Dr Amin trained at Leeds University where he received an honours degree in medicine (1991).  He trained in paediatric medicine in London (1996) before specializing in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes in London and Oxford (2004). His qualifications include MBChB (with Honours), MRCP, MSc, MD with commendation, FRCPCH.

He was awarded an MD with commendation for research undertaken at Cambridge on the subject of the hormonal determinants of microvascular disease in type 1 diabetes (2006). Subsequently, he was appointed as a Consultant in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes, initially at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (2005) and then at St Barts and the London Hospitals (2010). He started as a consultant and honorary senior lecturer at GOSH and ICH in 2012.

Dr Amin is a member of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology. He is a member of the National Diabetes Audit Dataset Working Group and the BSPED Clinical Trials Study Group and numerous other study and research groups. He is the diabetes officer for BSPED. He has sat on the scoping group to update the NICE Guidance for Diabetes in Pregnancy.

Dr Amin has been invited to speak at a number of national and international meetings, and has received numerous awards during his undergraduate and postgraduate training.