Dr Faidon Laskaratos
Dr Faidon Laskaratos is a consultant gastroenterologist and specialises in diagnostic and therapeutic luminal and small bowel endoscopy, including advanced colonoscopy, polypectomy, video capsule endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy.
Bio
Dr Faidon Laskaratos is a consultant gastroenterologist at St Mark's, The National Bowel Hospital, and specialises in diagnostic and therapeutic luminal and small bowel endoscopy, including advanced colonoscopy, polypectomy, video capsule endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy. He is also an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London.
His clinical interests include general and luminal gastroenterology. He specialises in diagnostic and therapeutic luminal and small bowel endoscopy, including advanced colonoscopy, polypectomy, video capsule endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy. He is an accredited colonoscopist for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. He is also a specialist member of the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) advisory committee for colon capsule endoscopy. Additionally, he has a clinical and research interest and expertise in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours.
Dr Laskaratos completed a PhD in Gastroenterology at University College London (UCL), which investigated the biology of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours and has published widely in this field. He also has a strong interest in teaching and has completed a Masters degree (MSc) in medical education at UCL. He is an accredited trainer for medical students, gastroenterology trainees and fellows.
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- Qualified 2008
- MRCP (UK) (Gastroenterology), Royal College of Physicians, London 2021
- PhD in Gastroenterology, University College London (UCL) 2021
- MSc in Medical Education, University College London (UCL) 2015
- MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians, London 2012
- MBBS (First Class Honours, Grade 9.67/10, ranked 1st in class), School of Medicine, University of Athens 2008
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Imperial College London NHS Trust - Consultant Gastroenterologist and Specialist Endoscopist
St Mark's Hospital London NHS Trust
Koffas A, Papaefthymiou A, Laskaratos FM, Kapsoritakis A, Epstein O. Colon Capsule Endoscopy in the Diagnosis of Colon Polyps: Who Needs a Colonoscopy? Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Aug 29;12(9):2093. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12092093.
Laskaratos FM, Levi A, Schwach G, Pfragner R, Hall A, Xia D, von Stempel C, Bretherton J, Thanapirom K, Alexander S, Ogunbiyi O, Watkins J, Luong TV, Toumpanakis C, Mandair D, Caplin M, Rombouts K. Transcriptomic Profiling of In Vitro Tumor-Stromal Cell Paracrine Crosstalk Identifies Involvement of the Integrin Signaling Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Mesenteric Fibrosis in Human Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms. Front Oncol. 2021 Feb 24;11:629665. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.629665. eCollection 2021.
Laskaratos FM, Vlachou E, Luong TV, Wylie P, Hamilton MI, Murray CD, Despott EJ. Endoscopic resection of a giant ileal inflammatory fibroid polyp by retrograde double-balloon enteroscopy. Endoscopy. 2016;48 Suppl 1 UCTN:E14-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1569649. Epub 2016 Jan 22.
- Rising Star: Gastroenterology 2021. Frontiers in Medicine 2022
- NETRF Accelerator Award ($1.2 m) (Collaborator, UCL) 2020
- Certificate of Recognition for Basic Science oral lecture at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), USA 2020
- IPSEN research grant (拢96,500) (Collaborator, UCL) 2019
- European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS) Travel Grants 2017 and 2019
- Distinction award for Clinical Poster at DDW, AGA, USA 2017
- Academy of Athens prize (awarded to top medical student of the University of Athens) 2009
- Dean鈥檚 Award (awarded in recognition of outstanding performance in the Medical School of the University of Athens) 2008