Contributors

Advisory Board
Dr Ailsa Hart BA (Hons) BMBCh MRCP PhD
Consultant Gastroenterologist
St Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute
Northwick Park, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
Dr Andy Poullis BSc, MD, MBBS, FRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist
St George’s Hospital,
Blackshaw Road, London, England, SW17 0QT
Dr Anton Emmanuel

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Senior Lecturer
Editor in Chief, Frontline Gastroenterology
University College Hospital;
London, England
Dr Cynthia Levy

Associate Professor of Medicine
Center for Liver Diseases
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
USA
Dr Douglas Thorburn MD FRCP

Consultant physician and Hepatologist
The Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre
The Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
Prof Geoff Dusheiko

Professor of Medicine and Honorary Consultant
The Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre
The Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
Prof Nicholas J. Talley MD(N.S.W), PhD (Sidney), FRCAP

Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Health Professor of Medicine,
University of Newcastle Callaghan,
NSW, 2308, Australia
Dr Penny Neild BSc, MD, MBChB, FRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
St George’s Hospital,
Blackshaw Road, London, England, SW17 0QT
Dr Sameer Zar PhD, MBBS, MRCP

Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
Epsom and St Helier University Hospital
Carshalton, England, SM5 1AA
Dr Vasi Sundaresan

Consultant Histopathologist,
Princess Alexandra Hospital,
Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 1QX
Dr John Silcock FRCP

Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust
Durham, England, DH1 5TW
Editors
Dr Adil Ahmed MBBS MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist
Editor, Endoscopy
County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust
Durham, England, DH1 5TW
Dr Brendan Tinwell

Consultant Histopathologist
Editor, GI Pathology
St George’s Hospital ,
Blackshaw Road, London, England, SW17 0QT
Dr Debasish Das MD MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Editor, Hepatology and Radiology
Kettering General Hospital,,
Kettering, England, NN16 8UZ
Dr Edward J. Despott MD MRCP(UK)

Editor, Small Bowel
Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy
St Mark’s Hospital & Academic Institute
Imperial College London (Northwick Park Campus)
Watford Road, Harrow, England
Iain Au-Yong MA, BMBCh, MRCS, FRCR

Consultant Radiologist, Author of book On-Call X-rays Made Easy
Editor, GI Radiology
Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire, England, NG17 4JL
Dr Ian Beales BSc MD FRCP FHEA

Clinical Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist
Editor Gastro-duodenum
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Norwich, England NR4 7UY
Mr Jeremy Cundall FRCS (Eng) MD

Consultant Surgeon
Editor Colorectum
University Hospital of North Durham
Durham, England DH1 5TW
Dr Jin-Yong Kang MD PhD FRCP, FRCPEd, FRACP

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer,
Editor, Oesophagus
St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London, England, SW17 0QT
Dr Manu Nayar

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Editor Pancreatico-biliary
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, NE7 7DN
Dr. Pushpakaran Munuswamy MD,MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Editor, Nutrition
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital
Basildon, Essex, England, SS16 5NL
Dr Rakesh J Shah BSc MRCP

Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
Editor, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust
Court road, Chelmsford, England, CM1 7ET
Dr Reena Sidhu MD MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Editor, Small Bowel
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK
Dr Rosemary Phillips BSc MD FRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Editor, Nutrition
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 1QX
Dr Rubin Soomal

Consultant Oncologist
Editor, GI cancers
Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP4 5PD
Dr Tim Benepal

Consultant Medical Oncologist
Editor, GI cancers
St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London, England, SW17 0QT
Ms Vardhini Vijay MS, DNB, FRCS

Consultant Laparoscopic and General Surgeon
Editor, GI Surgery
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 1QX
Dr Will Partridge MRCS, FRCR

Consultant Radiologist, Editor GI Radiology
Princess Alexandra Hospital,
Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 1QX

Dr Arber Veliu

Consultant Gastroentrologist, Editor Endoscopy

University Clinical Center of Kosova, Kosova
Associate Editors
Dr Amandeep Kharay

Specialist registrar, Associate Editor GI radiology
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 1QX
Dr Dimitra Duofexi

Specialist registrar, Editor Guideline section
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 1QX
Dr Jamal Hayat

Specialist Registrar, Associate Editor Oesophagus
St George’s hospital
London, England, SW17 0QT
Dr Meera Shah

Clinical Research Fellow in Hepatology,
Editor Guideline section,
Associate Editor Hepatology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ.
Dr Simon Chan MRCP PhD

Specialist Registrar
Associator Editor IBD
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital,
Norwich, UK
Dr Sukh Chatu

Specialist Registrar,Editor GI Pharmacolgy
St George’s Hospital,
London, England, SW17 0QT
Dr Jo Raker

Specialist Registrar, Associate Editor, Nutrition
East Surrey Hospital,
Canada Avenue, Redhill, RH1 5RH
Dr Jonathan Philip Segal

Core trainee, Editor MCQ section
Hammersmith Hospital,London ,W12 0HS
Contributors
Dr Arindam Sengupta

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Aarti Shah

Radiology Registrar
Dr Deepak Kejariwal

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Mr Kaushik Ray

Surgical Registrar
Sister Sarah Brogden

Endoscopy Nurse Practitioner
Dr Deb Ghosh

Consultant Gastroenterologist