Dr Chris Fraser

Dr Chris Fraser is a Consultant Gastroenterologist. Dr Fraser qualified from Edinburgh University in 1992. They achieved MRCP in 1996 and were awarded an MD in 2004 for studies of the neurophysiologic control of swallowing. Dr Fraser became FRCP in 2009. Dr Fraser undertook the 1st advanced endoscopy fellowship at The Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy at St Mark's Hospital in 2003.

Dr Fraser was a nationally accredited NHS bowel cancer screening specialist in colonoscopy while at St Mark's and successfully led the hospital's bid to become one of the first national BCSP centres in England in 2006. Dr Fraser continues to perform bowel cancer screening colonoscopy in Scotland. They were the clinical lead of the St Mark's small bowel and obscure GI bleeding service and a faculty member of the European Capsule Endoscopy Training Course and UK Small Bowel Endoscopy Users' Group.

Dr Fraser's areas of interest are varied and include acid reflux, laryngopharyngeal reflux, refractory or atypical reflux symptoms, throat symptoms, swallowing difficulties, belching, indigestion (dyspepsia), nausea and vomiting, slow gastric emptying (gastroparesis), electrogastrography (EGG), bloating and gassiness, abdominal pain, food intolerance, sensitivity and allergy, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), colonic dysbiosis, constipation (slow bowel transit), diarrhoea, difficult defecation, faecal incontinence, gut dysfunction relating to connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, small bowel disorders including Crohn's disease and coeliac disease, gut polyposis syndromes, bowel cancer screening, surveillance and removal of polyps for colon cancer prevention, non-complex inflammatory bowel disease, iron deficiency anaemia, obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and making endoscopy/colonoscopy easier and more comfortable for patients.