消化在线: Simon Travis
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Simon Travis is one of the UK’s leading gastroenterologists. He is the immediate Past-President of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), Fellow of Linacre College at the University of Oxford and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He qualified from St Thomas’ Hospital London in 1981 and trained in Gastroenterology both in London and in Oxford, where he did his PhD on colonic epithelial electrophysiology. He was formerly Chair of the IBD Section of the BSG (2002-5), Member of Council of the British Society of Gastroenterology (2004-2007) and Chair of the scientific committee of ECCO (2007-2010). Clinical and research interests focus on clinical prediction, novel therapy and endoscopic assessment in inflammatory bowel disease. He is the author of 6 books, 30 chapters, over 200 papers and many international guidelines.
Research:
Endoscopic assessment of inflammatory bowel disease (UCEIS, the first validated instrument for evaluating endoscopic disease activity); novel therapy for IBD; clinical prediction (Oxford index for acute severe colitis and others); acute gastrointestinal bleeding; nutrition at high altitude.
Current posts:
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Oxford University Hospitals