Consultants


Ian Gooding
Gastroenterology and General Medicine
Colchester Hospital
I qualified as a doctor in 1995 from Cambridge University and was appointed to Colchester as a Consultant in 2008. I trained as a registrar in the London deanery, including posts at Hammersmith and St Mary’s Hospitals.
My areas of special interest are interventional endoscopy (using endoscopy for treatments such as stent placement and removal of gallstones), diseases of the bile duct and pancreas, difficulties with swallowing caused by muscular problems in the oesophagus and nutritional support.


Hemant Laxaman
Gastroenterology
Ipswich Hospital
I completed my undergraduate training at Imperial College before undertaking specialty training in Gastroenterology in the East England deanery. Having worked at Ipswich hospital during my speciality training, I was delighted to join the Gastroenterology team as Consultant in 2019.
I am the current lead for Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) cancer at Ipswich Hospital and I have a specialist interest in advanced endoscopy.


Mary McStay
Gastroenterology
Colchester Hospital
I have worked for the Trust since March 2011.


Abdul Mohsen
Gastroenterology
Ipswich Hospital
I have a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of disorders, with particular experience in the investigation and management of patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
My work within multidisciplinary teams has enabled me to provide a more holistic approach to patient’s clinical and psychological problems. I am the Trust Lead for hepatobiliary tumours and viral hepatitis. I have 28 publications in peer reviewed journals.
I study aspects of liver disease, with particular interest in the problems of viral hepatitis and progression. I have also conducted studies related to infections and tropical medicine, and problems related to travels, and the liver and gut.


Simon Ralphs
Gastroenterology and General Medicine
Colchester Hospital
I have worked for the Trust since 2014.


Louise Scovell
Gastroenterology
Ipswich Hospital


Achuth Shenoy
Gastroenterology and General Medicine
Colchester Hospital
I have worked for the Trust since September 2008.


Simon Williams
Gastroenterology
Ipswich Hospital
I completed the bulk of my training in London. I have been working at Ipswich Hospital since 1997.
My practice includes both chronic liver disease and hollow organ gastroenterology.
I am the clinical lead for endoscopy. I am also a colonoscopist for the national bowel cancer screening programme and also perform ERCPs and therapeutic gastroscopies.


John Wyke
Gastroenterology
Ipswich Hospital
I was appointed in 1989 and now work part time. My main activity is in endoscopy, in particular colonoscopy with accreditation in bowel cancer screening.
I trained at St George’s Hospital in London. Prior to my appointment in Ipswich, I trained in the West Midlands, London and Leeds.