Dr Mathis Heydtmann

Dr Mathis Heydtmann is a Consultant Hepatologist. Mathis sees liver patients only and does not see patients with general gastrointestinal problems.

He  specialises in the assessment and management of all liver conditions including jaundice, abnormal liver tests and assessment of local changes on liver imaging.

He feels that it is important to have sufficient time to listen to the patients concerns and to make a correct diagnosis. Therefore new appointments with him are booked for 40 minutes (if you need more time please inform the booking staff). He has good links with other specialists who might need to be involved in patients care including Surgeons, Dieticians, Addiction Specialists and general Gastroenterologists.

Mathis is an advanced appraiser for revalidation by the GMC, and appraiser trainer for NHS Ediucation Scotland.

Mathis maintains a keen interest in academic medicine by advancing medical knowledge in his field and teaching.

He is specialty advisor to the Scottish Chief Medial Officer for liver and specialty advisor to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.  He is also a committee member of the Policy Public Health and Advocacy committee of the European Association on the Study of the Liver (EASL). He represents EASL in the European Health Alliance on ALcohol convened by WHO Europe in 2025.

Mathis is trained in quality improvement methodology (Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship in 2018) and is part of the group writing the UK (Public Health England) guidelines on management of people with alcohol problems (published 2025).

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• early detection of liver disease
• early detection of fibrosis and cirrhosis with FibroScan(R)
• interpretation of of liver tests including liver risk scores, and liver stiffness measurements such as FibroScan(R)
• jaundice
• abnormal liver biochemistry tests
• cholestatic liver disease
• liver cancer
• hepatitis
• viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C)
• alcohol related liver disease (ArLD)
• fatty liver disease (steatotic liver disease (SLD): - metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease (MASLD) and including steato-hepatitis (MASH)
• auto immune liver diseases
• auto immune hepatitis
• primary sclerosing cholangitis
• primary biliary cholangitis
• genetic liver diseases:
• haemochromatosis
• Wilsons disease
• alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency
• polycystic liver disease
• complications of liver disease:
• ascites (swollen abdomen from fluid in the abdomen), kidney and lung diseases due to chronic liver disease