St Mark’s Hospital has a strong historic association with IBD treatment and research, which continues with cutting edge scientific research and clinical trials supported by a multidisciplinary team
The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Centre at St Mark’s Hospital is nationally and internationally recognised. A large multidisciplinary team is involved in the care of these patients with gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, specialist nurses, endoscopists, radiologists, pathologists, nutrition experts, pharmacists, a dedicated Psychological Medicine Unit and a clinical research team all working with the same goal of improving the lives of these patients. The central players of the multidisciplinary team are the patients themselves. This patient-centred approach, with patients and clinicians coming together to ensure the right questions are asked and answered to optimally develop the research and clinical service, lies at the heart of the IBD unit at St Mark’s.
The Aim
The ambition of the IBD Unit at St Mark’s is to provide the best multidisciplinary care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. We commit to provide the most appropriate and evidence-based therapy for patients with Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. We aim to:
- Advance the clinical service to optimise the “patient experience”
- Be at the forefront of improving existing therapies, and providing novel therapies to IBD patients
- Develop predictors of disease course and response to therapy so that therapeutic options are personalised
- Advance the current understanding on the cause of the disease using our excellent links with microbiologists and immunologists within Imperial College and collaborators elsewhere