Dr Ed Seward

Ed Seward trained in Edinburgh before moving to Liverpool and finally North London, obtaining initially a consultant post at Barts Health before moving to University College London Hospital in 2014. As Endoscopy Lead in both units he developed a sub-specialist interest in therapeutic Endoscopy as well as pursuing a passion for service improvement and redesign, which culminated in his appointment as a National Clinical Advisor for Endoscopy. He has been responsible leading on or contributing to many innovations in service design such as straight to test, use of FIT in the colorectal diagnostic pathway, RAS clinics and colon capsule at home.

Ed was appointed to UCLH to support the interventional colonoscopy service and improve colorectal teaching and research. He specialises clinically in colonoscopy, polyp detection and large polyp removal, and his research interests currently include FIT, colon capsule and use of Artificial Intelligence in the lower GI tract. He teaches extensively on these subjects and is an Associate Professor at UCL as well as a specialist advisor on endoscopy to CRUK. He has most recently been appointed endoscopy clinical lead for NHS London.