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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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Browse by category results: liver medicine

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  Professor David H Adams, Professor of Hepatology

  After initial training in hepatology, worked in the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA. Professor of Hepatology at the University of Birmingham. Honorary consultant physician to the Liver Unit, QEH.

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  Dr Ahmed Elsharkawy, Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified from Southampton in 1999. Extensive knowledge of liver fibrosis field. Clinical interests in liver transplantation and improving management of patients, seronegative hepatitis and other forms of acute liver failure, and viral hepatitis.

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  Dr James Ferguson, Consultant Hepatologist

  Interests include: cardiovascular and renal dysfunction after liver transplantation and the complications of portal hypertension; portal hypertension, vascular disorders of the liver, alcoholic liver disease and adolescent transition.

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  Dr Dennis Freshwater, Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified from University College Hospital, London in 1992.  Has specific interests in viral hepatitis, alcohol, liver transplantation and ERCP. Runs clinics for patients with these conditions. Is a principal investigator for several clinical trials.

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  Dr Geoffrey H Haydon, Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified from Edinburgh University, he worked in the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit in Edinburgh from its inception in 1992. His specialist interests include chronic hepatitis B and C infection and various aspects of liver transplantation.

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  Professor Gideon Hirschfield, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Hepatologist

  Clinical and research background from London, Cambridge & Toronto, with special interest in autoimmune liver disease (primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis) & liver transplantation.

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  Dr Andrew Holt, Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified in 1996 and was awarded his PhD in liver immunology in 2007. Acts as lead physician for liver donor transplantation. Major clinical interests are the management of viral hepatitis, transplantation hepatology and alcohol related disease.

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  Professor David Mutimer, Consultant Hepatologist

  Clinical service lead for liver medicine, main clinical interests include liver transplantation and viral hepatitis. He has established a number of clinics that specialise in the management of patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and C infection.

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  Professor James M Neuberger, Professor of Hepatology, Liver Medicine

  Qualified in Oxford and after medical posts spent ten years at the Liver Unit, Kings College Hospital London before being appointed to Birmingham. Current interests includes autoimmune and alcohol related liver diseases and liver transplantation.

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  Professor Philip Newsome, Senior lecturer & Honorary Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified from Edinburgh University in 1989. He works in general and transplant hepatology and the metabolic liver service. Interests in cystic fibrosis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, porphyria and glycogen storage disorders.

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  Dr Ye Htun Oo, MRC Clinician Scientist & Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified in 1995. Trained in Hepatology/Liver transplantation at Birmingham. Awarded PhD in liver immunology. Clinical and research interests include autoimmune and viral liver diseases and liver transplantation.

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  Dr Tahir Shah, Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified from the Welsh Medical School in 1995. He received his hepatology training in Birmingham. His interests include transplant hepatology, hepatocellular cancer and neuroendocrine tumours.

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  Dr Shishir Shetty, Wellcome Trust Clinician Scientist and Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified from Leicester University in 1999. Underwent hepatology training in London and Birmingham and was awarded a PhD in Liver Immunology in 2011. His research and clinical interests include inflammatory liver disease and primary liver cancer.

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  Dr Arie Stangou, Consultant Liver Physician

  Trained in Hepatology & Liver Transplantation at King's College Hospital. Special expertise: transplantation for hereditary/familial Amyloidosis, management of neuroendocrine tumours and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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  Dr Fiona Thompson, Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified from Southampton. Specialist training in Oxford, alongside a period of research in liver immunology. Interests include auto-immune liver disease, pregnancy and liver disease and adolescent transition.

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  Dr Dhiraj Tripathi, Consultant Hepatologist

  Qualified in 1994 from the University of Edinburgh. Professional areas of interest include non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, clinical aspects of portal hypertension and completed a higher degree based on his clinical research in Edinburgh.