Professor Peter Irving

Professor Peter Irving is a highly experienced consultant gastroenterologist based at London Digestive Health and professor of IBD at King’s College London. He has a specialist interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as irritable bowel syndrome, other types of functional gut disorders and endoscopy. He performs gastroscopy, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy. Professor Irving consults for a wide variety of conditions and sees patients presenting with a range of gastrointestinal symptoms.

Professor Irving trained at Cambridge and London Hospital Medical College, where he was awarded his medical degree with distinction in 1995. He subsequently obtained an MA and an MD, conducting his research at Barts and The London on inflammatory bowel disease before moving to Australia to undertake further research at the specialist IBD unit at Monash University in Melbourne. Here, he carried out pioneering research into the low FODMAP diet and subsequently introduced the diet to the UK.

Professor Irving remains actively involved in research into IBD and other functional gut disorders, with more than 200 publications and three published books to his name. He is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences and lectures. He previously chaired the Education Committee at the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) and is currently a member of the United European Gastroenterology Education Committee. He also previously sat on the IBD committee for the British Society of Gastroenterology.