Gastroenterology

Professor Sue Clark, consultant surgeon at St Mark’s and the director of the polyposis registry gives a fascinating overview of the genetics of colorectal cancer.

Adam Haycock manages all aspects of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders as well as the care of acute general medical patients at all three trust sites; St Mark’s, Central Middlesex and Northwick Park Hospitals. His particular research interest is on improving the quality of endoscopic training. Dr Haycock graduated from St Mary’s Hospital (Imperial College) in 1999 and was a specialist registrar in the North West Thames region. He completed an MD at St Mark’s hospital in 2010 on …

Dr Adam Humphries is a luminal gastroenterologist and specialist endoscopist. He is the clinical lead for endoscopy and his specialist interests include diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, bowel cancer screening endoscopy, video capsule endoscopy, double-balloon enteroscopy and inflammatory bowel disease. Dr Humphries also leads the small bowel endoscopy service at St Mark’s Hospital, a national referral centre and one of only a few sites in the UK that provides double-balloon enteroscopy for …

Dr Amar Sharif graduated in 1997, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London with Distinction in Medicine, Surgery and Clinical Pharmacology/Therapeutics and was awarded Dean’s Medal in Clinical Medicine, ED Blunt Prize in Clinical Medicine, Willliam Marsden Scholarship and Medal. His early medical training was at the prestigious Academic Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and North West London NHS Hospitals. As a Specialist Registrar, he trained on the North West Thames …

Ana Wilson’s specialist interests include early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions and cancer, through colonoscopy, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and those at increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. Dr Wilson specialises in advanced endoscopic imaging and complex therapeutic endoscopy including endoscopic mucosal resection, stricture dilation, stent insertion, treatment of bleeding lesions and duodenal polypectomy with access to a regular general …

Andrew Latchford’s research interests include the study of desmoid disease and duodenal cancer in patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP).

Ayesha Akbar joined the St Mark’s consultant physician staff in 2010. Her clinical interests include general gastroenterology with a focus in inflammatory bowel disease. She also has an interest in abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome, especially in the overlap cases with inflammatory bowel disease, and sits on the British Society of Gastroenterology Neurogastroenterology committee. She is involved in service development including setting up a community gastroenterology service with the …

Dr Gideon Lipman is a luminal gastroenterologist with a specialist interest in the upper gastrointestinal tract. He qualified from the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London in 2007. He undertook specialist training in North East and North Central London. He took time out of training for research and was awarded an MD (Res) from UCL. His research thesis was on the endoscopic assessment and treatment of Barrett’s Oesophagus.

Grace Chan is a Consultant Gastroenterologist with a specialist interest in hepaticopancreaticobiliary medicine (HPB). She qualified from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, University of London. Following that, she obtained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in both Ireland and the UK in 2008 and has dual certification in general internal medicine and gastroenterology. She then advanced her training in interventional endoscopy and advanced pancreatic and biliary …