Dr Matthew Foxton
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
Digestive Health
Sub-specialties: General Hepatology, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Cirrhosis , Fatty Liver Disease, Alcoholic Liver Disease, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Liver Function Tests, Viral Hepatitis, Fibroscan, Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, Flexible Sigmoidoscopy, Dyspepsia, Abdominal Pain, Diarrhoea, Constipation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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Overview
Dr Matthew Foxton is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at OneWelbeck Digestive Health and has specialist expertise in general hepatology, liver cirrhosis and its complications, fatty liver disease, hepatocellular carcinoma, alcoholic liver disease, gastroenterology, and endoscopy.
About Dr Matthew Foxton
Dr Foxton holds clinical posts as a Consultant Hepatologist and Clinical Lead at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust and is an Honorary Consultant at the renowned Institute of Liver Studies at Kings College Hospital, London as well as being an honorary consultant at the Royal Marsden Hospital where he has a special interest in the management of the liver complications of cancer therapy. He is the Co-Lead for the Hepatology Clinical Research Network in West London and actively participates in both commercial and portfolio studies.
Dr Foxton, qualified in medicine from St George’s Hospital, London. He completed his training in general internal medicine and gastroenterology at South-East London, with sub-specialty accreditation in hepatology. He obtained his MD from the University of London with his thesis on HCV recurrence post-liver transplantation. He was appointed as a consultant at QEH Woolwich in 2007 where he developed one of the first NHS-funded Fibroscan services within the country. He was appointed to a consultant post at Chelsea & Westminster in 2010.
Areas of Expertise
Dr. Matthew Foxton performs a range of diagnostics, including:
- Abnormal LFTs
- Early detection of liver disease
- Fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- Viral hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Fibroscan
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Dyspepsia
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Endoscopy
Additional Information
Clinical Posts:
- Consultant, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
- Honorary Consultant, Kings College Hospital
- Honorary Consultant, Royal Marsden Hospital
Memberships:
- British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL)
- American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)
- British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)
Awards:
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- BSc
- M.D. (University of London)
Research Highlights
- Higher sustained virological response rates at 12 weeks in HIV-HCV co-infection; a tertiary centre experience – Journal of Infection 2020
- Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir for 12 weeks in hepatitis C virus-infected patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing dialysis – Journal of Hepatology 2019
- HIV/HCV/HBV testing in the emergency department: a feasibility and seroprevalence study – HIV Medicine 2018.
- A national survey of the provision of ultrasound surveillance for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma – Frontline Gastroenterology 2016
- The impact of diabetes mellitus on fibrosis progression in patients transplanted for hepatitis C – American Journal of Transplantation 2006
- Management of cirrhosis and ascites – NEJM 2004
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