Prof. Stuart Bloom, Consultant Gastroenterologist

Prof. Stuart Bloom

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Prof. Stuart Bloom DM FRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist

DM FRCP

Prof. Stuart Bloom

Consultant Gastroenterologist DM FRCP

DM FRCP
Prof.Stuart Bloom,Gastroenterologist

Prof. Bloom is a recommended Gastroenterologist

The importance of bowel cancer screening

The importance of bowel cancer screening

Complex care: What is an Endoscope?

Complex care: What is an Endoscope?

Complex care: The gastrointestinal system

Complex care: The gastrointestinal system

How can capsule endoscopy diagnose bowel cancer?

How can capsule endoscopy diagnose bowel cancer?

Spotting the symptoms: Bowel disease

Spotting the symptoms: Bowel disease

Areas of expertise

  • Acid reflux
  • Coeliac disease
  • Food intolerance
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Stomach ulcer

Recommendations for Prof. Bloom

These recommendations are for information purposes only. Doctors providing recommendations do so in good faith and are not responsible for clinical outcomes.

Recommended by:

  • byDr Ian Benjamin Colvin, GP

    Personal recommendation from a patient with Crohn's disease

  • byDr Deepak Kaur Hora, GP

    Recommended for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

  • byDr Stephen David Yaxley, GP

    Recommended for general gastro and IBS.

  • byDr Ehsan Kadhim Alkizwini, GP

    Very good Gastroenterologist.

  • byMr Anthony Silverstone, Consultant Gynaecologist

    I tend to refer to Prof. Stuart Bloom for Gastroenterology. He is one of the senior gastroenterologists at UCH, in charge of a very large inflammatory bowel unit. I have known him for many years, he is a close colleague and is outstanding.

  • byDr John Malcolm Walker, Consultant Cardiologist

    A hugely experienced Gastroenterologist with a superb clinical approach and fine endoscopic skills.

  • byDr Marcus Harbord, Gastroenterologist

    He is a kind and thoughtful doctor

  • byProf. Mark Emberton, Professor of Urology

    Recommended Gastroenterologist

  • byDr Ian Benjamin Colvin, GP

    Personal recommendation from a patient with Crohn's disease

  • byDr Deepak Kaur Hora, GP

    Recommended for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

  • byDr Stephen David Yaxley, GP

    Recommended for general gastro and IBS.

  • byDr Ehsan Kadhim Alkizwini, GP

    Very good Gastroenterologist.

  • byMr Anthony Silverstone, Consultant Gynaecologist

    I tend to refer to Prof. Stuart Bloom for Gastroenterology. He is one of the senior gastroenterologists at UCH, in charge of a very large inflammatory bowel unit. I have known him for many years, he is a close colleague and is outstanding.

  • byDr John Malcolm Walker, Consultant Cardiologist

    A hugely experienced Gastroenterologist with a superb clinical approach and fine endoscopic skills.

  • byDr Marcus Harbord, Gastroenterologist

    He is a kind and thoughtful doctor

  • byProf. Mark Emberton, Professor of Urology

    Recommended Gastroenterologist

  • Address

    • The Platinum Medical Centre

      15-17 Lodge Road, St Johns Wood, London, NW8 7JA

    • The Physicians' Clinic

      14 Devonshire Street, Marylebone, London, W1G 7AE

    • The Wellington Hospital

      The Wellington Hospital Ground Floor, Wellington Pl, London, NW8 9LE

    • Telephone or video consultation

      Virtual

    About Prof. Stuart Bloom

    GMC number: 2925871

    Year qualified: 1984

    Place of primary qualification: University of London

    As an NHS consultant for University College London (UCL) Hospital, Prof. Stuart Bloom is actively involved in the provision of acute gastroenterology (GI) and general medical care. He has cutting-edge expertise in endoscopy and has carried out over 8000 procedures in his rich career. Prof. Bloom has a success rate of 95% in colonoscopy and his complication rate in such procedures is less than 0.1 %. Among the many coveted awards and honours that Prof. Bloom has received for his services to gastroenterology are the Martin Wronker Prize from the University of Oxford, the Leslie Parrott Prize from the National Association of Crohn's and Colitis and the President's medal from the British Society of Gastroenterology. He regularly teaches at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London Medical School and has twice been cited as a 'valued teacher'. The Day Release Programme that Prof. Bloom designed for North East Thames' trainees 'Day Release' Training in gastroenterology continues to be used even today. He is also the current chair of the UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Registry.

    Prof. Bloom consults at the Platinum Medical Centre, Wellington Hospital, Physicians Clinic, Devonshire Street, and has admitting rights at King Edward VII Hospital and The London Clinic. He was appointed GI specialty lead for the central and east London comprehensive research network in March 2008, and is the current chair of the consultants' committee at UCLH. His medical interests include irritable bowel syndrome, bowel cancers, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, functional gut disorders, food intolerance, dyspepsia and general gastroenterology. As an industry expert, he is regularly involved in several departmental audits related to endoscopic gastrostomy.

    Areas of expertise

    • Acid reflux
    • Bloating
    • Bowel cancer screening
    • Bowel cancers
    • Coeliac disease
    • Crohn's disease
    • Colonoscopy
    • Constipation
    • Diverticular disease
    • Diverticulitis
    • Dyspepsia
    • Endoscopy
    • Food intolerance
    • Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
    • Gastrointestinal infections
    • Gastroscopy
    • General gastroenterology
    • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
    • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
    • Rectal bleeding
    • Stomach ulcer
    • Ulcerative colitis

    Professional memberships

    Royal College of Physicians
    American Gastroenterology Association
    British Society of Gastroenterology
    General Medical Council

    Articles by Prof. Stuart Bloom

    Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults

    An evaluation of the feasibility and validity of a patient-administered malnutrition universal screening tool ('MUST') compared to healthcare professional screening in an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) outpatient clinic

    A new look at familial risk of inflammatory bowel disease in the ashkenazi jewish population

    Phagocyte dysfunction and inflammatory bowel disease

    Inflammatory bowel disease in CGD reproduces the clinicopathological features of crohn's disease

    Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography and small bowel ultrasound for the extent and activity of newly diagnosed and relapsed crohn's disease (METRIC)

    Use of small bowel imaging for the diagnosis and staging of Crohn's disease--a survey of current UK practice

    Rare coding variant analysis in a large cohort of ashkenazi jewish families with inflammatory bowel disease

    Inflammatory bowel diseases in patients with adaptive and complement immunodeficiency disorders

    High resolution colonoscopy in a bowel cancer screening program improves polyp detection

    Derivation of a T2-weighted MRI total colonic inflammation score (TCIS) for assessment of patients with severe acute inflammatory colitis-a preliminary study

    The neutrophil respiratory burst and bacterial digestion in crohn's disease

    Are helicobacter species and enterotoxigenic bacteroides fragilis involved in inflammatory bowel disease?

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