Dr Krish Ragunath

Gastroenterology

Professional profile

Dr Ragunath is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.  He is Head of the Endoscopy service at the Nottingham University Hospitals and is the clinical lead for the Endoscopy Gateway at the Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre.  He sees and treats both NHS and private patients at the Treatment Centre.

He was the recipient of the BSG Endoscopy Hopkins Prize 2010, which is the highest honour for an academic endoscopist in the UK

Current NHS or research position

Associate Professor, Reader in GI Endoscopy & Consultant Gastroenterologist Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre & NIHR Biomedical Research Unit Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital

Special clinical interests

His clinical and research interests include advanced endoscopic imaging of the GI Tract, in particular Barrett's oesophagus and minimally invasive endoscopic therapy of early GI neoplasia. He has authored / co-authored several peer reviewed publications and text book chapters. He has also performed several live endoscopy demonstrations, endoscopy training in simulation models and has lectured in national and international meetings.

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and London
• Member of the BSG, AGA, ASGE, ESGE and conferred honorary member of the South African GI Society. He sits in the BSG Endoscopy committee, Audit committee, Oesophageal committee and BSG Endoscopy research network steering group
• Permanent member of International Working Group on Classification of Oesophagitis and Barrett's Oesophagus.