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- Not in Open Referral network
About me
Dr Gareth Davies is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and General Physician, specialising in the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of digestive, liver and biliary disorders. He was the senior Gastroenterologist at Harrogate District Hospital and Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds for 23 years: he retired from NHS practice in June 2019 and now consults from the BMI (Duchy) Hospital in Harrogate.
Dr Davies offers an holistic approach to patients’ problems, and works closely with a team of physicians, surgeons and radiologists in the Yorkshire Digestive Health Group to ensure optimal care. He undertakes gastroscopy, colonoscopy and ERCP procedures, with very low complication rates.
Dr Davies qualified from Westminster Hospital, London in 1984 with MBBS and a First Class Intercalated Degree. Postgraduate training followed in London and Leeds, including an attachment to St James’ Hospital’s Liver transplant Unit, and research into anti-inflammatory drugs and gut permeability for the award of MD (Postgraduate Doctorate Degree), then award of a Yorkshire Cancer Research Grant to investigate stomach injury caused by H.pylori .
Appointed Consultant General Physician and Gastroenterologist Harrogate District Hospital 1996, He has remained active in clinical research throughout his career, being part of a UK group that have produced international guidelines on management of Barrett’s oesophagus, and lead local investigator for several clinical trials, including the AspECT study published in the Lancet in 2018.
Areas of interest
• Bowel disease including inflammatory (IBD) • Endoscopic procedures • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) • ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) • Liver disease
Medical secretaries
- Avondale Medical Ltd (for all billing enquiries)
- Pegholme Wharfebank Mills Ilkley Road Otley LS21 3JP
- 01943 660540
- 07941 173909
- 01943 464774
- info@avondalemedical.co.uk
- Claire Hall
- BMI The Duchy Hospital Queens Road HARROGATE HG2 0HF
- 01937 529923
- 07971 212159
- clairehallhq@gmail.com
- Gareth Davies
- BMI The Duchy Hospital Queens Road Harrogate HG2 0HF
- 01423 567136
- gareth.davies@hdft.nhs.uk