Professor Brian Saunders: General (internal) medicine

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Professor Brian Saunders

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Accredited endoscopist

Overview

Bupa specialist

Accredited endoscopist

About me

Consultant Gastroenterologist and specialist Endoscopist, St. Mark's Hospital, NW London University Hospitals Trust and Professor of Endoscopy Practice, Imperial College. Director of Bowel Cancer screening for NW London and Director of the Kennedy-Leigh Academic Endoscopy Centre at St. Mark's Hospital. I have personally performed >30,000 colonoscopies and receive referrals from throughout the UK and Internationally for complex colonoscopic procedures, particularly endoscopic resection of large colorectal polyps.

Areas of interest

Colonoscopy; change in bowel habit; rectal bleeding; anaemia; EMR; ESD; bowel cancer prevention; gastroscopy; capsule enteroscopy; luminal gastroenterology including inflammatory (IBD); polyposis syndromes

Medical secretaries

Marie Gun
120 Harley Street London W1G 7JW
07719 475971
07719 475971
M.Gun@thelondonclinic.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Rita Russai Fee Assured
Dr Imran Mohammad Fee Assured
Dr Mark Sacks Not Fee Assured
Dr Michael Brunner Fee Assured

Dr John Anderson Not Fee Assured
Dr Andrew Castello-Cortes Fee Assured
Dr Vivian Sathianathan Fee Assured

About me

External resources

St. Mark's Hospital

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Gastroenterologist
St. Mark's Hospital
Northwick Park
Harrow, Middlesex
HA1 3UJ

Research interests

I have authored or co-authored >160 peer-reviewed papers on colonoscopic practice, written > 20 book chapters and am editor of the book "Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy"

Personal interests

Trail running
Tennis, cricket
Fishing

Awards received

British Society of gastroenterology Hopkins prize 1996
BSG Video prize 1999
BSG Foundation Lecturer 2002
J Edward Berk Award, American College of Gastroenterology 2004
Oration Award - Indian Society of Gastroenterology 2006
Danish Society Surgeons Medal of honour 2012
ESGAR certificate of Merit 2012
BSG Foundation lecture 2015
Honorary FRCS by election 2016

Publications

Recent publications of Significance

Elliott TR, Tsiamoulos ZP, Thomas-Gibson S, Suzuki N, Bourikas LA, Hart A,
Bassett P, Saunders BP. Factors associated with delayed bleeding after resection
of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps. Endoscopy. 2018 Aug;50(8):790-799.

Rees CJ, Rajasekhar PT, Wilson A, Close H, Rutter MD, Saunders BP, East JE,
Maier R, Moorghen M, Muhammad U, Hancock H, Jayaprakash A, MacDonald C, Ramadas
A, Dhar A, Mason JM. Narrow band imaging optical diagnosis of small colorectal
polyps in routine clinical practice: the Detect Inspect Characterise Resect and
Discard 2 (DISCARD 2) study. Gut. 2017 May;66(5):887-895.

Saunders BP, Tsiamoulos ZP. Endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic
submucosal dissection of large colonic polyps. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol.
2016 Aug;13(8):486-96.

Pimentel-Nunes P, Dinis-Ribeiro M, Ponchon T, Repici A, Vieth M, De Ceglie A,
Amato A, Berr F, Bhandari P, Bialek A, Conio M, Haringsma J, Langner C, Meisner
S, Messmann H, Morino M, Neuhaus H, Piessevaux H, Rugge M, Saunders BP,
Robaszkiewicz M, Seewald S, Kashin S, Dumonceau JM, Hassan C, Deprez PH.
Endoscopic submucosal dissection: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
(ESGE) Guideline. Endoscopy. 2015 Sep;47(9):829-54.

Rutter MD, Chattree A, Barbour JA, Thomas-Gibson S, Bhandari P, Saunders BP,
Veitch AM, Anderson J, Rembacken BJ, Loughrey MB, Pullan R, Garrett WV, Lewis G,
Dolwani S. British Society of Gastroenterology/Association of Coloproctologists
of Great Britain and Ireland guidelines for the management of large
non-pedunculated colorectal polyps. Gut. 2015 Dec;64(12):1847-73.

Choi CH, Ignjatovic-Wilson A, Askari A, Lee GH, Warusavitarne J, Moorghen M,
Thomas-Gibson S, Saunders BP, Rutter MD, Graham TA, Hart AL. Low-grade dysplasia
in ulcerative colitis: risk factors for developing high-grade dysplasia or
colorectal cancer. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Oct;110(10):1461-71

Tsiamoulos ZP, Sibbons P, Morris S, Hancock CP, Saunders BP. A novel
multimodality endoscopic device for colonic submucosal dissection using a
combination of bipolar radiofrequency and microwave modalities. Endoscopy. 2016
Mar;48(3):271-6.

Courses offered to GPs

Colon cancer update

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (>50)

London Clinic (>50) Northwick Park Hospital (5-50)
H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (>50)

London Clinic (5-50) Northwick Park Hospital (5-50)
H2003
Therapeutic colonoscopy with snare loop biopsy or excision of lesion - (>50)

London Clinic (5-50)
G6500
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) includes forceps biopsy, biopsy urease test and dye spray - (5-50)

London Clinic (5-50) Northwick Park Hospital (1-5)
H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (5-50)

London Clinic (5-50) Northwick Park Hospital (5-50)
G8082
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) and immediate colonoscopy includes forceps biopsies, biopsy test and dye spray (as sole procedure) - (5-50)

Northwick Park Hospital (1-5) London Clinic (1-5)
H2350
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of colorectal polyp - (1-5)

Northwick Park Hospital (1-5) London Clinic (1-5)
H2503
Therapeutic sigmoidoscopy with snare loop biopsy or excision of lesion - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
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