2024 BSG Elections Results
Trainees Regional Representatives
Dr Laura White - Regional Representative – North West Thames (London)
Dr Georgina Kerry - Regional Representative – North East Thames (London)
Dr Alexander Johnston - Regional Representative - Severn/South West
Dr Hannah Morgan – Regional Representative - North West
Dr Asim Hamza - Regional Representative – Mersey
Dr Sarah Hancox - Regional Representative - Yorkshire and Humber
Dr Joshua Orpen-Palmer - Regional Representative - West of Scotland
Dr Mohamed Shiha – Regional Representative – East Midlands
Elected Council – Committee Members
Professor Shaji Sebastian
Prof Siwan Thomas-Gibson
Adolescent and Young Persons – Committee Members
Dr James Ashton
Dr Shanika Nayagam
BSG Nursing Section - Committee Members
Mrs Biljana Brezina
Colorectal – Committee Members
Dr Ben Disney
Dr Jabed Ahmed
Mrs Sarah Cripps
Endoscopy – Committee Members
Dr Nadeem Tehami
Dr Clare Parker
Dr Iosif Beintaris
Dr Matthew Huggett
Endoscopy – Trainee Representative
Dr Rebecca Brown
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Committee Members
Professor Jimmy Limdi
Ms Rachel Campbell
Dr Fraser Cummings
Professor Shaji Sebastian
Dr Ben Disney
Dr Ajay Verma
Dr Phil Harvey
Liver – Committee Members
Dr Lynsey Corless
Dr Emilie Wilkes
Neurogastroenterology and Motility – Committee Members
Dr Asma Fikree
Mr Lee Martin
Dr Maria Eugenicos
Oesophageal – Committee Members
Professor Anjan Dhar
Dr Inder Mainie
Dr Sarmed Sami
Dr Jason Dunn
Oesophageal – Trainee Representative
Dr Joseph Cooney
Pancreatobiliary - Committee Members
Dr Noor Bekkali
Mrs Stacey Munnelly
Dr Aaron On
Dr Vikramjit Mitra
Pancreatobiliary - Trainee Representative
Dr Evelyn Lim
Pathology - Committee Members
Dr Nick West
Prof Maurice Loughrey
Prof Roger Feakins
Small Bowel and Nutrition – Committee Members
Dr Tim Ambrose
Dr Jason Jennings
Dr Jafar Jafari
Dr Catriona McKenna
Supporting Women in Gastroenterology (SWIG) – Committee Members
Dr Nisha Patel
Dr Jonathan King
Dr Sun Mi Ha
Dr Victoria Moffat
International Committee Zonal Leads
Dr Elmuhtady Said - Sub-Saharan Africa Zonal Lead
Dr Laith Alrubaiy - North Africa and the Middle East Zonal Lead
Professor Krish Ragunath - Asia-Pacific Zonal Lead
Professor Jimmy Limdi - Americas and Caribbean Zonal Lead
CSSC Regional Representatives
Dr Mary McStay - Regional Representative - East of England
Dr Vikram Sharma - Regional Representative - North London
Dr Iosif Beintaris - Regional Representative - North East
Dr Suranga Dharmasiri - Regional Representative - South Central (Wessex)
Dr Udit Mittal - Regional Representative - South Central (Oxfordshire)
Clinical Research Groups
IBD CRG – Committee Members
Dr Yaa Danso
Dr Chris Lamb
Dr Polychronis Pavlidis
Endoscopy CRG – Committee Members
Dr Ahmir Ahmad
Pancreas CRG – Committee Members
Dr Constantinos Parisinos
Dr Shiran Esmaily
Dr Joe Geraghty
New national genomics resources in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The National Genomics Education Programme have launched #GeNotes collection specifically for #Genomics cases in your practice. It is packed with educational scenarios written by experts in your field, including Dr Kevin Monahan, Dr Rob Scott and Professor Guruprasad P Aithal.
BSG 2025 Elections
The BSG 2025 Elections are opening on 7th March. There are a number of elections for BSG Sections that are open including Trainees and AGIP, Higher Committee representative roles, and Clinical Research Groups.
BSG LIVE'25 Jobs Fair
As part of an ongoing commitment to support the gastroenterology and hepatology workforce, the BSG is launching a pilot ‘Jobs Fair’ at BSG LIVE conference in Glasgow, on Thursday 26th June 2025. Trusts will have the opportunity to showcase consultant and sub-specialty fellowship positions to delegates at the largest gastroenterology event in the UK.