Gastroenterology
The trained gastroenterologist will be able to develop and run endoscopy services for diagnostic, therapeutic and screening endoscopy. All trained gastroenterologists will be competent at upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. Medicine Home
Training normally takes 5 years one of which may be pure research while the remaining four years are usually combined with general medicine. All trained gastroenterologists will be competent at upper and lower GI endoscopy and some will have had additional training in hepato-biliary endoscopy. Most will be expected to participate in the acute medical receiving units of all cases including GI disease and to be expert in the management of the broad range of gastrointestinal disease either in out-patients or following admission. Consultation and communication skills are important in addition to organisational and managerial training.
Education and Clinical Teams
Dr Ben Mearns
Chief
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Dr James Clark
Clinical Lead
Dr Ben Field
College Tutor
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Dr Ben Field was appointed consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general medicine at SaSH in March 2012. He is responsible for inpatients on Bletchingley and Hazelwood wards and holds outpatient clinics at East Surrey Hospital and Crawley Hospital. He is the Trust’s RCP tutor for medicine.
He gained a first class BMedSci before graduating in medicine with distinction from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, in 1997. After specialist training at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals, he joined Imperial College London as an MRC clinical research training fellow, obtaining a PhD in 2009 for research into the neuroendocrine control of appetite, energy expenditure and insulin secretion. He is actively involved in research at SaSH and Imperial College, and is an honorary clinical senior lecturer at Imperial College London.
His interests encompass all aspects of diabetes and endocrinology, including structured education in type 1 diabetes mellitus, intensification of insulin treatment, insulin pump therapy, complex type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic foot disease, PCOS, pituitary diseases, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal gland disorders.
Dr Gayarati Chakrabarty
Dr Matthew Cowan
Dr Gary Mackenzie
Dr Monira Rahman
Dr Jonathan Stenner
Wards Covered
- Charlwood
Educational opportunities include:
| Date & Time | Location | Opportunity |
| Monthly Mondays 12:30 | Histopathology Department | Liver biopsy meeting |
| Every Tuesday at 08:30 | Lecture Theatre PGEC | Upper GI/HPB Cancer MDT |
| Every Tuesday at 12.30 | Radiology seminar room | Gastroenterology/GI surgery radiology meeting |
| Every Thursday at 12:30 | Lecture Theatre, PGEC | Medical Grand Round |
| Every Friday at 12:30 | RM 2 PGEC | Gastroenterology departmental teaching |
Education Campus Reception
01737 231722
