Dr Sukh Chatu, Consultant Gastroenterologist

Dr Sukh Chatu

Consultant Gastroenterologist

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Dr Sukh Chatu MBBS, MRCP(UK), MD(RES), MRCP(Gastro)

Consultant Gastroenterologist

MBBS, MRCP(UK), MD(RES), MRCP(Gastro)

Dr Sukh Chatu

Consultant Gastroenterologist MBBS, MRCP(UK), MD(RES), MRCP(Gastro)

MBBS, MRCP(UK), MD(RES), MRCP(Gastro)

Areas of expertise

  • Advanced endoscopy
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Clinical nutrition and food intolerances
  • Diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers

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About Dr Sukh Chatu

GMC number: 4714446

Year qualified: 2000

Place of primary qualification: University of London

Dr Sukh Chatu is a highly experienced clinician specialising in gastroenterology, hepatology, and general medicine. He serves as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at King’s College Hospital and holds the position of Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London. Dr Chatu completed his medical training at the prestigious St Bartholomews and Royal London Medical School in 2000, followed by a five-year specialist training programme in Gastroenterology & General Medicine at London Deanery.

Dr Chatu has a wealth of experience, having worked in various London hospitals and spent a year in Brisbane, Australia, to gain additional clinical expertise. He also completed a three-year full-time higher research degree, earning an M.D. Research at the University of London. His research has been published in numerous high-quality, peer-reviewed international journals, and he has received a Medical Research Council grant. Dr Chatu is also the author of the successful textbook ‘Hands-on Guide to Clinical Pharmacology’.

In his clinical practice, Dr Chatu is known for his down-to-earth and friendly approach. He listens carefully to his patients and provides expert guidance through diagnostic and treatment options, ensuring a bespoke plan tailored to individual needs. He has dual accreditation in general medicine and is an advanced life support instructor, always maintaining a holistic approach to patient care.

Dr Chatu's areas of expertise include diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy, oesophageal physiology tests, small bowel and colon video capsule endoscopy, and the insertion of feeding tubes. He treats a range of conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, swallowing problems, achalasia, Barrett’s oesophagus, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, indigestion, and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

Areas of expertise

  • Advanced endoscopy
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Clinical nutrition and food intolerances
  • Diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers

Professional memberships

Royal College of Physicians
General Medical Council

Articles by Dr Sukh Chatu

Patients with endoscopically visible polypoid adenomatous lesions within the extent of ulcerative colitis have an increased risk of colorectal cancer despite endoscopic resection

The impact of timing and duration of thiopurine treatment on first intestinal resection in crohn's disease: national uk population-based study 1989-2010

The role of thiopurines in reducing the need for surgical resection in crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Oc-139 time trends in rates of first surgical resection and thiopurine use in crohn's disease: retrospective cohort study

Factors associated with vitamin d deficiency in a multicultural inflammatory bowel disease cohort