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Dr Philip Shorvon was trained in Medicine at St Thomas' Hospital in London, having previously studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge. He qualified in Medicine in 1976, gained his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1979 (and subsequently elected as a fellow in 2002). He trained in Radiology at the Middlesex Hospital in London and also spent a year as a Fellow in Radiology at McMaster University Medical Centre in Ontario, Canada. In 1986 he obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists, and took up a Consultant Radiologist post in Radiology at the Central Middlesex Hospital in 1987. He is currently Consultant Radiologist for the North West London Hospitals NHS trust following mergers of local NHS Trusts.
His main interest has been in abdominal and gastrointestinal radiology. He has published about 40 peer reviewed articles and has 9 written chapters in medical textbooks. He has been a member of ESGAR (European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology ) since its inception, and was a founder member of SIGGAR (Special Interest Group in Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology) and is currently the Chairman of this. In the past he has been the Secretary and later the Chairman of the Radiological Section of the British Society of Radiology. He is also an elected member of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiology in the USA.
His special interests include barium radiology and he has lectured widely on this. He has developed a special interest in the barium assessment of reflux for selecting patients for laparoscopic surgery in conjunction with Mr John Rogers.
Mr John Rogers was trained in medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School, London and qualified in 1979. He gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1985. His specialist training was in Oesophagogastric, Colorectal and Laparoscopic surgery. He undertook a period of original research resulting in a large number of publications in scientific journals and wrote a Thesis resulting in the award of M.D. in 1991. He was given the medal of Arris and Gale Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1991/1992. He has written a number of chapters in surgical textbooks and continues to be involved in research.
Although now in private practice he was Senior Lecturer and Hon. Consultant Surgeon at St Bart's and the Royal London Hospital between 1993 and 2002. During this post he was Director of The Royal London Hospital Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit which was a clinical partner of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (mattu) and he regularly performed live surgical demonstrations of complex laparoscopic procedures over a direct video link to the Royal College of Surgeons. He continues to be involved in the training of surgeons in new laparoscopic surgical techniques.
Mr Rogers continues his specialist interest in oesophagogastric, colorectal and laparoscopic surgery with particular emphasis on the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease using laparoscopic surgical techniques. His private practice is based at 80 Harley Street in Central London and at the Princess Grace Hospital. He can be contacted: - by telephone on 020 7636 8248, by fax 020 7935 4984, or by email enquiries@gordcentre.org.