Dr Mayur Kumar

Dr Mayur Kumar is a Consultant Gastroenterologist, HPB Physician and Interventional Endoscopist at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and he also sees patients privately at BMI Hospitals, The HCA at The Shard and the London Bridge Hospital. He specialises in oesophageal, liver, pancreato-biliary diseases, inflammatory bowel disease and advanced endoscopy.

Dr Kumar completed his specialist training in internal medicine and gastroenterology in London and the south east and obtained his Certificate of Completion in 2013. He is a JAG-accredited endoscopist and performs OGD, colonoscopy , Sigmoidoscopy and ERCP. Dr Kumar is also an accredited endoscopist for the National Bowel Screening Programme.

He has worked as a Fellow at University College Hospital London, where he trained in advanced endoscopy and ERCP. Following completion of this, he was appointed as a substantive Consultant for the NHS in 2014. He has also presented several abstracts in both national and international conferences and had numerous papers in peer reviewed journals published. Dr Kumar has ongoing clinical research interests into pancreato-biliary diseases and endoscopy.

He holds memberships of the British Society of Gastroenterology, Royal College of Physicians, London, and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and has represented gastroenterology trainees as a trainee representative on the endoscopy committee for the British Society of Gastroenterology. Further, he is actively involved in training of junior doctors and specialist trainees.