Dr. Kadukkavil Padmakumar is a highly experienced Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist with over 25 years of expertise in managing a wide range of gastrointestinal disorders. He has been practicing as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Trust since 2002, where he provides care to patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), peptic ulcers, coeliac disease, and liver and pancreatic diseases.

Dr. Padmakumar received his postgraduate training in General Medicine and Gastroenterology from the Newcastle and Mersey regions and has been working as a consultant since 1997. His areas of special interest include non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and viral hepatitis, and he has extensive experience in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.

As an accredited colonoscopist for the UK National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, Dr. Padmakumar is recognised for his expertise in colonoscopy with a caecal intubation rate exceeding 95%. He regularly performs advanced therapeutic procedures such as endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), dilatation of strictures, banding, and ERCP for biliary stone extraction. He is committed to delivering high-quality care for patients experiencing indigestion, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, rectal bleeding, anaemia, abnormal liver function, jaundice, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Procedures and treatments offered by Dr. Padmakumar include:

• Gastroscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Polypectomy
• Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
• ERCP for biliary stone extraction
• Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
• Dilatation and stenting of oesophageal strictures