Dr Alison McCoubrey

Miss Alison McCoubrey is a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon based in Ballykelly at Kingsbridge Private Hospital Belfast. She obtained her medical degree at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2000 and later completed her Master's degree in Advanced Surgical Practice at Cardiff University in Wales. She completed both her basic and specialist surgical training in Northern Ireland and was first appointed as a Consultant in the Western Health & Social Care Trust in 2013. During her training, she became a Fellow in General Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. She began her current NHS appointment at Causeway Hospital in 2017.

Miss McCoubrey has special interests in inflammatory bowel disease and pelvic floor disorders. Her clinical practice mainly involves the investigation and management of several gastrointestinal diseases and perianal conditions, including the following:

• Diverticular disease
• Crohn's disease
• Rectal prolapse
• Anal fissure
• Anal fistula
• Haemorrhoids
• Pilonidal sinus disease
• Faecal incontinence
• Ulcerative colitis

She also provides endoscopy services, including colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and upper GI endoscopy (OGD), as well as surgery for common general surgical conditions including:

• Inguinal hernia
• Umbilical/paraumbilical hernia
• Femoral hernia
• Incisional hernia