by altering RANK-ligand and osteoprotegerin signalling in obese children. HORM RES, 72, 220-221.
  • Porter JR, Kirk J, Dimitri P & UK KIGS Board (2009) Growth hormone in Turners syndrome: a comparison of two decades of treatment. HORM RES, 72, 465-465.
  • Dimitri P & Bishop N (2007) . Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, 18(5), 486-493.
  • Dimitri P & Bishop N (2007) . Paediatrics and Child Health, 17(7), 279-287.
  • Dimitri P, Cohen M & Wright N (2006) . Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 95(2), 167-168.
  • Dimitri P, Wales J, Jenkins A, Urquhart T & Davies H (2006) Central diabetes mellitus and adipsic central diabetes insipidus secondary to a hypothalamic germinoma. HORM RES, 65, 76-76.
  • Dimitri P, Spratt D, Pickering M, Wales J & Wright N (2006) The accuracy of TW2 skeletal assessment in predicting final adult height in children with malignancy and haernoglobinopathies. HORM RES, 65, 166-167.
  • Dimitri P, Davidson F & Wright N (2006) . Arch Dis Child, 91(2), 177.
  • Rodriguez A, Smith L, Swallow V, Orpin J, Horsman J, Julian M, Julian R, Campbell F, Soni A, Zaidi R , Martin-Kerry J et al () . Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Dimitri P () . Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13.
  • Dimitri P, Pignataro V, Lupo M, Bonifazi D, Henke M, Musazzi UM, Ernst F, Minghetti P, Redaelli DF, Antimisiaris SG , Migliaccio G et al () . Pharmaceutics, 13(12), 2178-2178.
  • Milne-Ives M, Neill S, Bayes N, Blair M, Blewitt J, Bray L, Carrol ED, Carter B, Dawson R, Dimitri P , Lakhanpaul M et al () . JMIR Research Protocols, 10(6), e27504-e27504.
  • Dimitri P, Fernandez-Luque L, Banerjee I, Bergadá I, Calliari LE, Dahlgren J, de Arriba A, Lapatto R, Reinehr T, Senniappan S , Thomas-Teinturier C et al () . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(5), e27446-e27446.
  • Wright RJ, Chapman S, Cheer K, Besser REJ, Steele CA, Sankar S, Dimitri P, Winocour P, Gleeson H & Adolescent Special Interest Group OBOTYAA () . British Journal of Diabetes, 15(4), 159-159.
  • Dimitri P, Lekadir K, Hoogendoorn C, Armitage P, Whitby E, King D & Frangi A () . Bone Abstracts.
  • Dimitri P, Paggiosi M, King D, Bishop N & Eastell R () . Endocrine Abstracts.
  • Dimitri P, Lekadir K, Whitby E, Armitage P, Hoogendoorn C & Franji A () . Endocrine Abstracts.
  • Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Bagga V, Wharton SB, Connolly DJ, Sinha S & Dimitri P () . Endocrine Abstracts.

Book chapters

  • Dimitri P & Arundel P (2014) , Osteoporosis (pp. 133-138). Oxford University Press
  • Abhyankar A, Agrawal S, Allen SJ, Ani C, Bishop J, Booth I, Boyle RJ, Brodlie M, Chakravorty S, Clarke AJ , Clayden G et al (2012) , Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics (pp. xi-xiv). Elsevier

Conference proceedings

  • Aji A, Colyer S, Burn S, Dimitri P, Wright N, Krone N & Elder C (2018) . Endocrine Abstracts, Vol. 58. Birmingham, UK, 7 November 2018 - 7 November 2018.
  • Aji A, Colyer S, Burn S, Dimitri P, Wright N, Krone N & Elder C (2018) . Hormone Research in Paediatrics, Vol. 90(Suppl 1) (pp 128-129). Athens, Greece, 27 September 2018 - 27 September 2018.
  • Burn S, Colyer S, Dimitri P, Wright N, Krone N & Elder C (2018) . Hormone Research in Paediatrics, Vol. 90 (pp 146-146). Athens, Greece, 27 September 2018 - 27 September 2018.
  • Gopal-Kothandapani JS, Doshi A, Martin C, Mushtaq T, Banerjee I, Padidela R, Ramakrishnan R, Owen C, Cheetham T, Smith K & Dimitri P (2017) A REVIEW OF GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE PRESENTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM TYPE 1 FOLLOWING THE IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL MUTATIONS. HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS, Vol. 88 (pp 56-56)
  • Buonocore F, Kuehnen P, Suntharalingham JP, Del Valle I, Digweed M, Stachelscheid H, Khajavi N, Didi M, Brady AF, Blankenstein O , Procter AM et al (2017) Deleterious growth restricting effects of human SAMD9 mutations are rescued by dynamic genomic changes. GENETICS RESEARCH, Vol. 99
  • Buonocore F, Kuehnen P, Suntharalingham J, McKee S, Didi M, Brady A, Proctor A, Ghirri P, Dimitri P, Blankenstein O , Knoebl D et al (2016) A Novel Syndrome of IUGR, Congenital Adrenal and Gonadal Insufficiency, Severe Infections, Thrombocytopenia and Monosomy 7 is Caused by SAMD9 Mutations. HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS, Vol. 86 (pp 30-30)
  • Sachdev P, Reece L, Copeland R, Thomson M, Wales J, Jacques R, Dimitri P & Wright N (2016) Development of Skeletal Microarchitecture and Biomechanics Over 2 Years Following 6 Month Intragastric Balloon Insertion in Obese Adolescents. HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS, Vol. 86 (pp 522-523)
  • Dimitri P, Wales JK & Bishop N (2009) . BONE, Vol. 45 (pp S71-S71)
  • Arundel P, Blades Z, Carlino W, Dimitri PJ, Harrison R, Crook J & Bishop NJ (2009) . BONE, Vol. 45 (pp S53-S53)
  • Gossiel F, Hannon RA, Bishop NJ, Dimitri P & Eastell R (2008) The Relationship of Urinary Excretion of C-Telopeptides to Growth in Children. JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, Vol. 23 (pp S110-S110)
  • Dimitri PJ, Arundel P, Wales JKW & Bishop NJ (2008) . Bone, Vol. 42 (pp S48-S49)
  • Dimitri P, Crook J & Bishop N (2007) . BONE, Vol. 40(6) (pp S39-S40)
  • Devaraja J, Dimitri P, Paggiosi M, Clark C, Jacques R & Bishop N () . Bone Abstracts
  • Gopal KJS, Sritharan S, Jacques R, Bishop N & Dimitri P () . Endocrine Abstracts
  • Sachdev P, Reece L, Thomson M, Copeland R, Wales J, Dimitri P & Wright N () . Endocrine Abstracts

Other

  • Baw MJ, Dimitri P, Chapman S & Barton M () . Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Preprints

  • Labarta JI, Dimitri P, Keiser M, Koledova E & Rivera-Romero O (2023) , JMIR Publications Inc..