I have been in medico-legal practice for 15 years, in the fields of personal injury and medical negligence. I have an approximately even split between claimant and defendant instructions. I have supplied reports for the UK courts and Republic of Ireland.
I am also interested in Disability with regards Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and have been published research and collaborated with Australian, European and American institutions regarding this.
I have been a Consultant in Gastroenterology for 15 years. I was a clinical and research fellow in St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne prior to taking up my consultant post. I have been involved with research since 1999.
I am chair for the NI GI research Network and liaise closely with the UK research network. I lead a GI research team in Gastroenterology and have currently 14 clinical trials in progress in my institution where I am primary investigator.
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, Diverticular Disease, Diverticulitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Complications after Intestinal Resection.
Holiday Illness, Travellers Diarrhoea, Gastroenteritis and Food Poisoning.
Cancer- Oesophageal, Stomach, Gastric Cancer, Liver Cancer, Colon Cancer, Bowel Cancer. Colonic Polyps, Gastroscopy, Endoscopy, OGD, Flexible Sigmoidoscopy, Colonoscopy, complications from Endoscopy and Missed Cancer at Endoscopy.
