Dr Andrew Millar, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist

North Middlesex University Hospital, King's Oak Hospital
Published August 15th, 2011 | Last updated February 8th, 2012
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Dr Andrew Millar is the Lead Clinician for the Viral Hepatitis Service at the North Middlesex University Hospital, London. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Academic Medical Unit, Royal Free and University College Hospital, as well as Associate Professor of Medicine at St George’s University School of Medicine at Grenada in the West Indies. Dr Millar sees patients privately at BMI King's Oak Hospital, Middlesex.

As a Gastroenterology Consultant since 1997, with a busy practice in an NHS associated teaching hospital, and in the private sector, Dr Millar sees many patients with IBSirritable bowel syndrome, a combination of abdominal pain and constipation, diarrhoea, or bouts of each that occur in the absence of any other diagnosed disease who require detailed assessment and management. His team includes experienced dieticians trained in modern dietary approaches.  For patients who do require investigation he believes in the use of appropriate levels of sedation to ensure the patient has a comfortable experience during any tests that are needed.  

Philosophical approach to medicine: The diagnosisThe process of determining which condition a patient may have. must start with a careful record of the symptoms and the patient’s concerns. Any investigations must be both safe and proved to be necessary.  Treatment must centre on the patient’s individual needs and control over treatment must long term be mainly in the hands of the patient.

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  • Chronic Hepatitis B and C

    By Dr Andrew Millar, Consultant Gastroenterologist and HepatologistContact
    North Middlesex University Hospital, King's Oak Hospital

    Hepatitis B and C are the two most common virusesMicrobes that are only able to multiply within living cells. known to cause long term, or chronicA disease of long duration generally involving slow changes., infectionInvasion by organisms that may be harmful, for example bacteria or parasites. of the liverA large abdominal organ that has many important roles including the production of bile and clotting factors, detoxification, and the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.. Chronic hepatitisInflammation to the liver with accompanying damage to liver cells. B affects 350 million people worldwide and chronic hepatitis C, 125 million. Hepatitis B and C can cause ‘acuteHas a sudden onset.’, in other words short-lived infections, or more long-term infection, ‘chronic’. There is a highly effective vaccine for hepatitis B but NOT (yet) for hepatitis C.

  • Diagnosing and Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Latest Expert Advice

    By Dr Andrew Millar, Consultant Gastroenterologist and HepatologistContact
    North Middlesex University Hospital, King's Oak Hospital

    Many people experience Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBSirritable bowel syndrome, a combination of abdominal pain and constipation, diarrhoea, or bouts of each that occur in the absence of any other diagnosed disease) symptoms.  Often the symptoms are mild but for many the condition is a long term burden. Many patients worry that a more serious underlying problem might be the cause.  This concern can often by reduced by a simple professional assessment without the need for invasive tests.  Tests to exclude serious disease are important when appropriate and, in older patients, may help to reduce the risk of future colonic malignancy.  

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