ANIEMEA-P-GB-202600057 (V2) | February 2026
Authors:
Dr Sanjay Suman, MD, FRCP
Publish Date:
March 2021 | 1 hr 02 mins
Abstract:
Vitamin D deficiency can have a significant impact on patient health, affecting muscle strength and reducing immune function - increasing the risk of injury or infection. It is therefore important to assess vitamin D when providing nutritional support in clinical practice.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Recognise the essential role of vitamin D in maintaining health.
Describe the specific role of vitamin D in maintaining musculoskeletal health.
Discuss practical approaches to identifying and correcting vitamin D deficiency and incorporating this into a multidisciplinary approach.
AUTHOR(S) BIO
DR SANJAY SUMAN, MD, FRCP
Consultant Geriatrician & Clinical Director, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Kent
Sanjay Suman is the Clinical Director of the Therapies and Older Persons Programme at Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Kent. He was appointed as Consultant Geriatrician in 2007 and is a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, London. Sanjay has special interest in frailty, sarcopenia, falls and syncope in elderly patients and runs an orthogeriatric service for fracture neck of femur pathway at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.
In his clinical director role he has developed a number of bespoke frailty focused assessment pathways such as the acute frailty unit and falls and syncope clinic for elderly. In the community, he has supported the development of a number of services such as care home support services, geriatric led MDT meetings in the community to name a few. He has been a recipient of Academic Health Sciences Network (Kent, Sussex and Surrey) Leadership and Innovation award for excellence in out of hospital care category 2017.
As a subject matter expert, Sanjay has delivered a number of keynote lectures on frailty, sarcopenia, polypharmacy reduction and falls at national and international conferences. He is passionate about improving the reversible components of frailty, such as nutritional status and polypharmacy reduction, contributing to improving clinical outcomes for frail individuals, both in primary and secondary care.
