Dr Faidon Laskaratos
Consultant Gastroenterologist
- Available from
- London
About Faidon Laskaratos
Dr Faidon Laskaratos is a consultant gastroenterologist and specialist endoscopist at OneWelbeck London. He is also a consultant specialist endoscopist at St Mark's, The National Bowel Hospital, and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. Dr Laskaratos completed his gastroenterology training in the North Central & North East Thames rotation in London and worked in several tertiary hospitals, including the Royal Free and University College Hospital. Dr Faidon Laskaratos then completed an advanced endoscopy fellowship at St Mark’s Hospital, where he trained in advanced colonoscopy techniques, polyp resection and small bowel enteroscopy, before his substantive appointment as a consultant gastroenterologist and specialist endoscopist at St Mark’s.
Dr Laskaratos' clinical interests include general and luminal gastroenterology. He specialises in diagnostic and therapeutic luminal and small bowel endoscopy, including advanced colonoscopy, polypectomy, video capsule endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy. Dr Laskaratos is an accredited colonoscopist for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. He is also a specialist member of the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) advisory committee for colon capsule endoscopy.
Additionally, he has a clinical and research interest and expertise in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours. Dr Laskaratos completed a PhD in Gastroenterology at University College London (UCL), which investigated the biology of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours and has published widely in this field. He also has a strong interest in teaching and has completed a Masters degree (MSc) in medical education at UCL. He is an accredited trainer for medical students, gastroenterology trainees and fellows.
Expertise
- General Gastroenterology
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Abdominal Pain
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- Greek, English
- Research highlights
Koffas A, Papaefthymiou A, Laskaratos FM, Kapsoritakis A, Epstein O. Colon Capsule Endoscopy in the Diagnosis of Colon Polyps: Who Needs a Colonoscopy? Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Aug 29;12(9):2093. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12092093
Papaefthymiou A, Laskaratos FM, Koffas A, Manolakis A, Gkolfakis P, Coda S, Sodergren M, Suzuki N, Toumpanakis C. State of the Art in Endoscopic Therapy for the Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2022 Jul;23(7):1014-1034. doi: 10.1007/s11864-022-00986-w. Epub 2022 May 5.
Tziortziotis I, Laskaratos FM, Coda S. Role of Artificial Intelligence in Video Capsule Endoscopy. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Jun 30;11(7):1192. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11071192.
Transcriptomic Profiling of In Vitro Tumor-Stromal Cell Paracrine Crosstalk Identifies Involvement of the Integrin Signaling Pathway in the Laskaratos FM, Levi A, Schwach G, Pfragner R, Hall A, Xia D, von Stempel C, Bretherton J, Thanapirom K, Alexander S, Ogunbiyi O, Watkins J, Luong TV, Toumpanakis C, Mandair D, Caplin M, Rombouts K. Pathogenesis of Mesenteric Fibrosis in Human Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms. Front Oncol. 2021 Feb 24;11:629665. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.629665. eCollection 2021.
Tsoutsouki J, Laskaratos FM, Mason S, Smith M, Sinha L. A rare cause of GI bleeding in a patient with cutaneous vascular malformations. Gut. 2016 Nov;65(11):1792. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-311331. Epub 2016 Jan 25.
- Professional memberships
Member of the Royal College of Physicians
Member of the British Medical Association (BMA)
Member of the European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS)
- Certifications and Awards
Rising Star: Gastroenterology 2021. Frontiers in Medicine (2022)
NETRF Accelerator Award ($1.2 m) (Collaborator, UCL) (2020)
Certificate of Recognition for Basic Science oral lecture at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), USA (2020)
IPSEN research grant (£96,500) (Collaborator, UCL) (2019)
European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS) Travel Grants (2017 and 2019)
Distinction award for Clinical Poster at DDW, AGA, USA (2017)
Academy of Athens prize (2009)
Consultations and services
- Self-pay available from £250
- Health insurance
- Self-pay available from £200
- Health insurance
Insurers covered
- +5 more
- Allianz Partners
- Bupa International
- Cigna International
- Healix
- Henner
Tests & treatments
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