About Dr Simon Peake
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Digestive Health
Sub-specialties: Endoscopy, Acid Reflux, Management of Acid-Related Disorders, Abdominal Pain, Changes in Bowel Habit, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Medicine, Colonoscopy, Gastroscopy, Advanced Polypectomy, Polypectomy, Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, Capsule Endoscopy, Diarrhoea, Bowel Cancer, Bowel Cancer Screening, Colonic Polyps, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Bloating.
He leads the Inflammatory Bowel Disease service for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and is also an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and clinical examiner. He has been published extensively in the fields of IBD and endoscopy.
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He leads the Inflammatory Bowel Disease service for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and is also an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and clinical examiner. He has been published extensively in the fields of IBD and endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
Dr Simon Peake is an experienced gastroenterologist who performs a range of treatments, including:
- Colonoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Polyp removal
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
- BRAVO capsule insertion
Dr Peake manages all general gastroenterological problems, including:
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Acid-related disorders
- Reflux
- Acute and chronic diarrhoea
- Abdominal pain
- Bowel cancer
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Abdominal bloating
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colon polyps
About Dr Simon Peake
Dr Simon Peake is Consultant Gastroenterologist and Partner at OneWelbeck, specialising in endoscopy, the management of acid-related disorders, reflux, abdominal pain, change in bowel habit and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College, where he is also a clinical examiner. He leads the Inflammatory Bowel Disease service for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, chairing weekly multi disciplinary meetings and running the biological therapy service.
Dr Peake has been involved in setting up the clinic and its services from a very early stage. He is particularly integral in patient engagement with the unit, ensuring accurate and informative specialist information is available for patients before, during and after attending OneWelbeck.
After attaining a first class honours degree and distinction at St Mary’s Hospital, he trained at several hospitals throughout Northwest London. During his training, he also undertook specialist fellowships in endoscopy (2012-2013) and inflammatory bowel disease (2010-2011) at St Mark’s Hospital. He was appointed as a research fellow at St Mark’s Hospital and Imperial College London and was awarded an MD(Res) degree in 2014 with his thesis entitled ‘Aberrant Expression of Homing Molecules on Dendritic Cells Drives Inflammation in Crohn’s Disease’.
He was appointed a Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in 2015. Since his appointment at Imperial, he has taken on the roles of both Unit and Endoscopy training lead at St Mary’s Hospital. He is the lead physician for inflammatory bowel disease for the Trust. In addition, he has active roles within Imperial College, both as an examiner for undergraduate examinations and lecturing and mentoring postgraduate students.
Dr Simon Peake partnered with OneWelbeck in 2018 to collaboratively develop the OneWelbeck Digestive Health Centre.
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Memberships
- American Gastroenterology Association
- British Society of Gastroenterology
- European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation
- Royal College of Physicians
Research Highlights
Dr Peake has been published extensively in the fields of inflammatory bowel disease and endoscopy, as well as writing several book chapters and peer-reviewing articles for high impact gastroenterology journals.