Dr Michael Mendall

Primary Specialism:

Gastroenterology

Education:

I qualified from Cambridge University in 1982 and the Middlesex Hospital in 1985 which distinction. My specialist gastroenterology training was undertaken at Guy’s and St George’s Hospitals where I did my research. I was appointed Consultant Gastroenterologist at Croydon University Hospital in 1995 and Senior Lecturer at St George’s Medical School. I was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians in 1998. I am Director of Endoscopy and Specialist Medical services at Croydon University Hospital and the London Strategic Health Authority representative for the British Society of Gastroenterology. I am a fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association. I sit on a number of regional and national committees. I was identified as one of the top consultants in the 2013 Tatler Consultants guide I have more than 90 original publications and have written and contributed to a number of books. My main areas of research have been into dyspepsia, irritable bowel, inflammatory bowel disease(including the effect of diet on Crohn’s disease) and the body’s response to inflammation. More recently my research interests have been into the effects of obesity on a range of gut disorders and into the pathogenesis and dietary treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. My main areas of clinical interest are diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, cancer, dyspepsia, irritable bowel and inflammatory bowel disease. I have extensive experience in performing upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy, both diagnostic and therapeutic, ERCP (endoscopic bile duct therapy), capsule endoscopy, oesophageal manometary and pH recording and oesophageal, duodenal and biliary stenting. I am a trainer in diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy and ERCP. I work with dedicated GI radiologists,a specialist GI histopathologist, upper and lower Gi surgeons and Gi dietician.