Priyajit Bobby Prasad: Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, London

Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist specialising in digestive wellness, all aspects of gastrointestinal disease, upper endoscopy/gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy and screening for bowel cancer, therapeutic and interventional endoscopy, ERCP and stenting, endoscopic ultrasound and tumour staging.

Bobby aspires to clinical excellence and strongly believes in adopting a kind, friendly and holistic approach to patient care. He sees patients from all walks of life and has a national and international referral practice. Bobby is also happy to provide a second opinion service. 

Dr Prasad is a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London where he has been Clinical Lead Physician for Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He also consults at the Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton Hospitals in London and is a founding partner of London Gastrointestinal Associates practising at a number of leading Central London private hospitals. 

Bobby deals with acute and chronically ill patients as part of his routine day-to-day practice and has particular expertise in all aspects of digestive well-being, gastroenterology, endoscopy and general hepatology.  These include: abdominal pain and dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal and bowel cancer screening, gastrointestinal and rectal bleeding, jaundice, pancreatic-biliary disease, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease and colitis, heartburn and gastro-oesophageal reflux and general hepatology/liver disease.

Dr Prasad qualified from Guy's Hospital Medical School, London in 1994 and trained in major teaching hospitals in London and Boston. He went on to complete prestigious Advanced Endoscopy Fellowships in endoscopic ultrasound at Yale University, USA (2003-4) and in therapeutic endoscopy and ERCP in Charleston, USA (2002-3) under Professors Peter Cotton and Robert Hawes. 

At Yale, he was on Faculty as an Attending (Consultant) Physician and was the recipient of a Yale New Haven Hospital All Star Award. He has also been awarded the American College of Gastroenterology National Fellows’ Prize and an Astra-Zeneca Gastroenterology Travelling Scholarship. He was recently awarded the prestigious 2009 Imperial College Award for Teaching Excellence.

A faculty member on the National Endoscopy Training Programme at St George's Hospital, London, Dr Prasad regularly teaches advanced endoscopic techniques and colonoscopy to consultants and trainees in the UK and internationally.  He has recently co-chaired major international conferences in Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas held at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and in Cholangiocarcinoma at The Royal Society of Medicine.  He was also invited to give a lecture on 'Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding' to over a hundred consultants at the prestigious Royal College of Physicians Acute Medicine Update.

Dr Prasad is actively involved in the training of medical students and junior doctors including as an Examiner for Imperial College School of Medicine Final MBBS examinations.  He has also been awarded a Teaching Associate Award at Boston University. In addition to English he is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, French and German. 

Professional memberships

• General Medical Council (UK)

• British Society of Gastroenterology 

• American College of Physicians

• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

• British Medical Association

Treatments offered

• Upper endoscopy/gastroscopy 

• Colonoscopy

• Polypectomy

• Screening for bowel cancer

• Therapeutic/interventional endoscopy

• ERCP and stenting

• Endoscopic ultrasound and tumour staging
  

Consultation venues

In addition to his NHS consultancy at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Prasad holds clinics at a number of leading London private hospitals, including:

Professional qualifications

MBBS FACP FRCPI

Clinical and research interests

Emerging endoscopic techniques

Published papers

These are a selection of some of Dr Prasad's published papers.  For a full list visit www.londongiassociates.com 

• An unusual cutaneous-polyposis syndrome stablized with acitretin

     Schmulewitz L, Attard N, Fearfield L, Westaby D, Prasad P, Thomas HJ, Bunker CB

     BR J Dermatol, 2008 Jul; 159(1): 228-30

• Endoscopic ultrasound of the upper gastrointestinal tract and mediastinum: diagnosis and therapy

     Priyajit Prasad, Johannes Wittmann and Stephen P Pereira

     Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 2006 Nov-Dec; 29(6):947-57

• The ryanodine receptor mediates early zymogen activation in pancreatitis

     Husain SZ, Prasad P et al

     Proc Nati Acad Sci USA, 2005 Oct 4; 102(40): 14386-91

• Rationale and procedures utilised in the nutritional support of patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer

     Joseph M Colasanto, Priyajit Prasad, Mary Ann Nash, Roy H Decker, Lynn D Wilson

     Oncology, 2005 Mar; 19(3): 371-9

• Lymphoplasmacytic Sclerosing Pancreato-cholangitis: a case report and review of the literature 

     Priyajit Prasad, Ronald R Salem, Rakhee Mangla, Harry Asianian, Dhanpat Jain and

     Jeffrey Lee

     Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 2004 Sep; 77(5-6): 143-8

• The role of nitric oxide in gastrointestinal health and disease
  Priyajit Prasad

     Gastroenterology, 2004 Sep; 127(3): 1014

Contact details

London Gastrointestinal Associates

Lister House

The Lister Hospital

Chelsea Bridge Road

London SW1W 8RH

Tel:  +44 (0)20-7881 4054
Fax: +44 (0)20-7881 4094 

For all appointments and enquiries please contact his secretary.

Email: adriene.sabin@hcahealthcare.co.uk

Web: http://www.londongiassociates.com/

GMC Number:            4071640                Check this doctor's GMC registration

Date of registration:   01 February 1995