Professor Professor Ingvar Bjarnason, Consultant in Intestinal Medicine and Gastroenterology
Personal treatment philosophy:
"I am driven by the need for improving care to all my patients through innovation, scientific rigour and the application of all aspects of intestinal medicine."
Professor Bjarnason is devoted to the individual patient from the outset and this starts with the application of all appropriate diagnostic testing. He will always consider the full holistic approach for each patient in order to assess every possible treatment. Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is no exception as he takes the lead with a multi-disciplinary approach, involving appropriate medical specialists including Geneticists (especially with regard to diagnosis and P4 Medicine), colleague Gastroenterologists, dietary experts and liaison with Psychiatrists. In this way, patients can expect the best possible care for the 'whole patient' that modern medicine has to offer.
Although winning some of the most prestigious medical awards, Prof has never been one to sit on his laurels. He is devoted to his patients and offers them a world-class service for the diagnosis and treatment of all gastrointestinal diseases.
The underlying principle is the to aim to minimise and avoid as much as possible the use of expensive, time-consuming and uncomfortable invasive tests such as traditional endoscopies, but without ever compromising the ability to arrive at the correct diagnosis. Prof will utilise all the latest, validated and highly sensitive tests. These tests may include, but are not limited to the following:
Intestinal permeability,
Wireless capsule enteroscopy,
Intestinal disaccharidase deficiency,
Bile acid-malabsorption,
Intestinal inflammation (via the faecal calprotectin test),
Intestinal transit,
Screening tests for Coeliac disease and Helicobacter pylori,
Imaging including MRI,
When an abnormality is evident this allows targeted investigation of the problem and treatment.