Dr Russell Edgar Cowan

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  • Title: Dr
  • Forenames: Russell Edgar
  • Surname: Cowan
  • Gender: Male
  • Primary Medical Qualifications: MRCS, MB BS, LRCP
  • Date of registration: 07/04/1970
  • GMC number: 1404306
  • GMC Specialties: Gastro-enterology, General (internal) medicine

Areas of Expertise

  • Gastroenterology

    Specialist Areas

    • General gastroenterology
    • Hepatology
    • Inflammatory bowel disease
    • General medicine

    Special Interests

    • Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Endoscopy (interventional)
    • Gastro oesophageal reflux disease
    • Hepatology

Practices


Professional profile

Consultant physician in Gastroenterology and General Medicine for 23 years. Previously Senior Registrar in Gastroenterology at the Royal London Hospital, MRC Clinical Research Fellow at St Thomas' Hospital and Clinical Fellow in Hepatology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Now Senior Physician in General Medicine and Clinical Lead in Gastroenterology at Colchester General Hospital, Essex Rivers NHS Trust.
Lead Tutor in Medicine to Barts/London/Queen Mary's Westfield Medical School.
Member of Committee of IBD Section of the BSG and member of Public Relations and Ethics Committee of the ACPGBI.
Member of the Board of Examiners of the Royal College of Physicians.
Deputy Regional Adviser to Royal College of Physicians.
President-Elect, Colchester Medical Society.