Dr Waseem Ashraf

 Professional experience

• More than 35 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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 Sub-specialties

• Cancer tests
• Colonoscopy
• ERCP
• Bowel disease
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Liver disease
• Pancreatology
• Colon cancer
• Dyspepsia (heart burn and indigestion)
• Ulcer disease
• Endoscopy
• Gastrointestinal endoscopy
• Pancreatitis
• Rectosigmoidoscopy
• Stomach cancer
• Stomach ulcer
• Abdominal pain
• Coeliac
• Chronic diarrhoea
• Constipation
• Crohn's disease
• Diverticular disease
• Dysphagia
• Fatty liver
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Gallstones
• Gastric reflux
• Haemorrhoids
• Hepatobiliary
• Hiatal hernia
• Malnutrition
• Food intolerance
• Polyps
• ​Gastrointestinal cancer
• Ulcerative colitis
• Viral hepatitis
• Obesity
• Stent

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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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 Prizes and awards

• Distinction in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in MB BS (1982) 
• Distinction in Forensic Medicine in MB BS (1980)
• National Merit Scholarship Holder (1973 - 1981)

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 Professional membership

• Member of British Society of Gastroenterology
• Fellow of American Gastroenterology Association
• Fellow of the American Associate of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
• Member of Pakistani Society of Gastroenterology

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