Dr Assad Butt

Dr Assad Butt  is a leading UK specialist in  paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition  based in  London  and the  South East  with over 20 years’ experience as a consultant. He successfully pioneered the development of a new specialist service in Brighton and lead its subsequent transformation to a regional tertiary centre. His practice now attracts patients from throughout the region, seeking the best quality evidence-based opinions and treatments. Dr Butt qualified from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (University of London) in 1987, He completed his early training in various London teaching hospitals. Developing an interest in gastroenterology, he undertook specialist training at a number of renowned medical centres of excellence both in the UK (Great Ormond Street and Royal Free Hospitals, London) and in Canada (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto). This included a clinical research fellowship in paediatric gastroenterology at the Royal Free Hospital and a paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition postgraduate fellowship training programme at the University of Toronto, before being appointed to his UK consultant post in 2002. Dr Butt is a good listener and frank speaker, knowing the importance of engaging fully with the children, young people and families he sees, in a patient-centred practice. He works closely with like-minded multidisciplinary colleagues with emphasis on teamwork and use of best practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients.

• Abdominal pain • Diarrhoea • Vomiting • GI bleeding • Constipation • Weight loss/poor weight gain • Nutritional deficiencies, e.g. iron deficiency, anaemia, vitamin D, etc. • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - Crohn's & ulcerative colitis • Coeliac disease & enteropathies • Gastroesophageal reflux (acid reflux) • Oesophagitis • Peptic ulcer disease • Food intolerances/allergy • Eosinophilic disease • ?Functional GI disease, e.g. irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) • Endoscopy - diagnostic & therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy • Capsule endoscopy • 24 h pH/impedance study • Breath hydrogen tests