Welcome to the BSG Global Grand Rounds, brought to you by the International Section of the BSG. This webinar series aims to cover the SCE curriculum with speakers from across the globe giving us an international perspective on common gastro- intestinal conditions.

Learning Points

• FIT tests used to triage patients for colonoscopy screening  
• Ensure that there is sufficient therapeutic skills to deal with pathology encountered 
• Ensure there is a multi disciplinary team including histopathology, surgery, and oncology

About our speakers

Dr Ganiyat Oyeleke, Gastroenterologist, Lagos University Teaching Hospital

She is the Coordinator of the World Gastroenterology Organization-Lagos Training Center, an examiner for the National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria. She is also a member of Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria (SOGHIN)A member of European Association for the Study of the Liver and AAHPM. Dr. Oyeleke has contributed from her areas of expertise, by publishing papers, giving talks, attending and making presentations on liver.

Dr John Anderson, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Cheltenham General Hospital

Dr Anderson is a Consultant Gastroenterologist with over 20 years of specialised practice in training and endoscopic therapy, with a particular interest in bowel cancer screening. His clinical practice is purely endoscopy-based, mainly at Cheltenham General Hospital’s endoscopy unit. 

Prof Laith Al Rubaiy, Consultant Gastroenterologist, St Mark’s Hospital

I completed medical school in 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. The war caused final medical exams to be postponed for several weeks, and they eventually took place during the scorching summer season. We studied during the day using natural sunlight, because of the lack of electricity, and we used dim lantern lights to study at night. I was honoured to become the first-ranked medical graduate in Iraq, something I never imagined at the time of war – when all we wanted was to survive and get on with life. 

After completing a brief medical residency in the war-torn city of Basra, I was awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship to pursue my studies in the USA. After that, I received a highly competitive Chevening scholarship from the British Council. I attended Kings College London’s St Thomas Hospital campus. After finishing my foundation and core medical training in London, I was awarded the Welsh Clinical Academic Training (WCAT) grant to pursue a career in gastroenterology in Wales. The WCAT allowed me to pursue an academic career and complete clinical specialty training in gastroenterology. I was Secretary and, a year later, Chair of the Trainees’ Section of the British Society of Gastroenterology.  

I was selected to win the British Society of Gastroenterology’s Young Gastroenterologist of the Year award in 2017, which honours young gastroenterologists who show leadership potential and dedication to the profession. I am the first doctor from another country to receive this honour. 

I spent 9 years in Wales and then relocated to London as a consultant gastroenterologist at St Mark’s Hospital, one of the leading gastroenterology hospitals in the UK and Europe. However, I continued my academic work and was appointed as an Honorary Professor at Swansea University School of Medicine.