Dr Assad Butt

Dr Assad Butt is a UK specialist in paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. They have successfully pioneered the development of a new specialist service and lead its subsequent transformation to a regional tertiary centre. Their practice now attracts patients from throughout the region, seeking the best quality evidence-based opinions and treatments. Dr Butt is a good listener and frank speaker, knowing the importance of engaging fully with the children, young people and families they see, in a patient-centred practice. They work closely with like-minded multidisciplinary colleagues with emphasis on teamwork and the use of best practices to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients.

Dr Butt qualified from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (University of London). They completed their early training in various London teaching hospitals. Developing an interest in gastroenterology, they undertook specialist training at a number of renowned medical centres of excellence both in the UK and in Canada. This included a clinical research fellowship in paediatric gastroenterology and a paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition postgraduate fellowship training programme, before being appointed to their UK consultant post.