Dr Paul Blaker

Dr Paul Blaker is a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist offering services at Benenden Hospital and with the NHS at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, where he is current Chair of the Regional IBD Steering Committee and Deputy Chief of the Medicine and Emergency Care Division. Dr Blaker's main clinical interests lie in the diagnosis and management of luminal gastrointestinal disorders including dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome. His sub-specialist interest is the management of Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis.

Dr Blaker qualified in 2003 from King's College London, returning there to complete a PhD in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) during an eight-year training period as a Special Registrar in London and the South East areas.

He has published extensively on the subject of IBD and continues to have an active research interest. Training and education are also very important to Dr Blaker, he is a GMC recognised trainer and a JAG accredited endoscopy trainer and teach gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Colonoscopy
• Endoscopy
• Gastroscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Bloating
• Barrett's Oesophagus
• Coeliac Disease
• Colitis (Ulcerative Colitis)
• Constipation
• Crohn's Disease
• Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
• Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
• Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) Or Reflux
• Heart Burn
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)