Dr Sanchoy Sarkar

Dr Sanchoy Sarkar is a UK trained Consultant Gastroenterologist for over 15 years. He is currently a consultant advanced endoscopist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Clinical Director of Bowel Cancer Screening in Liverpool and Wirral. The Royal Liverpool is one of the most prestigious departments for gastroenterology in the UK, and 1 of only 3 national endoscopy training centres in the UK. He has a tertiary referral practice as a therapeutic endoscopist and bowel cancer screening colonoscopist. His skills include upper GI advanced therapeutics, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), ERCP and advanced colonoscopy including level 4 polypectomy/EMR and colonic stenting. He is one of the few endoscopists that can perform confocal microlaser endoscopy in the UK. Teaching and training is very high on Dr Sarkar’s passions as a faculty member of the Mersey School of Endoscopy. He is an accredited mentor for new consultants within the trust with the mentorship IML level 3 certification. Dr Sarkar was previously the director of endoscopy in two of the busiest endoscopy units in the UK, initially at Aintree hospital and then at the Royal Liverpool Hospital for 14 years. During this time he developed services, new ways of working and innovation. As clinical director of Liverpool and Wirral bowel cancer screening centre, he is responsible for delivering colonoscopy and bowel scope screening for catchment population of over 800,000. The centre is one of highest performing screening centres in the UK. He was appointed as a Professional Clinical Advisor for the regional Quality Assurance North West of England Team. He is a core member gastroenterologist of the regional Early rectal cancer MDT and local colorectal MDT an, is one of the three endoscopists that perform complex polyp removal and rectal cancer staging in Merseyside and Cheshire. Dr Sarkar runs a specialist clinic within the NHS in upper GI disease and motility disorders, including unresponsive dyspepsia, noncardiac chest pain and oesophageal motility disorders. He ran a specialist liver clinic whilst at Aintree Hospital and is an experienced endoscopist in managing complex hepatobiliary pancreatic cases with ERCP and EUS. Other national role includes being one of only 10 Lead JAG assessors appointed by the Royal College of Physician in April 2014. This is to lead a team of assessors on CQC standard inspection of endoscopy units throughout the UK that seek JAG accreditation. Dr Sarkar has a strong track record in research with PhD and BSc in physiology and pain mechanisms and I have published over 40 peer reviewed papers and he is an honorary Senior Lecturer at Liverpool University.