Dr Edward Stoner

Dr Edward Stoner graduated from Manchester University Medical School in 1990 and undertook specialist gastroenterology training at the Royal London Hospital and district general hospitals on its rotation.He was awarded a MD for his thesis on Sphincter of Oddi manometry by the University of London in 2000 and in the same year was appointed Consultant Gastroenterologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital. He was invited to become Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2004.Edward has a large practice covering Essex and Hertfordshire in various private hospitals including Springfield Hospital in Chelmsford.  He has considerable experience and expertise in endoscopic techniques. The number of procedures he performs is well above the national average, as is the audited success rates, ensuring high quality work. Edward is highly skilled in upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy, including the therapeutic techniques of polypectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and stent placement. He is currently teaching and supervising other Consultant Gastroenterologists and junior trainee gastroenterologists in these techniques. Edward receives referrals from other gastroenterologists and GI surgeons to manage endoscopically challenging cases.

Dyspepsia Weight loss Coeliac disease Abdominal pain Diarrhoea Change of bowel habit Bowel evacuation problems IBS/Food sensitivities Screening for bowel cancer Disorders of the pancreas Nutritional problems Abnormal Liver tests Jaundice Gallstones Fatty liver disease Hepatitis B or C infection Liver problems Liver drug reactions Autoimmune liver disease Abnormal ultrasound of the liver Monitoring of advanced liver disease Liver disorders. Diagnostic and therapeutic upper GI endoscopy (dilatation, banding of varices, stenting of tumours and botox injection) Colonoscopy (including polypectomy, EMR and stenting). My completion (caecal intubation) rates for colonoscopy are approximately 95%. Capsule endoscopy, I regularly perform and personally report one to two cases per week (total to date >450).