Dr Tony Rahman

Resumé

Dr Rahman graduated from Christ Church, Oxford and completed his clinical training the Oxford University Medical School in 1992. He trained in General Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology at St. Thomas’ and Guy’s Hospitals, The Royal Free Hospital, and the Liver Transplant Unit at King’s College Hospital, London.

He spent three years at the Royal School of Postgraduate Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital (Imperial College) researching mechanisms and novel treatments of liver failure. The last year was spent also as an honorary clinical fellow at the Institute of Hepatology at the Royal Free Hospital (UCL), London. During this time his research findings were published in peer reviewed journals and he presented these findings at several national and international meetings.

Specialist accreditation in Critical Care was gained having spent a further two years at the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London.

During his training he has worked with several international leaders in areas of endoscopy, colonoscopy, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, functional bowel disease, Barrett’s oesophagus and GI cancers.

He has special interests in endoscopy, colonoscopy and therapeutic procedures. (e.g. polypectomies, treatment of varices, stricture dilatation and stent insertions) and is actively involved in training at the National Centre for Endoscopic. (St. George’s Hospital, London)

In 2004 he was appointed to his current post of Consultant Gastroenterologist and Physician & Honorary Senior Lecturer at St. George's Hospital & Medical School and Queen Mary’s Hospital, London.

Professional Organisations

Dr. Rahman is currently a member of the following professional organisations:

• British Medical Association
• Royal College of Physicians of England
• British Society of Gastroenterology
• British Association for Study of the Liver
• Intensive Care Society
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine