Dr Deepak Kejariwal
Dr Deepak Kejariwal is a Consultant Gastroenterologist working in Newcastle at Cobalt Hospital
Based At
NHS base
University Hospital of North Durham
GMC Number
5204805
Clinical interests
Dr Deepak Kejariwal is an experienced Consultant Gastroenterologist with more than 18 years of consultant practice. He works at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, where he is the lead consultant for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and has held a number of senior clinical and leadership roles within Gastroenterology, Medicine and Urgent & Emergency Care.
He has extensive experience in general gastroenterology and the investigation and treatment of gastrointestinal symptoms including abdominal pain, indigestion and reflux, altered bowel habit, diarrhoea, constipation and rectal bleeding. His particular areas of expertise includes inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy and gastrointestinal disorders requiring diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic treatment.
Clinical Interests
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy – gastroscopy, colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Bowel symptoms – rectal bleeding, diarrhoea, constipation and change in bowel habit.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other functional gastrointestinal symptoms
Upper gastrointestinal disorders – indigestion, reflux, swallowing difficulties and peptic ulcer disease.
Coeliac disease and nutritional gastrointestinal disorders.
Liver disease and abnormal liver function tests.
Colonic polyps and bowel cancer investigation/surveillance.
Gastrointestinal cancer assessment, including oesophageal and stomach disorders.
Professional Memberships
Dr Kejariwal is an experienced endoscopist performing gastroscopy, colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, including therapeutic procedures such as polyp removal.
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic Background
Dr Kejariwal has a longstanding interest in clinical research and has been involved in both NIHR and commercial clinical studies. His principal research interests include inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy, gastrointestinal cancer and nutrition. He has contributed to clinical studies and publications covering IBD therapies, iron-deficiency anaemia in IBD, Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal cancer, endoscopic practice and gastrointestinal cancer.
Based at
NHS base
University Hospital of North Durham
GMC Number
5204805
Clinical interests
Dr Deepak Kejariwal is an experienced Consultant Gastroenterologist with more than 18 years of consultant practice. He works at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, where he is the lead consultant for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and has held a number of senior clinical and leadership roles within Gastroenterology, Medicine and Urgent & Emergency Care.
He has extensive experience in general gastroenterology and the investigation and treatment of gastrointestinal symptoms including abdominal pain, indigestion and reflux, altered bowel habit, diarrhoea, constipation and rectal bleeding. His particular areas of expertise includes inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy and gastrointestinal disorders requiring diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic treatment.
Clinical Interests
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy – gastroscopy, colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Bowel symptoms – rectal bleeding, diarrhoea, constipation and change in bowel habit.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other functional gastrointestinal symptoms
Upper gastrointestinal disorders – indigestion, reflux, swallowing difficulties and peptic ulcer disease.
Coeliac disease and nutritional gastrointestinal disorders.
Liver disease and abnormal liver function tests.
Colonic polyps and bowel cancer investigation/surveillance.
Gastrointestinal cancer assessment, including oesophageal and stomach disorders.
Professional Memberships
Dr Kejariwal is an experienced endoscopist performing gastroscopy, colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, including therapeutic procedures such as polyp removal.
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic Background
Dr Kejariwal has a longstanding interest in clinical research and has been involved in both NIHR and commercial clinical studies. His principal research interests include inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy, gastrointestinal cancer and nutrition. He has contributed to clinical studies and publications covering IBD therapies, iron-deficiency anaemia in IBD, Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal cancer, endoscopic practice and gastrointestinal cancer.