Dr David Reffitt
MBchB, FRCPGastroenterology
Recommended by 4 specialists
32 years of experience
20 years as a specialist
Practices worked at
27 Tooley Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 2PR2,785 reviews
St Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9BS2,377 reviews
About
Dr David Reffitt is Clinical Director of Gastroenterology at Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare Trust.
Dr Reffitt qualified in 1990 from Bristol University. He moved to London in 1993 after completing his General Medical Training in Bristol Royal Infirmary. He then joined the Specialist Registrar and trained in Gastroenterology and Hepatology over the next 7 years at St Thomas' Hospital and King's College Hospital. Dr Reffitt spent 3 years in research and completed an MD thesis in Gastroenterology at The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, University of London.
Dr Reffitt has been the Training Programme Director for Gastroenterology registrars in South Thames, Kent, Surrey and Sussex regions since 2009 organising a comprehensive training programme for 75 Gastroenterology registrars.
Dr Reffitt maintains a comprehensive gastroenterology practice dealing with a complete range of disease of the upper and lower digestive tract and as a General Physician managing all medical patients.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments
- Colorectal cancer
- Bleeding and bowel cancer screening
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Bloating
- Diarrhoea gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
- Peptic ulceration
- Coeliac disease
- Hepatology
- Diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy
- Diseases of the biliary duct and pancreas
- ERCP
- Endoscopic Ultrasound
Procedures
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS)
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Endoscopy (OGD)
- Gastroscopy
- ERCP Procedure
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Video Consultation
Special interests
- Pancreatitis
- Acid Reflux
- Upper Gastrointestinal Conditions (Oesophagus & Stomach)
- Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Barrett's Oesophagus
- Bloating
- Coeliac Disease
- Colitis (Ulcerative Colitis)
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn’s Disease
- Diarrhoea
- Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
- Functional Bowel Disease
- Gallstones
- Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) or Reflux
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastroparesis
- Heart Burn
- Hiatus Hernia
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Iron Deficiency Anaemia
- Jaundice
- Oesophageal Cancer
- Oesophagitis
- Primary Billiary Cholangitis (PBC)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Rectal Bleeding
Education
Primary Medical Qualification
MB ChB 1990 University of Bristol
Specialist Register entry date
Gastro-enterology From 19 Aug 2002
General (internal) medicine From 19 Aug 2002
Further Qualifications
FRCP Royal College of Physicians UK (London) 2006
MD University of London 2003
MRCP Royal College of Physicians UK (London) 1995
Professional Memberships
General Medical Council
Royal College of Physicians
British Society of Gastroenterology
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