Dr Faidon Laskaratos

Sub-specialties: Gastroenterology, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhoea, Constipation, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Bowel Cancer Screening, Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours.

Overview

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Overview

Dr Faidon Laskaratos is a consultant gastroenterologist and specialist endoscopist at OneWelbeck Digestive Health, an internationally renowned centre of excellence for intestinal disorders and endoscopy. He specialises in diagnostic and therapeutic luminal and small bowel endoscopy, including advanced colonoscopy, polypectomy, video capsule endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy.

About Dr Faidon Laskaratos

Dr Faidon Laskaratos is a consultant gastroenterologist and specialist endoscopist at OneWelbeck London.
Dr Laskaratos completed his gastroenterology training in the North Central & North East Thames rotation in London and worked in several tertiary hospitals, including the Royal Free and University College Hospital. Dr Faidon Laskaratos then completed an advanced endoscopy fellowship at St Mark’s Hospital, where he trained in advanced colonoscopy techniques, polyp resection and small bowel enteroscopy, before his substantive appointment as a consultant gastroenterologist and specialist endoscopist at St Mark’s.

Dr Laskaratos' 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. Dr Laskaratos 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.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Faidon Laskaratos treats a range of conditions, including the following:

General gastroenterology
Irritable bowel syndrome
Abdominal pain
Diarrhoea
Constipation
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Bowel cancer screening
Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours

Dr Faidon Laskaratos also carries out the following treatments:

Endoscopy
Colonoscopy
Polypectomy
Video capsule endoscopy
Small bowel enteroscopy

Additional Information

Memberships:

Member of the Royal College of Physicians
Member of the British Medical Association (BMA)
Member of the European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS)

Awards:

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 (£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 (2009)

Clinical Posts:

NHS base: St Mark's Hospital and Academic Institute
Private: OneWelbeck, The London Clinic, The Princess Grace Hospital, Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital

Research Highlights

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

Papaefthymiou A, Laskaratos FM, Koffas A, Manolakis A, Gkolfakis P, Coda S, Sodergren M, Suzuki N, Toumpanakis C. State of the Art in Endoscopic Therapy for the Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2022 Jul;23(7):1014-1034. doi: 10.1007/s11864-022-00986-w. Epub 2022 May 5.

Tziortziotis I, Laskaratos FM, Coda S. Role of Artificial Intelligence in Video Capsule Endoscopy. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Jun 30;11(7):1192. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11071192.

Transcriptomic Profiling of In Vitro Tumor-Stromal Cell Paracrine Crosstalk Identifies Involvement of the Integrin Signaling Pathway in the 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. 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.

Tsoutsouki J, Laskaratos FM, Mason S, Smith M, Sinha L. A rare cause of GI bleeding in a patient with cutaneous vascular malformations. Gut. 2016 Nov;65(11):1792. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-311331. Epub 2016 Jan 25.

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