Dr Mani Naghibi

Areas of expertise:

Human nutrition | Heartburn and reflux | Abdominal pain | Conditions causing diarrhoea and constipation | Gastrointestinal ulcers | Cancer and nutrition | Irritable bowel syndrome | Accredited endoscopist

In practice:

Gastroenterology Consultant since 2014, at the internationally renowned St Mark’s Hospital, The National Bowel Hospital, offering expertise in:

• Endoscopic diagnosis and management of heart burn, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation and inflammatory bowel disorders.
• Treatment of gastrointestinal diseases including irritable bowel disorder, bile salt malabsorption, coeliac, malnutrition, reflux and ulcers, Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis.
• Evidence based use of probiotics, life style and dietary management of gastrointestinal disorders.
• Accredited in endoscopic procedures including gastroscopy and colonoscopy.
• Cancer Lead at St Mark’s Hospital for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract, 2015-2018.

Research and contributions to Gastroenterology:

• Shire Prize for innovation in gastroenterology 2014 and NHS Clinical Excellence awards 2017 and 2020
• Medical Doctorate awarded for research into the use of artificial nutrition to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients with cancer.
• PhD supervisor for projects researching use of exercise, nutrition and vitamin D before and after cancer treatments.
• Committee member to the British Society of Gastroenterology, British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and British Artificial Nutrition Survey
• Online patient advice:
  • • Everyday aches and pains – and when we should worry, The Times, 9th April 2019
    • Annual free online advice clinic on ‘Bowel issues and IBS’, Talk Health, Expert Clinic
    • ‘How to beat IBS’, Lacuna voices
    • ‘Tips for festive dining’, The London Clinic
    • Podcast – ‘Disease of the digestive tract and probiotic use – Dispelling the myths’, The Nutrition Society
    • Podcast – ‘Microbiome: Can faecal transplants be the solution?, Urban Health Method