David Sanders (gastroenterologist)

Picture of David Sanders, gastorenterologist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield

David Surendran Sanders is Professor of Gastroenterology[1] at the University of Sheffield and an NHS consultant based in the Academic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital. He is the current Chair of the Coeliac UK Health Advisory Council.[2]

Early Years and Education

Sanders was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His family migrated to the United Kingdom during the 1970s due to the civil war. He spent his early years schooling in Bearsden, Glasgow (United Kingdom) where he was Proxime Accessit and won the Scottish School boys National Cross Country Championships in 1985 (under 17 years old category).[3] His sister has published a book detailing the journey of his family (Land of Lost Content by Sureshini Sanders (ISBN 9780957681804).[4]

Sanders attended Glasgow University Medical School (1986-1991) before becoming an Action Research Fellow in 1999. He became a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology in 2003.

Research

Sanders is an internationally recognised researcher in coeliac disease and gluten related disorders. He benchmarked the prevalence of adult coeliac disease to be 1% within the United Kingdom and his Lancet paper described the first association between irritable bowel type symptoms and unrecognised coeliac disease.[5]

More recently Sanders has published research assessing whether gluten has a deleterious effect on individuals who do not have coeliac disease. His other areas of research interest include small bowel endoscopy, gastrostomy feeding, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, irritable bowel syndrome and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Awards

In 2010 Sanders received a European Rising Star Award in Gastroenterology and the Cuthbertson Medal in 2011 (The Nutrition Society).[6]

His clinical work with patients who have coeliac disease has resulted in him being awarded the 2010 Coeliac UK Healthcare Professional of the Year Award[7] and the inaugural Complete Nutrition Coeliac Health Care Professional Award (2013).[8]

Sanders works within the Sheffield Gastroenterology team. The Small Bowel Endoscopy Service won one of the inaugural MAGIC Gastrointestinal Care awards (2011)[9] and the Medipex award (2013).[10] In 2014 the Royal Hallamshire Hospital Gastroenterology team, were finalists in the British Medical Journal Awards[11] and won a SAGE Award (Shire Awards for Gastrointestinal Excellence)[12] for their primary care and gastrointestinal bleed unit services.

Administration

Sanders has chaired both the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Small Bowel and Nutrition Section (2006-2012) and the BSG Audit Committee (2010-2013).[13] Sanders works within the Sheffield Institute of Gluten-Related Disorders(SIGReD) created by his colleague Professor Marios Hadjivassiliou through collaboration between the departments of Neurology and Gastroenterology at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[14] SIGReD brings together researchers and academics that collaborate on pioneering work into how the diagnosis of coeliac disease could be improved through increased recognition of symptoms not always connected to the bowel.[15]

Medicine and Media

Increased awareness in gluten related disease has led to Sanders being interviewed for articles in the Guardian,[16] Daily Telegraph,[17] Daily Mail[18] and a number of magazines. Sanders is the author of Gluten Attack (Random House Publishing).[19]

Personal life

Sanders lives in Sheffield and is married to fellow Glasgow University medical graduate Iman Azmy.[20] They have 2 children.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/faculty/medicine-dentistry-health/graduateschool/clinical-academic/acf/gastroenterology. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Health Advisory Council and Network". Coeliac UK. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  3. ↑ Sanders, Professor David. "Professor David Sanders". Professor David Sanders. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  4. ↑ "The Land of Lost Content". Goodreads. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  5. ↑ "Association of adult coeliac disease with irritable bowel syndrome: a case-control study in patients fulfilling ROME II criteria referred to secondary care - The Lancet". www.thelancet.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  6. ↑ howard. "Professor awarded medal for research into coeliac disease | Press releases | Press". www.bsg.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  7. ↑ ps1. "BSG Professor awarded for his outstanding work with Coeliac sufferers | Press releases | Press". www.bsg.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  8. ↑ "Expert opinions - Schär". www.schaer.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  9. ↑ "Sheffield Teaching Hospital - News". www.sth.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  10. ↑ General, Medipex. "Medipex NHS Innovation Awards 2013: winners announced". www.medipex.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  11. ↑ "Sheffield Teaching Hospital - News". www.sth.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  12. ↑ "2014 SAGE Awards – recognition for PCSG board member | PCSG". www.pcsg.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  13. ↑ howard. "Audit | General | Clinical Services". www.bsg.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  14. ↑ "Prof. Marios Hadjivassiliou, MD". The Gluten Summit. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  15. ↑ Sheffield, University of. "Specialist centre puts gluten-related disease in the spotlight - Case studies - Case studies - Our plan - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  16. ↑ Saner, Emine (2015-02-25). "Gluten-free: health fad or life-saving diet?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  17. ↑ "Should you really give up gluten?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  18. ↑ "Is this proof that avoiding wheat is not a pointless fad after all?". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  19. ↑ "Gluten Attack". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  20. ↑ "Iman Azmy | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
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