27 years of experience
Berkshire, RG1 6NS
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About Dr Des De Silva
Dr Des De Silva studied medicine at Imperial College School of Medicine, London where he won several prizes. He completed gastroenterology training at Southampton University Hospital as a specialist registrar before conducting 3 years research in clinical nutrition and inflammatory bowel disease at the University of Southampton.
Dr De Silva was appointed to the Royal Berkshire Hospital as a consultant Gastroenterologist in June 2009. He is 1 of 2 accredited bowel cancer screening programme colonoscopists in West Berkshire. He is currently the training programme director for gastroenterology for the Oxford Deanery and chairs an RCP working party on clinically assisted feeding.He is married to a local GP and has 3 young children.
Diseases, Medical Tests and TreatmentsSubspecialties
- General (Internal) Medicine
- Hepatology
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Areas of expertise
Education
University of London
Medicine
Graduated 1998
Qualifications
Education
Bournemouth Grammar School
Imperial College School of Medicine
Professional Memberships
GMC
Royal College of Physicians
British Society of Gastroenterology
British Association of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition
Languages spoken
- English
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Locations
Spire Dunedin Hospital
16 Bath Road, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG1 6NS
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