Professional experience
• More than 40 years of experience• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Spire London East Hospital (1996 - present)
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Wellington Hospital (1996 - present)• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Spire Hartswood Hospital (1996 - present)• Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Holly Private Hospital (1996 - present)• Consultant Gastroenterologist, King George Hospital (1996 - present)• Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Watford and Mount Vernon Hospitals NHS Trust (1995 - 1996)• Visiting Associate and Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of Nebraska Medical Centre (1992 - 1994)• Registrar in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, The Royal London Hospital (1991 - 1992)• Registrar in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Watford General Hospital (1989 - 1991)• Registrar in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Bolton General Hospital (1988 - 1989)• Registrar in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, West Suffolk Hospital (1986 - 1987)• Senior House Officer in Internal Medicine, Bishop Auckland General Hospital (1985 - 1996)• Senior House Officer in Geriatric Medicine, Ealing Hospital (1984 - 1985)• Senior House Officer in Internal Medicine, Mayo Hospital, Lahore (1983 - 1984)• House Officer in Internal Medicine and General Surgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore (1982 - 1982)
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Positions in public associations
• World Squash Racket Association (WRSA) ranked 65th in the world (1981)• Nebraska State (USA), No.1 (1992) and Florida State (USA), No.4 (1993) squash ranking
• Captain All Pakistan Universities combined squash team (1981)
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Education
• FRCP (UK), London (2001)• Fellowship in Gastroenterology, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, USA (1994)
• MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom (1988)• MB BS, King Edward Medical College, University of the Punjab, Lahore (1982)• BSc Clinical Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore (1976)
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Publications and conferences
• Singaram C, Ashraf W, Pfeiffer R F, Quigley E MM. Enteric nervous system (ENS) involvement in Parkinson’s disease: Immunohistochemical evaluation shows evidence of dopamine depletion in advanced Parkinson’s disease colon. Lancet 1995; 346: 861-864.• Ashraf W, Park F, Lof J, Quigley E MM. An examination of the reliability of reported stool frequency in the diagnosis of idiopathic constipation. American Journal Gastroenterology 1996; 91(1): 26-32.
• Ashraf W, Srb F, Lof J, Quigley E MM. Effects of psyllium therapy on bowel function, patient’s symptom complex, colon transit and anorectal function in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 1995; 9: 639-647.• Ashraf W, Wszolek Z K, Pfeiffer R F, Normand M, Srb F, Maurer K, Quigley E MM. Anorectal function in fluctuating (ON-OFF) Parkinson’s disease: evaluation by combined anorectal manometry and electromyography. Movement Disorders. 1995; 10 (5): 650-657.• Van Someren N, Benson M J, Ashraf W, Glynn M, Swain P. A novel technique of dilating difficult malignant biliary strictures during therapeutic ERCP’s. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1996; 43 (5) 495-498.• Ashraf W, Pfeifer R F, Park F, Lof J, Quigley E MM. Constipation in Parkinson’s Disease: Objective assessment and response to psyllium. Movement disorders. 1997; 12 (6): 946-51.• Ashraf W, Pfeiffer R F, Quigley E MM. Anorectal manometry in the assessment of anorectal function in Parkinson’s disease: A comparison with chronic idiopathic constipation. Movements Disorders. 1994; 9: 655-663.• Ashraf W, Lof J, Jin G, Quigley EMM. Comparative effects of Intraduodenal Psyllium and Senna on Canine Small Bowel Motility. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 1994; 8: 329-336. • Normand M, Ashraf W, Quigley EMM, Maurer K, Edwards LL, Pfeiffer RF Wszolek S, Simultaneous electromyography and manometry of the anal sphincters in Parkinsonian patients: technical considerations Muscle and Nerve 1996; 110-111.• Ashraf W, Van Someren N, Quigley E MM, Saboor S A, Farrow L J. Gilbert’s Syndrome and Ramadan: Exacerbation of Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia by Religious Fasting. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 1994; 19 (2): 122-124.• Ashraf W, Farrow L J. Severe Orthostatic Hypotension in the Carcinoma of the Pancreas. British Journal of Clinical Practice 1992; 46-4:278-279.• Ashraf W, Farrow L J. Recurrent septicaemia from an unusual source. British Medical Journal 1991; 303: 1004.
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