External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Gastroenterologist
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Associate Professor
University College London
Research interests
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohns, ulcerative colitis), Clinical nutrition, Short bowel syndrome, Intestinal failure, Coeliac disease, Radiation enteropathy, Endoscopy (gastroscopy/ileo-colonoscopy).
Awards received
Clinical Excellence Award (Level 2)
Publications
Most recent publications:
T Kumagai, F Rahman, A Smith. The microbiome and radiation-induced bowel injury: evidence for potential mechanistic role in disease pathogenesis. Nutrients 2018
A Miles & METRIC investigators. Magnetic resonance enterography, small bowel ultrasound and colonoscopy to diagnose and stage Crohn’s disease: patient acceptability and perceived burden. Eur Radiol. 2018
S Burden, D Jones, M Gittins, J Ablett, M Taylor, C Moutford, J Tyrell-Price, C Donellan, F Leslie, T Bowling, S Gabe, F Rahman et al. Needs-based quality of life in adults dependent on home parenteral nutrition. Clin Nutr. 2018
Y Wouters, M Theilla, P Singer, S Tribler, P Jeppesen, L Pironi, L Vinter-Jensen, H Rasmussen, F Rahman, G Wanten. Randomised clinical trial: 2% taurolidine versus 0.9% saline locking in patients on home parenteral nutrition. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018
F Pantoja, K Fragkos, P Patel, N Keane, M Samaan, I Barnova, S DiCaro, S Mehta, F Rahman. Refeeding syndrome in adults receiving total parenteral nutrition: An audit of practice at a tertiary UK centre. Clin Nutr. 2018
SA Taylor & METRIC study investigators. Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography and small bowel ultrasound for the extent and activity of newly diagnosed and relapsed Crohn’s disease (METRIC): a multicentre trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018; 3(8): 548-558
N Keane, K Fragkos, P Patel, F Bertsch, S Mehta, S Di Caro, F Rahman. Performance status, prognostic scoring and parenteral nutrition requirements predict survival in patients with advanced cancer receiving home parenteral nutrition. Nutr Cancer. 2018; 70(1): 73-82
Y Chen, M Ogundare, CM Williams, Y Wang, GW Sewell, PJ Smith, FZ Rahman, et al. Shotgun cholanomics of ileal fluid. Biochimie. 2013; 95(3): 461-3
GW Sewell, YA Hannun, X Han, G Koster, J Bielawski, V Goss, PJ Smith, FZ Rahman, et al. Lipidomic profiling in Crohn’s disease: abnormalities in phosphatidylinositols, with preservation of ceramide, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine composition. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2012; 44(11): 1839-46
FZ Rahman, GW Sewell, et al. Defective TNF release from Crohn’s disease macrophages in response to Toll-like receptor activation: relationship to phenotype and genome wide association susceptibility loci. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2012; 18(11): 2120-7
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