Dr Ray Shidrawi

Dr Ray Shidrawi is a Consultant Gastroenterologist with many over three decades of experience in the treatment and management of G.I conditions, including inflammatory bowel diseases, coeliac disease and food intolerances. He is also well versed in techniques such as upper GI endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy intersection, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. He sees private patients at The Wellington Hospital.

Dr. Shidrawi earned his primary medical qualification at the University of London in 1987, after which he completed his basic and specialist training, and joined the specialist register in 1998. He has since practiced at Homerton University Hospital, where he undertakes many endoscopic treatments for bariatric surgical complications in addition to non-invasive procedures to manage obesity. Dr. Shidrawi has also established a Ketogenic Enteral Nutrition diet in the UK with help from his prior colleagues at La Sapienza University, Rome.

Dr. Shidrawi is also an active member of the scientific research community, authoring many peer-reviewed publications regarding nutrition, coeliac disease, and endoscopy in renowned clinical journals.

• MBBS: qualified from Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1987
• MRCP(UK): post graduate certification awarded by the Royal College of Physicians 1990
• MD: awarded by the University of London on submission of a thesis covering original research investigating the molecular immunology of coeliac disease carried out at the Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital 1993-1996
• FEBG: on completion of his certificate of specialist training, awarded Fellowship of the European Board of Gastroenterology 1999
• FRCP: nominated by the Royal College of Physicians of London for the Fellowship of the College 2004
• FACP: nominated by the American College of Physicians for the Fellowship of the College 2005
• Membership of the British Society of Gastroenterology, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the British Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.