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Dr Marcus Harbord

Gastroenterologist

London, SW1W 8RH

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31 years of experience
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31 years of experience

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Marcus Harbord was appointed a Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in 2006, specialising in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colorectal cancer and colonoscopy. He was lead clinician of the Gastroenterology Department 2007-2016.

He was previously a consultant physician at the Royal Free Hospital. After leaving Eton College, he completed medical studies at St Mary's Hospital, London in 1992, with further training at UCL, the Royal Free, and St Mark's Hospital. He was awarded a PhD in biochemistry by UCL in 2002. He was an editorial board member of Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2006-2016; chairman of the New Consultants' Committee at the Royal College of Physicians 2009-2011; an elected member of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) guidelines committee 2013-2016 and chairman of this committee 2015-2016. He is responsible for two new European guidelines, Extra-intestinal manifestations in IBD (2016) and Ulcerative colitis (2017).

He is the main author of the ECCO e-guide, a web-based global learning resource that has converted all ECCO guidelines into an interactive, algorithmic learning tool. He is co-author of a textbook, Emergencies in Gastroenterology & Hepatology, published by Oxford University Press in 2013. He is principle investigator for the UK twin IBD registry, undertaking collaborative studies with other European centres in epigenetics and metabolomics. In 2019 he founded WikiMed LDA, a not-for-profit, Med-Tech initiative to provide medical diagnosis and healthcare advice for the poorest people in the world. He lives between London and Lisbon.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

  • Colonoscopy
  • Endoscopy
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Crohn's disease
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Chronic diarrhoea

Subspecialties
  • General (Internal) Medicine
  • Hepatology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Neuro-Gastroenterology

All conditions and treatments
  • Achalasia
  • Acid Reflux
  • Barrett's Oesophagus
  • Bloating
  • Coeliac Disease
  • Colitis (Ulcerative Colitis)
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Constipation
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Diarrhoea
  • Bowel Cancer Screening
  • Capsule Endoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Endoscopy (OGD)
  • Gastroscopy
  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
  • Sigmoidoscopy
  • Video Consultation

Registered with

General Medical Council

No. 3686876


Qualifications
  • BSc Imperial College 1989
  • MB BS University of London 1992
  • MRCP Royal College of Physicians 1995
  • PhD University College London 2002
  • FRCP Royal College of Physicians 2008
  • Federation Licensing Examination Pennsylvannia state, USA 1993

languages spoken
  • English

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The Lister Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK

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Chelsea Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom, SW1W 8RH
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164-178 Cromwell Rd, London, United Kingdom, SW5 0TU
164-178 Cromwell Rd, London, United Kingdom, SW5 0TU
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280 Kings Road, London, United Kingdom, SW3 5AW
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I can recommend Dr Harbord most highly as a very respected, experienced and knowledgeable gastroenterologist. He is respected and well liked by his peers and always shows wise and sensible clinical judgement.

30 Jun 2021
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