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Dr. Deshinee Moodley, MD

Family Physician and Principal Investigator with clinical research experience across cardiovascular disease, respiratory medicine, infectious disease, obesity and metabolic disorders — and a career of frontline medicine spanning South Africa, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Biography

Dr. Deshinee Moodley is a Family Physician and Principal Investigator with additional training in obesity and bariatric medicine. Her clinical research experience includes work with Roche Pharmaceuticals and Tiervlei Trial Centre, where she participated in Phase I–IV studies across multiple therapeutic areas.

She is focused on cardiometabolic disease. Dr. Moodley is committed to advancing medicine through high-quality clinical research and expanding patients’ access to innovative therapies.

Academic Qualifications

MBChB — Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery

University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Memberships
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario Society of Clinical Research Sites
Clinical Research Training

ICH-GCP Good Clinical Practice V2.0

Novartis · July 2025 — plus TMG Biomedical Research Site SOPs (Part C, Division 5, Canadian Food & Drug Regulations).

IATA Dangerous Goods

Certified handling and shipping of investigational and biological materials · 2025.

Design & Conduct of Clinical Trials

Johns Hopkins University · May 2025.

Site Selection, Recruitment & Safety

Pan-Canadian Global Network Investigator Training Program · 2022–2024.

Career & Experience

Two decades of medicine across three continents.

Principal Investigator

Kalahari Trial Centre, Windsor–Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada.

Family Physician

Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Urgent Care Physician

Tecumseh Urgent Care & West Windsor Urgent Care, Ontario, Canada.

Family Medicine, ER Physician & Hospitalist

Prairie North Health Region, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Senior Medical Officer, Paediatrics

Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Clinical Trial Investigator

Tiervlei Trial Centre, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa.

Principal Medical Officer — ICU & Internal Medicine

No. 2 Military Hospital, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa.

Research Physician

Roche Products Limited, United Kingdom.

Internal Medicine & Training Posts

Johannesburg Hospital (South Africa) and hospitals in Reading & Chertsey, United Kingdom.

Additional Training — Obesity & Metabolic

Current, indication-specific expertise.

An extensive, recent record of specialised training positions the site strongly for obesity, GLP-1 and metabolic-disease programs.

Mastering GLP-1 Drug Trials Patient Engagement & Retention in Obesity Trials ABOM Examination Preparation (Obesity Medicine Association) Medical Management of Obesity — McMaster Project ECHO Anti-Obesity Drug Prescribing & Management Ascend Diabetes & Obesity Training CBT for Weight Management — Macklin Method Preceptorship Bariatric Surgery — Post-Operative & Nutritional Management

Investigator experience your protocol can rely on.

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