Dr Maxwell Asante, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
Dr Maxwell Asante
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
Dr Maxwell Asante MB ChB BSc PhD(Med) FRCP
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist
Dr Maxwell Asante
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist MB ChB BSc PhD(Med) FRCP
Areas of expertise
- Acid reflux
- Swallowing difficulties
- Abdominal pain and bloating
- Stomach and rectal bleeding
- Unexplained weight loss
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Orpington Endoscopy Centre
3 New Mill Road, Crayfields Business Park, 32 St Thomas Street, Orpington, BR5 3TW
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Chelsfield Park Hospital
Bucks Cross Road, Chelsfield, Orpington, Kent, BR6 7RG
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The Sloane Hospital
125 Albemarle Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5HS
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KIMS Hospital Limited
Newnham Court Way Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5FT
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Sevenoaks Medical Centre (KIMS Hospital)
Beadle House, London Rd, Sevenoaks, TN13 2JD
King's College Hospital (Denmark Hill) (NHS)
Denmark Hill, London, Greater London, SE5 9RS
Princess Royal University Hospital (NHS)
Farnborough Common, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8ND
About Dr Maxwell Asante
GMC number: 4002099
Year qualified: 1987
Place of primary qualification: University of Ghana
Dr Asante is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Princess Royal University Hospital, Bromley (part of Kings College Hospital, London).
Dr Asante has built up over 20 years’ experience in the management of simple and complex diseases in all aspects of gastroenterology. He sees most gastroenterology referrals for adults and adolescents. He is a Panel Member for international organisations providing second opinions in Gastroenterology.
Dr Asante completed higher Specialist Gastroenterology training at St George’s Hospital, London in 1999. He was awarded PhD(Med) by University of London in 1999 for research onto the role of Helicobacter Pylori in gastro-intestinal diseases and also for developing healthcare systems for managing dyspepsia and upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy. He has published extensively in journals such as Gastroenterology (USA).
Dr Asante's interests outside Medicine include - Photojournalism; Community developmental projects in African villages; and Developing/using technology to support village healthcare workers in Africa.
Areas of expertise
- Abdominal pain and bloating
- Acid reflux
- Anaemia
- Balloon enteroscopy
- Bravo & stretta
- Capsule endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Complex benign gastro-intestinal disorders (e.g. pots and ehlers danlos syndrome)
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Digestive blood loss
- Digestive cancer
- Disorders of gastrointestinal motility
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP)
- Feeding gastrostomy
- Functional gastrointestinal disorders (IBS)
- Gastroenterology (including adolescent (16years+) and elderly)
- Gastroscopy
- Heartburn
- Hepatobiliary
- Indigestion
- Inflammatory bowel disease (crohn's and ulcerative colitis)
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Nausea
- Neurogastroenterology
- Oesophageal manometry
- Oesophageal pH
- Oesophageal stenting
- Rectal bleeding
- Stomach and rectal bleeding
- Swallowing difficulties
- Therapeutic endoscopy
- Unexplained weight loss
- Vomiting