- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Lower GI surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
I am a Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon with special interests in inflammatory bowel disease & pelvic floor disorders. I qualified with Honours from Queens University, Belfast in 2000.
I completed my basic and specialist surgical training in Northern Ireland before being appointed as a consultant, initially in the Western Health & Social Care Trust in 2013 before taking up my current post in Causeway Hospital in 2017.
My main areas of practice include -
Investigation and management of Gastrointestinal disease - Diverticular disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, Pelvic floor disorders.
Endoscopy services - Colonoscopy, Flexible sigmoidoscopy and OGD.
Treatment of common perianal conditions - Piles, Fistula in Ano, Pilonidal disease, Anal fissure.
Surgery for common general surgical conditions - inguinal hernia repair, umbilical/paraumbilical hernia repair, femoral hernia repair, incisional hernia repair.
Areas of interest
Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis; Crohn's disease; Diverticular disease; Rectal prolapse; Faecal incontinence; Pelvic floor disorders; Anal fissure; Anal fistula; Haemorrhoids; Pilonidal disease; Upper GI endoscopy (OGD); Colonoscopy; Abdominal wall hernia; Laparoscopic surgery;
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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H5240
Banding of haemorrhoids - (1-5)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (1-5)
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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)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (1-5)