Dr Kevin Yoong
MB ChB
Gastroenterologist
32 years of experience
Chester, CH4 7QP
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32 years of experience
Chester, CH4 7QP
(+1 more)
5 connections in healthcare
Skill endorsed
by Mr Hassan Elhassan
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About Dr Kevin Yoong
Dr Kevin Yoong is a consultant gastroenterologist and the Clinical Director of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme for Cheshire.
He graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1993. He continued his training at major teaching hospital in London and Liverpool. He spent two years at St George’s Hospital as a Lecturer and Research Fellow researching new models of care and gastroenterology. During this time, his research findings were published in peer reviewed journals and he presented these findings at the Royal College of Physicians of London.
He has special interests in therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy and is endoscopy training lead and therefore actively involved in training at Leighton Hospital. In 2007 he was appointed to his current post of Consultant Gastroenterologist and Physician at Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He will therefore give you the experience of a London-trained doctor in Cheshire.
He is the lead consultant for the highly regarded Cheshire Gut Clinic.
Clinical expertise
Dr Yoong has extensive experience in both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic sub-mucosal diset, including:
- Gastroscopy (OGD) – investigation of symptoms such as indigestion, reflux, difficulty swallowing, anaemia, and upper‑GI bleeding
- Colonoscopy – diagnosis and treatment for bowel symptoms, polyp detection, and bowel cancer screening
- Advanced endoscopic procedures, including:
- Polypectomy
- Treatment of varices
- Stricture dilatation
- Stent insertions
Conditions treated
Dr Yoong provides comprehensive assessment and treatment for a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions, including:
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Gastro‑oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
- Abdominal pain, bloating and indigestion
- Changes in bowel habits
- Rectal bleeding
- Oesophageal, Gastric & Colorectal Cancers
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Anaemia related to gastrointestinal causes
Special interests
- Diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome
Subspecialties
- Pancreaticobiliary Medicine (Bile Ducts & Pancreas)•
- Neuro-Gastroenterology•
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)•
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease•
- Hepatology
- General (Internal) Medicine
Areas of expertise
Education
University of Glasgow
Medicine
Graduated 1993
Languages spoken
- English
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The Courtyard, Hall Lane, Cheshire, United Kingdom, CW9 6DG
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Dr Yoong is an excellent gastroenterologist with a great patient manner. He is great at explaining things in straight forward terms that patients can understand. Dr Yoong is one of the UK's most advanced endoscopists with a special interests in colonoscopy and therapeutic procedures. (e.g. polypectomies, treatment of varices, stricture dilatation and stent insertions), performing these on a weekly basis. He also treats patients who have struggled with irritable bowel syndrome for a long time. Dr Yoong is very kind and wise and taught me well when I was his trainee many years ago. I would re...
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05 Dec 2022
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