Professor James East

Professor James East is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist with many years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of general gastroenterology issues such as nausea, vomiting, heartburn, gastro-oesophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, and abdominal pain. He is a trained endoscopist and also a National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme accredited Colonoscopist. He sees private patients at Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, and the New Foscote Hospital.

Professor East earned his primary medical qualification at the University of Edinburgh in 1999, after which he undertook his basic training across the UK, in Cambridge, London, and Edinburgh. During his time spent training, Professor East was awarded a fellowship at St. Marks Hospital and also worked towards his research medical doctorate at Imperial College, for which he was awarded the British Society of Gastroenterology's Hopkins Prize. Upon completion of his training, Professor East joined the specialist register in 2009 and was appointed Consultant in 2010.

Since his Consultant appointment, Professor East has become an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, within the Translational Gastroenterology Unit, and is also among Europe's leading Colonsoscopists. He is also an active member of the clinical research and medical education community, authoring 200 research publications, 10 inernational guidelines, and also book chapters on Endoscopy, including chapters for the Oxford Textbook of Medicine.