The GP can attach documents to the e-RS advice request, which may include diagnostic results, scanned images (e.g. Since I have successfully developed the viral hepatitis and co-infection provision, the travel medicine service and have been the undergraduate lead for Infectious Diseases since 2000 and the electives convenor of the Medical School since 2007. Community Geriatrics and Intermediate Care. Maintains a keen commitment to general medicine on-call as well as general respiratory medicine as part of the RVI Respiratory Service. Trying to remain active in clinical research (PI for upcoming study of tranexamic acid in GI bleeding) and ensuring appropriate transfusion in medical patients. For further details please contact: Dr Jonathon Sutton, Lead & Consultant Gastroenterologist on 01248 384384 ext 5104 or Joanna Elis-Williams, Medical Directorate General Manager on 01248 384384 ext 8031. Fully staffed JAG accredited Endoscopy unit offering a comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy service accepting local and regional referrals. These include: 1. diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy 2. small bowel endoscopy 3. endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) – anendoscopic technique mainly used to diagnose and treat bile duct and pancreatic duct conditions 4. endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) 5. intestinal and liver biopsy 6. paracentesis (puncture of the wall of a cavity using a hollow needle) 7. insertion of parenteral nutrition line (intravenous feeding lines) 8. planning and aftercare of patients u… Call switchboard on 020 3299 9000 and ask to speak with the SpRs in gastroenterology or one of the four consultants. I am also involved in managing the UKAS accredited Immunology Laboratory here at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, as well as supporting Immunology laboratory services for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. Qualified from Newcastle University in 1983.Â. In addition to expanding his laboratory-based group, he has established a regional insulin pump service, is a member of the Newcastle pancreas transplant team and clinical lead for islet transplantation. The On-call commitment is negotiable but could include Out of hours GI Bleed cover and General Internal Medicine. Highly-rated by his patients (www.iwantgreatcare.org), https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard_Quinton/, www.ncl.ac.uk/igm/staff/profile/richard.quinton, I trained in Oxford and moved to Newcastle as a Senior House Officer.Â, Mr research interests include the physical health of people with dementia, including falls, gait disorders and autonomic function disorders in dementia.Â. Auto-inflammatory Diseases I have publications in both peer reviewed and non peer reviewed journals. I trained at Manchester Medical School and after 3 years in junior posts went to Seattle USA to do a fellowship in diabetes and immunology which formed the basis of my MD and ongoing research interest.  I have been a consultant in Newcastle since 2000 developing the specialist diabetes service and in particular the foot service, young adults clinic and inpatient diabetes care.  I continue to be involved in research in prevention of type 1 diabetes. I qualified in Medicine at the University of Nottingham Medical School.  I undertook postgraduate training as a junior doctor as part of the Manchester medical rotation.  I worked as a Specialist Registrar on the Northern Deanery (Newcastle) Gastroenterology rotation and am now dual certified in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine.  I am a certified endoscopist with full JAG accreditation. Soft Tissue Injury Clinic (daily Monday – Friday). Myoclonic Jerks. In September of 2014 I commenced work as a consultant in the Emergency Department at the RVI. Specialising in gastroenterology, Ruth also has experience in critical care and lower gastrointestinal surgery, and joined the Nutrition Support Team in 2016. I joined the team of Emergency Medicine Consultants at the RVI Major Trauma Centre in September 2014. Trained in Dundee and Glasgow in Clinical Pharmacology and Stroke Medicine latterly in the Department of Medicine, Western Infirmary Glasgow.  Appointed as Consultant in Stroke Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Newcastle Hospitals 2001. Broad-based junior medical training in the Northern Region before commencing Higher Specialist Training in Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine. Please direct queries to GNTEC secretaries office: 0191 282 5794, I qualified in 1980 in India and started work in England in 1984.  From 1984 to 1988 I completed my general professional training in Manchester.  I subsequently moved to Newcastle in 1988 to complete my specialist training in Emergency Medicine. Endoscopy training lead for Freeman Hospital. Fortnightly Infection/Travel & Gen Med Clinic, Daily Acute Medicine (ambulatory care) Clinic, Please direct queries to secretary: Jessica.pegg@nuth.nhs.uk. Having trained and qualified in Newcastle upon Tyne, I completed my specialist training in Occupational Medicine following several years as a General Practitioner. The service offers investigation and management of all Gastroenterological conditions and Liver disease. I am currently the Head of Department of Infection & Tropical Medicine at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. In 2013 I returned to my "roots" in the North East.  My time is divided between clinical work as a consultant physician with an interest in acute care for older people and academic work in applied health research. Trained in Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh. I am the lead author of the British Society of Gastroenterology national guidelines for the management of IBD. Phone number: 02078302867 Email address: martyn.caplin@nhs.net PA/secretary email address: rf.netadmin@nhs.net Fax: 020 7472 6728 Private practice phone number: 07495 839 886 Related services: Gastroenterology, Head and neck surgery, Neuroendocrine tumour (NET) unit I qualified from Queen's University Belfast in 1981 and moved to Newcastle in 1984.  I have been a Consultant Physician since 1994.  My main interest is in work-related lung disease, particularly asthma, COPD and asbestosis.  I hold weekly specialist asthma, TB and occupational lung disease clinics, as well as a general chest clinic. Thyroid disease (particularly Graves' hyperthyroidism), I qualified in Medicine MBBS with 1st Class Honours from Newcastle University.  Following internal medicine training I undertook postgraduate training in endocrinology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith London (MD degree awarded with distinction), Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston USA, and latterly in Newcastle.Â.