Dr Maxwell Asante is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Princess Royal University Hospital, Bromley (part of King’s College Hospital, London) with over 15 years’ experience in the management of diseases in all areas of gastroenterology. His special interests include inflammatory bowel diseases, functional gastrointestinal disorders, disorders of gastrointestinal motility, therapeutic endoscopy (including colonoscopy, ERCP, balloon enteroscopy), and complex benign gastrointestinal disorders (such as POTS and Ehlers Danlos syndrome).

Dr Asante completed his Senior Registrar in Gastroenterology training at St George’s Hospital, London in 1999. He was awarded a PhD (Med) by the University of London in 1999 for research into the role of Helicobacter pylori in gastrointestinal diseases and also for developing healthcare systems for managing dyspepsia and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. He has published and lectured extensively in this area.