About the Department

Details: Last Updated: Monday, 18 January 2021 17:55

Services provided by the department

The gastroenterology service includes purpose built endoscopy suites and offers:

Direct access gastroscopy
Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy
Banding and sclerotherapy for oesophageal varices
Oesophageal dilatation and stenting
Injection of bleeding ulcers and ethanol necrosis of tumours
Diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP including sphincterotomy and stenting
Oesophageal function testing
Breath testing for bacterial overgrowth and Helicobacter
Inflammatory bowel disease clinic
Liver and biliary clinic

IBD Contact Details

The IBD Nursing Service here at St Peters Hospital runs alongside the Gastroenterology Consultants for patients who have been diagnosed IBD. To get in touch with us, our contact number is 01932 722244. Our coordinator answers the phone Monday – Thursday 08:30-15:00 and will triage your calls accordingly. The Nurses will endeavour to get back to you within 72 hours. Strictly for flaring IBD symptoms you can call 01932 872000 and bleep 8748 between 08.30-14.00 Monday to Friday.

If your query is urgent and you have not been able to get in touch with is please contact your GP, call 111 or attend the Urgent Treatment Centre at St Peters Hospital.

For information on the Covid 19 Vaccine please click on this link for more information or contact your GP for more advice.

If you are unsure as to whether you need to be shielding or not please use this link to take an online assessment which is in line with Government Advice . The results will be available for you to save and send to your employer if needed.

COVID-19: Patients with IBD

We would advise patients with IBD to visit the Crohns and Colitis UK website at www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk.

You should also use the CCUK decision tree on their website.

The British Society of Gastroenterology has top 10 tips for everyone with IBD.

Our Clinical Team

The consulting team in the department are:

	Dr Hussain AZIZ Consultant Gastroenterologist
	Dr Sam De SILVA Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist Hepatology Viral Hepatitis Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy
	Dr Anton GUNASEKERA Consultant Gastroenterologist Clinical Lead for Inflammatory Bowel Disease GI Endoscopy Trainer, Nutrition Support Team Hepatology, luminal gastroenterology
	Dr Neil IKIN GMC: 4719771 Consultant Gastroenterologist Clinical Lead for Functional GI Disorders Endoscopy Upper and lower GI physiology
	Dr Debabrata MAJUMDAR GMC: 6057762 Consultant GI and Hepatobiliary Physician Clinical Lead for Hepatobiliary Medicine ERCP and Endoscopic UltraSound (EUS) Gastroenterology, hepatobiliary medicine
	Dr Amitabh NAIK Consultant Gastroenterologist Clinical Lead for Upper GI Cancer GI endoscopy trainer, capsule endoscopy ERCP, interventional endoscopy
	Dr Julia O'BRIEN Consultant Gastroenterologist
	Dr HJE ROBBINS Consultant Gastroenterologist
	Dr Muhammad SAAD Consultant Gastroenterologist