WOLFSON ENDOSCOPY INFORMATION FOR CLINICIANS

Cosmos endoscopy unit

The Wolfson unit for endoscopy was established in 1996 and is designed to combine a stylish and caring environment with modern high technology facilities for out-patients and in-patients, whether NHS or Private.

There are a total of five procedure rooms, reception area, 10 bedded recovery bay and state of the art teaching facilities, plus a sixth room with 4 recovery spaces for private patients.

The endoscopy unit carries out in the region of 11,000 endoscopies per year:

• 6,000 colonoscopies
• 2,500 flexible sigmoidoscopies
• 2,000 gastroscopies
• 500 other procedures (pouchoscopy, enteroscopy, bronchoscopy)
• 250 ERCP

The endoscopy unit currently offers:

• Colonoscopy
• Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Double Balloon Enteroscopy (Dr Chris Fraser)
• Endoscopic Submucosal Disection (ESD)* from October 2005
• Enteroscopy
• ERCP
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Minimally invasive endoscopic therapy
• EMR, Polypectomy and stricture managment
• Bronchoscopy

If you wish to refer a patient please send/fax a referral letter to:

Dr Brian Saunders MD FRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Senior Lecturer
Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy
Level 2 - St. Mark's Hospital
Watford Road, Harrow. HA1 3UJ
T: UK (0) 208 2354225
F: UK (0) 208 4233588

Dr Chris Fraser MB ChB MD MRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy
Level 2 - St. Mark's Hospital
Watford Road, Harrow. HA1 3UJ
T: UK (0) 208 2354225
F: UK (0) 208 4233588

Dr Siwan Thomas-Gibson MBBS MD MRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy
Level 2 - St. Mark's Hospital
Watford Road, Harrow. HA1 3UJ
T: UK (0) 208 2354225
F: UK (0) 208 4233588