Dr John Smithson

Consultant in Gastroenterology and General Medicine
BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCP

Practising at

Spire Bristol Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr John Smithson at Spire include:

Gastroenterology

Other treatments

Pancreatology nutrition, Inflammatory bowel disease, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Bowel disease

Professional profile

After qualifying from Bristol University Medical School in 1986, I trained at centres of excellence in London, Oxford and Birmingham. I returned to Bristol in 1999, taking up a Consultant post in Gastroenterology at Southmead Hospital.

In 2006 I moved to a new Consultant position at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. My main clinical interests are in general gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease, nutrition, and endoscopy of the upper GI tract and colon. I work closely with expert GI pathologists, radiologists and surgeons to provide high quality multidisciplinary care

Clinical Interests

Gastroenterology
Pancreatology
Nutrition
Endoscopy
Colonoscopy
Bowel disease

Private contact details

Telephone	0117 980 4070
Private secretary	Claire Trenberth
Private secretary telephone	07804 984 691
Private secretary fax	0117 3821795
Private secretary email	claire.trenberth@gmail.com.