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About me
Professor Chris Summerton is an experienced Consultant Gastroenterologist with an extensive and wide knowledge of gastro-intestinal and liver disease. He is fully skilled in techniques of diagnostic endoscopy. He is currently the Training Programme Director for Gastroenterology in the North West of England, so is responsible for the training of future Consultants in this region. He also works part-time for the NHS within the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust, mainly based at Chorley Hospital.
He qualified in medicine at Cambridge University in 1983. His clinical training in Gastroenterology was conducted in Birmingham, Cambridge and Manchester. He conducted research in liver disease at Cambridge University and was awarded an MD research degree in 1994.
Professor Summerton founded the Gastroenterology Department at Trafford General Hospital in 1996, when he was appointed as a Consultant in that hospital. Trafford General Hospital became part of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in April 2012 and Professor Summerton worked as a Consultant in Gastroenterology within the new combined department up to December 2017.
He has a long-standing involvement in medical education and gained a formal qualification in adult education in 1995. He has been responsible for organising Gastroenterology training for Specialist Registrars in the North West region since 2004. He was created an honorary Professor at Salford University in 2006, in recognition of his contribution to medical education and to the formation of an MSc Degree course in gastroenterology.
Professor Summerton is also involved on the international stage. He has authored chapters on Clinical Nutrition in Davidsons Principles and Practice of Medicine, a textbook that is widely used internationally for the training of medical students and doctors. He has visited hospitals in Egypt and Nigeria, where he was invited to teach and lecture in gastroenterology and endoscopy.
Professor Summerton is committed to providing quality care for patients in his own practice and within the wider NHS. He is a Non Executive Director of Hope Citadel Healthcare, which runs GP services in areas of social disadvantage.
Areas of interest
Dyspepsia; ulcer disease; gastro-oesophageal reflux; liver disease; pancreatic disease; small bowel disease; digestive disorders; colonic diseases; diarrhoea; constipation; Crohns Disease; Ulcerative Colitis; abdominal pain; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; nutritional disorders; cancer; gastroscopy; colonoscopy; capsule enteroscopy
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Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (5-50)
Alexandra Hospital (5-50)
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G6500
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) includes forceps biopsy, biopsy urease test and dye spray - (5-50)
Alexandra Hospital (5-50)
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G8082
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) and immediate colonoscopy includes forceps biopsies, biopsy test and dye spray (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)
Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (1-5)
Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
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