An initial consultation with Dr Stuart Cairns is from £250.
Dr Stuart Cairns
Consultant Gastroenterologist
MD, MSc, MBBS, FRCP
Specialises in
- Bowel disease
- Colonoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Liver disease
I am a Consultant Physician and specialist in gastroenterology and endoscopy. Until recently I was Clinical Director of the Sussex Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
I trained at King's College Hospital, London, and then undertook higher medical training in Cambridge, The Middlesex and University College Hospitals in London.
I was appointed Consultant Gastroenterologist to Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and until recently was the Endoscopy Training Lead in Brighton. I have specialist endoscopic skills in diagnosis and treatment of most gastroenterological diseases.
In 2007 I was awarded the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship to the Medical University of South Carolina, USA investigating new endoscopic treatments. In 2008 I received the Silver Award for Clinical Excellence from the Department of Health.
I am one of only four accredited Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopists (UK's highest standard for colonoscopy) in Brighton.
I am the lead author of the UK guidance on bowel cancer screening for high risk groups including individuals with a family history of bowel cancer, polyps and colitis published in 2010.
General Medical Council Number: 2211202
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Stuart Cairns at Spire include:
Gastroenterology
- Barium swallow and barium meal
- Barium enema
- Bowel disorder test
- Bravo pH monitoring
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Virtual colonoscopy
Get in touch
Additional information
Clinical interests
Endoscopy
Liver disease
Current NHS posts
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Endoscopy Training Lead and Accredited Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopist, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital.
Contact information
| Telephone | Insured 01273 828 030 || Self-pay 01273 828 148 |
| Private secretary | Lisa |
| Private secretary telephone | 01273 627 056 |