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Current NHS consultant posts held

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
Victoria Hospital,Glasgow

Research interests

Potential causes for the cancer of the oesophagus with publications in international Journals, ultimately providing the basis for Post Doctorate degree in Glasgow University

Personal interests

All aspects of disorders of the oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestines. I look after complex inflammatory bowel diseases for The Southern General Hospital but look after all aspects of digestive diseases. Procedures carried out include gastroscopy and colonoscopy as well as wireless capsule endoscopy of the small intestine (one of the few GI specialists in Glasgow with the latter expertise). Teaching good endoscopic skills to specialist trainees.

Publications

1. Current Management and novel therapeutic strategies for refractory ascites and hepatorenal syndrome. Q J Med 2001

2. Conditions for acid catalysed luminal nitrosation are maximal at the gastric cardia.
Gut 2003

3. Validation of Microdialysis Probes for Studying Nitrosative Chemistry Within Localized Regions of the Human Upper Gastrointestinal Tract.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2003

4. Nitrate and nitrosative chemistry within Barrett's oesophagus during acid reflux.
Gut 2005;