Dr Neil Patterson

Consultants

Profile

Dr Patterson is a Consultant Gastroenterology based at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Trust since 2009. He previously was a Consultant In Antrim Area Hospital from 06-09.

During his Specialty Training he undertook a Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship post at St Marks Hospital London in 2005 developing specialist Endoscopy/Colonoscopy Techniques and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

He is currently Bowel Cancer Screening Lead for the Belfast Trust and has previously been Clinical Director for Gastroenterology in the Trust and Training Programme Director for Gastroenterology Trainees in Northern Ireland.

He specialises in all areas of General Gastroenterology and is one of the team of Consultants specialising in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Belfast Trust

Current NHS Posts

Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast

Qualifications

MB BCH Queens University Belfast 1996

MD (Queens University) 2005

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

Member of the British Society of Gastroenterology

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) 2007

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

General Gastroenterology including areas such as Reflux, Heartburn & Indigestion, Barrett's Oesophagus, Coeliac Disease, Functional Bowel Diseases including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Upper Endoscopy (OGD)
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
Bowel Cancer, Oesophageal Cancer, Stomach Cancer diagnosis & Bowel Polyps

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