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Date: 25 October 2021
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Consultant directory
With so many consultants, all with special interests, we appreciate it can be difficult for GPs to make the right referral choice, and it can be confusing for patients.
This consultant directory is offered as an easy reference guide to the specific clinical services and interests of all the consultants working at or for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
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- Acute Medicine
- Anaesthetics
- Breast surgery
- Burns and plastics
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Clinical biochemistry
- Clinical haematology
- Colorectal surgery
- Critical care medicine
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Ear, nose and throat
- Healthcare for Older People
- Emergency Department
- Endocrinology
- Gastrointestinal medicine
- General medicine
- General surgery
- Hand surgery
- Imaging
- Immunology
- Liver medicine
- Liver surgery
- Maxillofacial
- Microbiology
- Neurology
- Neurophysiology
- Neurosurgery
- Occupational health
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Pain management
- Pathology
- Renal medicine
- Renal surgery
- Respiratory medicine
- Rheumatology
- Sexual health and HIV
- Sports and Exercise Medicine
- Stroke medicine
- Trauma
- Upper gastrointestinal surgery
- Urology
- Vascular surgery
Browse by category results: gastrointestinal medicine
- Secretary: 0121 371 4985
- Extension: 14985
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Dr Ralph Boulton, Consultant Gastrointestinal
Graduated with honours from London in 1987, followed by postgraduate training in London, Oxford and Cambridge. Moved to Birmingham after completing PhD at the Hammersmith Hospital. Clinical interests are inflammatory bowel disease and endoscopy.
- Secretary: 0121 371 4987
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Dr Neeraj Bhala, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Clinical & research background from West Mids, Oxford, London & Wellington, NZ. General & specialist treatment of common gastrointestinal & liver diseases. Interest in population health science, preventing GI cancers and upper & lower GI endoscopy.
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Dr Rachel Cooney, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Qualified in Dublin and trained at Mater and St James' Hospital Dublin and at the Mayo Clinic Rochester. PhD for work on the genetics and immunology of Crohn's Disease and have an interest in enteral feeding issues and inflammatory body disease.
- Secretary: 0121 371 5909
- Extension: 15909
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Dr Sheldon Cooper, Clinical Lead - Endoscopy
Graduated from University of Birmingham, 1996. Doctoral research into the aetiology of oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Specialises in intestinal failure and clinical nutrition, providing home parenteral nutrition, IBD and upper GI cancer.
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- Extension: 14985
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Dr Jason Goh, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Postgraduate Clinical Tutor
Graduated with Honours from Trinity College Dublin. Special interests: Inflammatory bowel disease, Bowel cancer screening, advanced colonoscopy, GI motility, medical education. Associate editor of World Journal of Gastroenterology.
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Dr Marietta Iacucci, Reader in Gastroenterology (UoB) and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist
Graduated from Univ of Rome. Obtained her PhD in 2010. Member of the ASGE committee and the BSG Clinical Research Group for endoscopy. Research focus is on advanced endoscopic imaging including confocal laser and molecular labeling, and IBD.
- Secretary: 0121 371 5912
- Extension: 15912
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Professor Tariq Iqbal, Consultant Gastrointestinal
He has clinical interests in hollow organ gastroenterology and general hepatology, with particular interest in coeliac disease and iron metabolism. His research focuses on cell biology and the uptake and handling of iron by the gastrointestinal tract.
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Dr Kate Kane, Clinical Service Lead - Gastroenterology
Her clinical and research interests are inflammatory bowel disease, nutritional support and endoscopy. She completed all her training - from medical school to consultant level - in Birmingham.
- Secretary: 0121 371 4971
- Extension: 14971
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Dr Shrikanth Pathmakanthan, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Qualified in Dublin in 1991. After his MRCPI moved to Nottingham for his doctoral thesis. He did specialist GI training in Sheffield. Specialises in luminal gastroenterology and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography.
