Qualifications
- Medical School: St Thomas' Hospital Medical School
- Qualification: MB BS
- Date of award: 1987
- Professional College: Royal College of Physicians of London
- Qualification: MRCP - Member Royal College of Physicians
- Date of award: 1990
- Professional College: Royal College of Physicians of London
- Qualification: FRCP - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- Date of award: 2002
Awards and Prizes
Clinical Excellence award Level 6
Professional profile
I was appointed as a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist to the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust in 1998.
I am actively involved in the post-graduate training of hospital doctors and have been the Training Programme Director for the Oxford region 2005-2011
I am the vice-chair of the Specialty Advisory Committee for Gastroenterology within JRCPTB which reports to The GMC.
I am on the examining board for the UK specialist board exam in Gastroenterology / hepatology.
Hospital and Trust activities
Since 2010 I have been undertaking the role of Bowel Cancer Screening Practitioner undertaking colonoscopy in patients identified as needing further investigation by the BCSP programme.
Other contributions to the NHS
I sit on the committee for The Joint Advisory Group on GI endoscopy (JAG) which ensures the quality and safety of patient care and defines/maintains standards by which endoscopy is practised in the UK.
Clinical Excellence Award
Local: Level 6
Professional affiliations and memberships
- Member of British Society of Gastroenterology
- Member of The American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
- Member of The British Association for the Study of the Liver
- Member of the British Medical Association
Research interests
I am interested in hospital based audit.
My full time research interest lay in the pathophysiology of acute liver failure and the management of patients with acute liver disease.
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Personal profile
When not practising medicine I am a keen tennis player. I represent The Warwick Boat Club and am currently the Winter 1st team captain.
I enjoy all active sports including cycling, sailing, and skiing.
