Dr Senthil Murugesan

Practising at

Spire Fylde Coast Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Senthil Murugesan at Spire include:

Gastroenterology

• Colonoscopy
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Gastroscopy

Professional profile

I completed Specialist Registrar training in the North West of England. Following a two year period of research into gastric cancer, I was awarded the Doctorate of Medicine (MD) degree (University of Liverpool). I subsequently trained in advanced endoscopic techniques (colonoscopy, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound) as an advanced endoscopy fellow in the professorial unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. I was appointed as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Blackpool Teaching Hospital in 2012 and am currently the lead clinician for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

In addition to general gastroenterology, my specialist interests include:

- endoscopy (all aspects of diagnostic, therapeutic such as polyp removal, and cancer surveillance of the oesophagus, stomach and colon)

- dyspepsia management (heartburn, indigestion)

- irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease

- diseases of the liver and pancreas

I am a certified endoscopy trainer and teach at the Mersey School of Endoscopy (National Endoscopy Training Centre) and I actively pursue clinical research.

Qualification and professional memberships

MBBS / Chennai, India / 2000
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MBBS is a degree given to physicians at the basis of their training.

Professional memberships

Member of British Society of Gastroenterology
Member of Royal College of Physicians (London)
British Medical Association

Professional leadership

Currently lead clinician for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Services at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Current NHS posts

Consultant Gastroenterologist, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Research and Publication

Endoscopy Gastrointestinal cancer Inflammatory bowel disease

Articles

Colonic stenting in patients on P2Y12 receptor antagonists and direct oral anticoagulants - are current BSG/ESGE guidelines practical?
March 2016

Gastrin stimulates MMP-1 expression in gastric epithelial cells: putative role in gastric epithelial cell migration
July 2015

Personal Profile

I live on the Fylde Coast with my wife (a local GP) and children. I enjoy a very active outdoor life.

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