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Dr Simon Phillpotts

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  • University College Hospital

GMC/GDC number:

7084071

Professional background

Dr Phillpotts is a consultant gastroenterologist at University College Hospital and The Royal Free Hospital with a special interest in ERCP, EUS and Pancreatobiliary medicine. He qualified from St George’s Medical School and completed his specialist training in North London, which included fellowships at both University College London Hospitals and Royal London Hospital. 

He has an interest in digital healthcare and quality improvement in improving patient experience and system efficiency. He continues to develop initiatives to improve the care for our patients. He is also enthusiastic about education having obtained a PG Cert in medical education at QMUL and he is regularly involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education, in particular he has developed and delivered JAG ERCP skills courses at UCLH since 2020.

Specialties

Research interests

  • Interventional endoscopy, in particular ERCP and EUS
  • Gallstone disease
  • Benign and malignant bile duct and pancreatic disease
  • Cystic tumours of the pancreas

Publications

1.     Papaefthymiou A, Ramai D, Maida M, Tziatzios G, Facciorusso A, Triantafyllou K, Arvanitakis M, Johnson G, Phillpotts S, Webster G, Gkolfakis P. Efficacy of different stent types in post-liver-transplant anastomotic biliary strictures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Gastroenterol. 2024 Jul-Aug;37(4):485-492

2.     Papaefthymiou A, Gkolfakis P, Basiliya K, Facciorusso A, Ramai D, Gerges C, Tziatzios G, Phillpotts S, Webster GJ. Performance and safety of percutaneous cholangioscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Gastroenterol. 2024 Mar-Apr;37(2):225-234.

3.     Papaefthymiou A, Johnson GJ, Maida M, Gkolfakis P, Ramai D, Facciorusso A, Arvanitakis M, Ney A, Fusai GK, Saftoiu A, Tabacelia D, Phillpotts S, Chapman MH, Webster GJ, Pereira SP. Performance and Safety of EUS Ablation Techniques for Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers (Basel). 2023 May 5;15(9):2627.

4.     Pérez-Cuadrado-Robles E, Phillpotts S, Bronswijk M, Conrad CC, Binda C, Monino L, Basiliya K, Hollenbach M, Papaefthymiou A, Alric H, Quénéhervé L, Di Gaeta A, Pioche M, Khani A, Lorenzo D, Moreels TG, Rahmi G, Boeken T, Fabbri C, Prat F, Laleman W, Cellier C, Van der Merwe S, Webster G, Ellrichmann M. PERcutaneous transhepatic CHOlangioscopy using a new single-operator short cholangioscope (PERCHOL): a European feasibility study. Dig Endosc. 2023 Sep 29.

5.     El Menabawey T, Mulay A, Graham D, Phillpotts S, Sethi A, Webster GJ. Predictors of success of conventional ERCP for bile duct stones and need for single-operator cholangioscopy. Endosc Int Open. 2023 Oct 9;11(10)

6.     Papaefthymiou A, Basiliya K, Phillpotts S, Webster G. The clinical value of narrow-band imaging in biliary strictures. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2023 Mar;97(3):604-605.

7.     Ahmed W, Kyle D, Khanna A, Devlin J, Reffitt D, Zeino Z, Webster G, Phillpotts S, Gordon R, Corbett G, Gelson W, Nayar M, Khan H, Cramp M, Potts J, Fateen W, Miller H, Paranandi B, Huggett M, Everett SM, Hegade VS, O'Kane R, Scott R, McDougall N, Harrison P, Joshi D. Intraductal fully covered self-expanding metal stents in the management of post-liver transplant anastomotic strictures: a UK wide experience. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 2022 Sep 26;15:17562848221122473.

8.     Phillpotts S, Webster G, Arvanitakis M. Endoscopic Management of Complex Biliary Stones. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of America. 2022 July;32(3):477-492

9.     Phillpotts S, El Menabawey T, Martin H, Chapman M. Portal hypertensive biliopathy presenting as acute jaundice with suspected intrahepatic biliary strictures and stones. Endoscopy. 2021 Dec 15.

10.   Phillpotts S, Webster G. The role of endoscopic papillary large balloon dilatation without sphincterotomy. Endoscopy. 2021 May;53(5):559.

11.   Phillpotts S, Tanwar S. After the introduction of EUS-guided drainage, is there still a role for endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder stent placement for patients who are not fit for cholecystectomy? Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2020 Apr;91(4):957-958

12.   Phillpotts S, Ardley C, Christodoulou C, Tanwar S. Covered self-expanding metal stents: a promising therapy for difficult stone. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2017 Dec;86(6):1188

13.   Phillpotts S, Tash E, Sen S. Glucose-6-phopshate dehydrogenase deficiency : an unusual cause of acute jaundice after paracetamol overdose. European Journal of Haematology. 2014 Nov;93(5):446-8

14.   Phillpotts S, Azizi A, Train M, Mann S. Dysphagia Lusoria. International Journal of Case Report Images 2018;9