Professor Simon Travis

Simon Travis is one of the UK's leading Gastroenterologists and specialises in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease (IBD). He is the Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology at the University of Oxford and a former President of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO, 2012-2014). He is a Fellow of Linacre College and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, where he was formerly Clinical Director of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy. Patients are his main focus and this is reflected in his clinical research interests in predictive factors, clinical trial outcomes, novel therapy, endoscopic assessment and patient-reported outcomes for inflammatory bowel disease. He trained at St Thomas' Hospital, London, did a PhD in Oxford and has been a Consultant since 1992. In 2015 he received the Joanna and David B Sachar International Award, Visiting Professor of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, ICAHN School of Medicine, New York and the Inaugural Distinguished Visiting Professor of IBD, Sydney, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colitis & Crohn's Foundation (India). He is currently working on inflammation across tissues and novel therapies in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease at the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers

Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, nutrition and all aspects of gastroenterology, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.