Dr Andrew Cotterill graduated from London University, trained in Paediatric Endocrinology in London and Sydney. He moved to Brisbane in 1996 to establish the Paediatric Endocrinology Department at the Mater Children’s Hospital. In 2014 this Department will join with the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Department to form a new Paediatric Endocrinology Department in the new Queensland Children’s Hospital. He has built a multidisciplinary team for the care of diabetes and endocrinology, as well as an outreach program across Queensland. Dr Cotterill has developed a large clinic base of children with diabetes (600) and endocrine disorders (500). This has formed the recruitment base for a number of National and International studies. Dr Cotterill also hosts two annual meetings for education of paediatric and health professionals in diabetes and endocrinology. Dr Cotterill is the immediate past-president of A.P.E.G.