Gastroenterology

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 …

Dr Monahan undertook his PhD at Cancer Research UK and at St Mark’s Hospital, and has spent 9 years working at West Middlesex University Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital where he still leads a cancer genetics clinic. He is also an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Imperial College London. Dr Monahan performs genetic testing, endoscopic and other screening for gastrointestinal cancer in susceptible populations, such as those people with a family history of cancer, and also has …

Dr Mani Naghibi’s clinical interests are human nutrition, inflammatory bowel, functional bowel disorders and effects of medical treatments on patient’s quality of life.He gained his medical degree at Guy’s Kings and St Thomas’ School of Medicine in London, where he also undertook a second degree in Anatomy and Physiology. While at University he carried out research in the topic of drug delivery to the brain. After university he completed his training in the London and Wessex deaneries, …

Maxton Pitcher graduated in Medical Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1985 and qualified in 1988 from the University of Oxford. His research on sulphate-reducing bacteria, sulphur metabolism and ulcerative colitis at The MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre won him a University prize for his MD Thesis in Cambridge in 1996. Max continues to have a clinical research interest in gut flora and inflammatory bowel disease and is a medical advisor to NACC.

Meron Jacyna is interested in all gastrointestinal and hepato-biliary diseases and undertakes the entire range of endoscopic procedures, including therapeutic gastroscopy, colonoscopy and ERCP. He graduated from Dundee University Medical School in 1981, winning the Sir James McKenzie Prize in Medicine as outstanding graduate. After obtaining his MRCP in 1984, he obtained his MD thesis (1987), publishing several papers on gallbladder mucosal dysfunction . He then moved to St Marys, London where …

Dr Naila Arebi graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Malta. She pursued her post-graduate training in Oxford and London leading to accreditation in Gastroenterology and General Medicine in 2004 followed by advanced endoscopy training at St Mark’s Hospital. She was awarded a PhD from Imperial College University of London, supported by the Helicobacter Parkside Study Group. She received the Sybil McMichael Bursary in 2000 and Travel scholarships to visit Medical University of …

He qualified from the Aristotle University in Greece in 2003. He undertook specialist training in London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex and an advanced endoscopy fellowship at St Mark’s Hospital. He has completed postgraduate studies and has been awarded an MSc degree and an MD (Res) from Barts and The London School of Medicine. His research has been on Inflammatory Bowel Disease and his thesis on “Nutrient effects in Inflammatory Bowel Disease” focused on the effect of enteral diets in Crohn’s …

He qualified from Imperial College, London in 2005 and undertook specialist training in the North West Thames London rotation. He has completed a fellowship in advanced endoscopy at St Mark’s Hospital and is skilled at diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. He took time out of his training to pursue a PhD on the impact of ethnicity on epidemiology, metabolic and microbial profiling. He has collaborated with the Centre for Digestive Health at Imperial College to study how the microbiome changes in …