External resources
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