Dr Asish Bassi

I trained in the leading units in Wales, London and Liverpool and was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine (MD) degree from Liverpool University. I am the Medical Director for the medical care group at St Helens & Knowsley NHS Hospitals Trust where I was appointed as a Consultant in 2005. Within gastroenterology, I managed all aspects of the expanding department with particular onus on quality improvement, work force planning, finances, governance and national accreditation of the unit (JAG approval). Besides Whiston Hospital, I also conduct advanced endoscopy sessions at Aintree University Hospital as a visiting consultant. I am the clinical lead for the Cheshire and Merseyside Endoscopy Network and have written guidance and pathways to support the endoscopy recovery. I am also the NHSE / I endoscopy advisor for the NW to support the national endoscopy transformation programme. I am an accredited trainer for endoscopy and enjoy my role as the regional advisor for Merseyside for the Royal College of Physicians. I continue to have an active research portfolio resulting in publications in peer reviewed journals, national and international presentations, awards and lecture invites. My main research interest is in pharmaco-economics and my research has been presented at national and international meetings.

I am a medical gastroenterologist and have gained vast experience in luminal gastroenterology and therapeutic endoscopy (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, ERCP). I am the core member gastroenterologist of the colorectal cancer multidisciplinary team which specialises in prevention and management of bowel cancer. I provide the gastroenterology lead for lower GI services. My other clinical interests include management of conditions such as diarrhoea, constipation, irritable bowel, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, Coeliac disease, indigestion, reflux disease, abdominal pain, indigestion, weight loss and anaemia. I perform nearly 1000 endoscopic procedures per year and I'm an accredited colonoscopist for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. I perform advanced therapeutic endoscopy including removal of polyps , Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (a procedure to remove large polyps which would otherwise require surgical resection) , dilatation of narrowing in the gullet or bowel (strictures), placement of feeding tubes (PEG insertion) and stent placement in obstructing cancers