Dr Patrick Allen

I qualified from QUB Medical School in 2002 with Distinction in Final MB. I completed my initial training in NI and then a completed a fellowship in St Vincent's University Hospital, Melbourne in 2009-2010 in Advanced Endoscopy, GI Research and Complex Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. I have been a Consultant since 2010 in Gastroenterology. I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edin). I have been a Consultant in the Northern Trust (2010-12) and then South Eastern Trust (2012- present) and manage in and out-patients with Gastroenterology problems. I am interested in Advanced Endoscopy and particularly complex bowel polyp removal. I am Chair for the NI Research Network for the past 5 years, and Lead the Gastroenterology Research Team in the South Eastern Trust. I sit on committees at the Ulster Society, Irish Society and also the British Society of Gastroenterology. I have been involved with guidelines writing for the British Society of Gastroenterology  and Quality Improvement for inflammatory Bowel Diseases. I have presented at National and International Research Meetings on Advanced Endoscopy and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and have > 50 publications in peer reviewed Journals, and contributed to 4 book chapters.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease,Reflux, Barrets Oesophagus, Liver disease, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Coeliac disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Colon Cancer.