Dr Ruhina Ahmed

I am a NHS full-time gastroenterology Consultant in University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire. I completed my higher specialty training in gastroenterology and hepatology from West Midlands Deanery rotation. I had dual accreditation in General medicine and Gastroenterology. Following my higher specialty training (CCT), I did one year of an advanced endoscopy fellowship at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire.

I have special interest in treating upper gastroenterology conditions with swallow difficulty. I treat and manage large cohort of complex inflammatory bowel disease patients. I am one of the leading consultants in dealing with endoscopic dilatation of complex oesophageal strictures and oesophageal stent insertion in my trust. My clinical practice covers a broad range of gastroenterological issues including abdominal pain, dyspepsia, indigestion, difficulty swallowing, acid reflux, heart burn, nausea, vomiting, bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, bleeding from gastrointestinal tract, changes in bowel habit, IBS including ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease, liver dysfunction, anaemia, weight loss and suspected gastrointestinal cancer. I perform both diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy. To date, I have performed numerous gastroscopy, colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy. I am an accredited endoscopy trainer.