Dr Maxton Pitcher
MA (Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), MD (Cantab), FRCPGastroenterology
Practices worked at
The Clementine Churchill Hospital
Sudbury Hill, Harrow, London, United Kingdom, HA1 3RXSpecialist's working hours
About
Dr Maxton Pitcher is a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist and sees private patients at BMI The Clementine Hospital and also at OneWelbeck Digestive Health. His NHS base is at the internationally-respected St Mark’s Hospital, a specialist centre for digestive diseases at Northwick Park in Harrow. He is renowned for being a highly-experienced diagnostician and for his specialist expertise in therapeutic upper GI endoscopy and ERCP. He has a research interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and general Gastroenterology interests including undiagnosed abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and eosinophilic oesophagitis. He is available for face-to-face consultations and welcomes referrals for a second opinion in difficult cases. Telephone and video consultations have become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic and can be booked via his private secretary, Amanda Jolly. A bespoke service is available upon request.
Dr Pitcher trained in Medical Sciences at the University of Cambridge and later qualified from the University of Oxford in 1988. He completed a Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Cambridge in 1996. He was elected as Chairman of Medicine at St Mark’s by his colleagues in 2007 and Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee at BMI The Clementine Churchill Hospital in 2010.
Maxton is an accomplished classical violinist and Concertmaster of the European Doctors Orchestra. He has featured on the Sky News Kay Burley Show and his musical videos of live performance to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic have been seen by hundreds of thousands on-line all over the world. He is also a keen golfer, SCUBA diver and occasional horse rider.
Procedures
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopy (OGD)
- Gastroscopy
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Capsule Endoscopy
- ERCP Procedure
- FibroScan
- Liver Biopsy
- Oesophageal Stent Insertion
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Sigmoidoscopy
Special interests
- Colitis (Ulcerative Colitis)
- Crohn’s Disease
- Bloating
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Acid Reflux
- Rectal Bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer
- Pelvic Pain
- Upper Gastrointestinal Conditions (Oesophagus & Stomach)
- Coeliac Disease
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Iron Deficiency Anaemia
- Achalasia
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Barrett's Oesophagus
- Cholestasis
- Cirrhosis
- Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Food Intolerance
- Functional Bowel Disease
- Gallstones
- Gastric (Stomach) Ulcers
- Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) or Reflux
- Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Haemochromatosis
- Heart Burn
- Hiatus Hernia
- Jaundice
- LPR Reflux
- Liver Disease
- Oesophageal Cancer
- Oesophageal Spasm
- Oesophagitis
- Pancreatitis
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Primary Billiary Cholangitis (PBC)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Swollen Stomach
Education
- St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge: MA, MD
- Magdalen College, University of Oxford: BM BCh
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London: FRCP
- British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)
- European Crohn's and Colitis Oragnisation (ECCO)
Reviews
Maxton Pitcher
I am very disappointed that you did not feel listened to or taken seriously. I can assure you that this was not the case on my part. A diagnosis of IBS is not one of exclusion. It is a positive diagnosis usually made at the first consultation on the basis of clinical criteria supported by internationally-agreed guidelines, all of which were followed. Your GP had already supplied me with the results of comprehensive investigations in Primary Care. You were offered limited further investigation in your own time and you agreed to be prescribed the only licensed medication for your symptoms as a 30 day therapeutic trial. This again is supported by clinical guidelines. I don't raise expectations that patients can be "fixed" after a single consultation. Often, the path to treatment success is a series of consultations where an empathetic, trusting therapeutic doctor-patient relationship can be fostered and anxieties freely explored. I have submitted a formal response to the points you have raised and offered a follow-up consultation free of charge. I have also suggested a second opinion for you to consider. I wish you well in your outcome.
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