Dr Praful Patel

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist
MB ChB, MD (Manchester), FRCP (UK)

Practising at

Spire Southampton Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Praful Patel at Spire include:

Gastroenterology

Other treatments

Acid-Reflux, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Stomach and Bowel Cancer, Barretts Oesophagus, Coeliac Disease, Gallstones

Professional profile

Dr Patel's speciality is gastroenterology covering both upper and lower parts of the gastrointestinal tract. The common symptoms he deals with include indigestion, iron deficiency anaemia, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, rectal bleeding, and jaundice. His expertise and training is in endoscopy including gastroscopy, capsule endoscopy, ERCP and colonoscopy and he is lead consultant for endoscopy in Southampton.

Praful graduated in Manchester, moving down to London where he carried out most of his training but completing the final stages in Winchester and Southampton. He was appointed consultant gastroenterologist in Southampton in 1997. He consults both in the NHS and privately when a referral is made by a GP or a consultant colleague.

Private contact details

Telephone	023 8076 4397
Website	http://www.thegiclinic.co.uk/
Private secretary	Wendie Hopkins
Private secretary telephone	023 8076 4397
Private secretary fax	023 8077 3735
Private secretary email	wendie@thegiclinic.co.uk / wendie@privpractice.co.uk