Dr Simon Anderson, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Simon Anderson
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Simon Anderson MB ChB MD FRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Areas of expertise
- Acid Reflux
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Colitis (Ulcerative Colitis)
- Crohn's Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease
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Address
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Chelsea Outpatient Centre
280 King's Rd, London, SW3 5AW
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London Bridge Hospital
27 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2PR
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The Lister Hospital
Chelsea Bridge Road, London, SW1W 8RH
About Dr Simon Anderson
GMC number: 3626056
Year qualified: 1990
Place of primary qualification: University of Cape Town
Dr Simon Anderson is a Consultant Gastroenterologist primarily based in London at the renowned London Bridge Hospital, as well as Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Alongside a highly experienced team, Dr Anderson's practice involves consultations, diagnosis, and treatment of digestive and stomach diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Crohn’s disease.
After graduating with a medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1990, Dr Anderson ventured to London, where he undertook higher specialist training in Liver Diseases and Intensive Care at King's College Hospital, as well as in Gastroenterology at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. After being awarded a Wellcome Institute Research Fellowship, he conducted full-time research at St Thomas' Hospital. In 2004, the University of London awarded Dr Anderson a Doctorate of Medicine (MD). In 2006, he took up the role of Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, where he heads up an acute general medicine firm.
Dr Anderson's key areas of expertise include IBD, all therapeutic endoscopy, colonoscopy, balloon enteroscopy, and wireless capsule endoscopy. His particular research interests include approaches for diagnosing and treating small-intestinal disease and ulcerative colitis. Most notably, Dr Anderson was the lead investigator on a recent clinical trial investigating the role of exercise in Crohn's disease and is also investigating the role of in IBD.
Much of the patient feedback Dr Anderson receives praises his caring yet professional approach when it comes to managing patients. He is also passionate about medical education and sharing his medical skills and expertise with the next generation of doctors.
Areas of expertise
- Acid Reflux
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Barrett's Oesophagus
- Bloating
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Coeliac Disease
- Colitis (Ulcerative Colitis)
- Colonoscopy
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
- Endoscopic Laser Treatment
- Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Functional Bowel Disease
- Gastric (Stomach) Ulcers
- Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) or Reflux
- Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastroparesis
- Gastroscopy
- Haemochromatosis
- Heart Burn
- Hiatus Hernia
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease
- Iron Deficiency Anaemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Oesophageal Spasm
- Oesophagitis
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Rectal Bleeding
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Upper Gastrointestinal Conditions (Oesophagus & Stomach)