Contact Us

| Updated 26 Jan 2023

Secretarial support Secretary to Professor Forton and Dr Clark                 0208 725 3032 Secretary to Drs Singanayagam, Yalcin & Gess           0208 725 3429 Secretary to Dr Hughes and Sally Pannifex                 0208 266 6178 …
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Information for Health Professionals

| Updated 26 Jan 2023

Hepatology Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) All referrals from primary care and internal referrals go through our Hepatology CAS service, designed to streamline the process by pre-loading first patient contact with diagnostic tests, to facilitate more rapid diagnosis, decision making and management plans. The service involves a virtual appointment in which …
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Factsheets and Useful Links

| Updated 27 Jan 2023

Patient Factsheets St. George’s Hospital Factsheets about conditions and treatments within hepatology. Hepatology CAS leaflet The hepatology clinical assessment service (CAS) is a virtual service in which consultants will review your GP / physician referral, and plan for investigations prior to a physical appointment if required, or provide advice / …
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Research

| Updated 20 Sep 2024

The department has an active research program, consisting of investigator-initiated academic studies, academic and commercial clinical trials (phase I-III, observational and therapeutic). This is supported by all consultants as investigators and a regular stream of academic hepatology fellows enrolled for higher research degrees at St George’s University.  Research has focussed …
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Meet the Team

| Updated 26 Jan 2023

We work closely with gastroenterologists, radiologists, oncologists, pathologists and surgeons to provide care to our patients with a wide range of conditions. Our specialist hepatology nurses look after patients with viral hepatitis, haemochromatosis and alcohol use disorders. Consultants Professor Daniel Forton PhD FRCP Professor Forton is a Consultant Hepatologist in …
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Our Facilities and Services

| Updated 11 May 2022

Gastroenterology and Liver Day Unit, providing urgent day care in hospital to avoid admission Day case paracentesis (a procedure to drain fluid from the peritoneal cavity) Liver biopsy ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography) – to investigate and treat biliary conditions such stones, bile duct narrowing or cancers. EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) – …
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Key Services

| Updated 26 Jan 2023

In addition to the management of patients with cirrhosis, alcohol-related liver diseases, fatty liver, autoimmune conditions, biliary conditions, metabolic liver disease and cancers of the liver, gallbladder or pancreas there are areas of additional expertise in the following: Hepatocellular Carcinoma We are a major centre for treatment for primary liver …
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Patient information

| Updated 13 Jan 2025

We accept referrals from GP’s, Practice Nurses, Consultants, Respiratory Nurses and Physiotherapists. We can only accept patients with a Wandsworth GP by completing the following form. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Patient Information Leaflet

The IONA TWIN STUDY

| Updated 2 Jul 2020

Objectives • To optimise the technology used in the IONA® test in twin pregnancies. This should also reduce the incidence of test failures related to inability to perform the test due to low fetal fraction. • To explore the performance of the test in different types of twin pregnancies including …
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Achieving Competency in Intrapartum Management of Multiple Pregnancy

| Updated 2 Jul 2020