Liver services
Our private Liver services are provided at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead .
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The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the United Kingdom and is a leading centre for the diagnosis and treatment of all conditions affecting the liver, pancreas and biliary tree.
Dame Professor Sheila Sherlock, the โmother of hepatologyโ, founded the liver unit in the early โ50s and was one of the greatest contributors to the development of this discipline. The liver centre is named after her. The Royal Free Hospital hosts one of the two liver transplant and hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) units in London and is a designated cancer centre for the treatment of tumours of the liver and pancreas. The institute has the largest neuroendocrine tumour service in the UK, which is nationally funded, and as a result a large number of neuroendocrine pancreatic primary and liver secondaries are treated in our institution.
The recent designation as an Academic Health Science Centre (UCL Partners), in partnership with University College Hospital, Great Ormond Street and other key hospitals, provides a huge range of investigatory and therapeutic options. No other collaborative group in the UK can offer a similar service. The gastroenterology and hepatology partnership clinical and academic services rank in the world top ten, with a superb international reputation for its research, service and education.
At the Royal Free Hospital, a large number of specialists work in the HPB and liver transplant unit. A multidisciplinary approach is crucial in the management of our patients and about 50 consultants cover different areas of expertise. Surgeons, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, radiologists, oncologists, radiotherapists, nuclear medicine physicians, histopathologists, virologists and microbiologists have regular scheduled meetings to discuss the best treatment plan. Extensively trained nursing staff, clinical nurse specialists, transplant co-ordinators, perfusionists, dieticians and physiotherapists all contribute to the multidisciplinary approach. Finally, we benefit from technical equipment and expertise which only a liver transplant centre can offer, including the outstanding skills of the anaesthetic and intensive care personnel. All of this ultimately translates into excellent clinical results and improved patient safety.
We offer the following Liver services to patients:
- Adjuvant therapies for cancer
- Biopsies
- Cirrhosis
- Endoscopic therapy for bleeding and biliary problems
- Interventional radiology
- Surgical liver treatments
- Viral hepatitis
For more information about the liver services offered at the Royal Free Private Patients Unit, please get in touch.
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Meet our consultants
We work with leading experts who are all supported by the expertise of a multidisciplinary team. Our specialist team of doctors and surgeons includes:
