I have been in medico-legal practice for 16 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 16 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.
I am a GMC appointed Gastroenterology expert.
Memberships
Irish Medicolegal Society.
Ulster Medicolegal Society.
Areas include:
General Gastroenterology, Oesophageal Disease, Achalasia, Reflux, Barrett’s Oesophagus, Peptic Ulcer, Stomach Ulcer, Coeliac Disease, Endoscopy, OGD, Capsule Endoscopy and General Medicine.
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.
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