Meet the Team
Consultants
Dr Bateman

MB BS, FRCP. Consultant Gastroenterologist and Lecturer Keele University. Graduated London 1982. Specialist training in the Royal Air Force and John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford. Appointed Consultant in Shropshire 1996. Practice covers a wide range of gastroenterological problems. Accredited Colonoscopist for Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
Special Interest: Advanced therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy including endoscopic resection of large polyps and other tumours and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Secretary: 01952 641222 ext 5602
Dr Butterworth

Special interests: Interventional endoscopy (upper/ lower GI EMR), Capsule endoscopy, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Fibroscan and Oesophageal physiology (high resolution manometry and pH testing).
Secretary: 01743 261000 ext 1422
Dr Harrison

Elizabeth Harrison joined the Gastroenterology team in 2016 upon completion of her registrar training in the West Midlands Region. Her sub-specialty interest is nutrition. She was awarded her PhD by the University of Manchester for research conducted at Salford Royal Hospital into the nutritional problems of patients with systemic sclerosis.
Secretary: 01743 261000 ext 1422
Dr Jones
Special interests: Endoscopic Ultrasound, Upper GI Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Other Interests: Medical Education, Medical Regulation and Clinical Management.
Secretary: 01743 261000 ext 1604
Dr Maxton
Dr Rye
Dr Smith

Graduated from Westminster Medical School with specialist training at the Royal Free Hospital and University Hospital of the North Midlands before joining SaTH in 1997.
Special interests: Colorectal cancer screening, Interventional endoscopy including ERCP and lower GI EMR, Endoscopy training and service development and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Secretary 01743 261000 ext 1065
Dr Townson

Leicester graduate who undertook training in Wessex and Leicester before joining SATH in August 1999.
Specialist interests: Inflammatory Bowel disease (IBDologist), Endoscopy and Education (teaching & training).
Secretary 01952 641222 ext 5601