St Marks Best for Bowels

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http://www.stmarksfoundation.org • • The best way to understand why St. Mark's Hospital is a leading hospital for treating colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease and appreciating the cutting edge medical research that we undertake is to visit the Hospital. • • This film provides a virtual tour of medical departments in the hospital such as one of our operating theatres, the department for Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis, APRG, dealing with research at the Cellular level, Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, Bowel Cancer Screening, Polyposis Registry, Familial Cancer, St. Mark's Hospital Academic Institute, Intestinal Failure Unit, Fredrick Salmon Ward and outpatients. The viewer will hear about a wide range of medicine and surgery such as advanced imaging, new surgical procedures, prevention, testing, early intervention, diagnosis and treatment, nursing, bowel screening, familial cancer, medical research at the cellular level, endoscopy, laparoscopy. • • The viewer will hear from leading doctors and surgeons at St. Mark's: Professor Robin Phillips, Clinical Director, Mr Robin Kennedy Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Dr Ailsa Hart Senior Gastroenterologist, Dr Ayesha Akbar Senior Gastroenterologist, Marian O'Connor lead bowel disease specialist nurse, Miss Sue Clark, Assistant Director Polyposis Registry and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Mr David Burling Radiologist specializing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( MRI) and Computer Tomography (CT), Dr Noriko Suzuki and Mr Brian Saunders of the Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, offering such advanced treatment as capsule endoscopy. • • By viewing this film St. Mark's: best for bowels, the viewer will gain insights and appreciation of why St. Mark's is unique, special and outstanding being the first specialist bowel disease hospital in the world and the only bowel disease hospital in the world. Founded in 1835 with Charles Dickens as one of its first Governors to the modern day where Michael Liebreich, chairs St Mark's Hospital Foundation, and a leading figure in renewable energy. • • St Mark's believes in team work not only between departments and professionals within the hospital but also collaborating with other hospitals such as Imperial, Royal Marsden, John Radcliffe Oxford, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research ( NPIMR) and other hospitals. Trustplus is also a part of St Mark's Hospital. • • The viewer will also gain an appreciation of the wide range of diseases that are treated by St. Mark's, including Crohns disease, Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Anal Fistula, FAP, Polyposis, Familial Cancer, bowel cancer, early stage cancer, polyps, desmoid cancer, genetic predisposition, Stoma, colostomy, Ileostomy, biofeedback, small bowel, colorectal cancer, intestinal failure, disease of the small bowel, psychology, bowel screening. • • Appearing in the video is Chris Evans, BBC radio presenter and writer in the Sunday Mail and presenter of the One Show. Find out why after visiting St. Mark's Chris was so deeply impressed and humbled. • • At the Fundraising Dinner where this video was shown, Lewis Moody the most capped England Rugby Union Flanker spoke movingly about his own personal experience of Ulcerative Colitis. The medical research that St Mark's Hospital Foundations funds at St. Mark's Hospital is not paid for by the National Health Service, we are a charity. Donations to St Mark's Hospital Foundation are therefore essential. Donations can be made via www.justgiving.com by typing in St. Mark's Hospital Foundation in search for a charity. • • The more people that view 'St. Mark's:best for bowels' video the more people who suffer from bowel disease or friends or family with bowel disease will find out how St. Mark's hospital can help. Please recommend this video to your friends.

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