Meet the team

I perform high-volume endoscopy of the oesophagus, stomach and colon every year. This helped me establish my technique to deliver high-quality and thorough examinations while keeping the discomfort to a minimum level. I use innovative techniques such as transnasal endoscopy and underwater colonoscopy to minimise discomfort.

My other passion is digestive ultrasound. During my training in Europe, I was trained to perform advanced ultrasound of the abdomen. I am a firm believer that ultrasound is a part of the clinical examination in specialised gastroenterology clinic. I find it helpful to see live images of your liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and other organs. I find office ultrasound saves time and enriches my patients’ experience. If you are looking for a private gastroenterologist in London, please see my practice locations.

I was also awarded a postgraduate certificate (with merits) in general medical ultrasound from King’s College London. I currently hold a substantive consultant position at Barts Health, Royal London and Whipps Cross hospitals which I joined as a consultant back in 2018.

I continue to be actively involved in teaching and research. I currently hold an Honorary Senior Clinical Lectureship at Queen Mary University of London (The Wingate Institute for Neurogastroenterology, Barts and The London School of Medicine). I am also a private gastroenterologist in London.

• 2015: FP7 EU Marie Curie Fellowship funded by the European Commission
• 2017: Recognition Certificate from The American Gastroenterological Association
• 2017: Bart’s Charity Scheme B Fellowship £65,907.00 to cover salary and tuition fees

• Evidence-based Medicine course (3-day, Vienna)
• Good Clinical Practice course/QMUL/London, 2015, refresher 2017, 2020
• Habits of effective writing, Grant applications writing, open access for academia
• QMUL postgraduate courses: PhD writing course, producing an effective research poster
• Introduction to statistical data management using SPSS (King’s College London), 2016 and QMUL, 2017
• Young Talent Investigators Vienna (3-day, 2014): Intense training on clinical research methods including statistical analysis

• One-month research secondment to KU Leuven based at the Health Psychology Institute
• NeuroGut Young Researcher Camp at Göteborg Universitet, 9-10 March 2017 – transitional and clinical research in Neurogastroenterology
• NeuroGut 2nd Complementary Training Course 4-6 July 2017 (grants writing, medical ethics, stress management)
• Research secondment at KU Leuven university, health psychology department, 2017
• Neurogut Summer School, 21-22 August 2017 (Industry school, drug manufacturing)
• NeuroGut final meeting, 23rd August 2017 (oral presentation)
• Neurogut Entrepreneurship Academy course/Tubingen Germany (3 modules designed as mini-MBA (master in business administration). This course trains researchers on exploiting the financial prospect of scientific work to generate profit
• COST Action’s (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Training School on molecular methods in Irritable Bowel Syndrome research. The school covered: genetics, epigenetics and microbiota research (a joint summer school between NeuroGut and COST action) – Heidelberg, Germany
• Irritable Bowel Disease Days Bologna/Italy (3-day, NeuroGut Summer School): Where I had the opportunity to listen to state-of-the-art lectures presented by world experts addressing various aspects of research in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• United European Gastroenterology week, 2014-2016
• Digestive Disease Week 2017 Chicago and 2018 Washington DC
• Weekly Gastroenterology teaching sessions at the Royal London Hospital
• ESNM Neurogastroenterology and Motility meeting and post-graduate course, 2017
• United European Gastroenterology Postgraduate Course – 3 years curriculum, 2015-2017
• United European Gastroenterology Summer School (Prague/3 days with hands-on training)
• United European Gastroenterology Postgraduate Course in abdominal ultrasound/Vienna, 2015, 2019
• European Society of Neurogastroenterology and motility meeting, 24th August 2017, clinical and research
• H3 symposium of The Physiological Society on the autonomic regulation of the heart/Oxford University: Experts’ lectures on autonomic testing, electroceuticals and autonomic stimulation
• The Best of Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/London: this a one-day course focusing on the most important research data in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases presented in DDW in 2016

• Introduction to assessment QMUL, 2017
• How to prepare your voice for teaching QMUL, 2017
• Introduction to PBL teaching (2 sessions) QMUL, 2017
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination Examiner Training June 2016, QMUL/London
• Diversity in the Workplace Training (as part of the training to be an interviewer for the Thames Academic Foundation), 2016

• Blizard START programme, 2016 and 2017 (meeting and encouraging high school students to enrol in higher education
• Sifford Health Fair: I conducted interviews with members of the public to have their feedback on my current research

Oral presentations

• Effect of Slow Deep Breathing and Attention on the Autonomic Nervous System, Ahmed Albusoda, James K. Ruffle, Anne Drewes, Adam D. Farmer, Qasim Aziz, Digestive Week, 2017
• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Conditioned Pain Modulation in Functional GI disorders, Ahmed Albusoda, James K Ruffle, Kathrine A Friss, Maximilian R Gysan, Asbjørn M Drewes, Qasim Aziz & Adam D Farmer, BSG meeting, 2018
• Randomized Controlled Trial: The Effect of Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Reversing Acid Induced Oesophageal Hypersensitivity in Humans, Ahmed Albusoda, Adam D Farmer, James K Ruffle, Heather Fitzke, Ruqaia Idris, Ron Fried, Qasim Aziz, UEG 2018

Poster presentations

• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Conditioned Pain Modulation in Functional GI disorders, Ahmed Albusoda, James K Ruffle, Kathrine A Friss, Maximilian R Gysan, Asbjørn M Drewes, Qasim Aziz & Adam D Farmer, Digestive Week, 2018
• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Conditioned Pain Modulation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ahmed Albusoda, James K Ruffle, Kathrine A Friss, Maximilian R Gysan, Asbjørn M Drewes, Qasim Aziz & Adam D Farmer, United European Gastroenterology Meeting 2018

Recent publications

• The anatomical basis for transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation, Butt MF, Albusoda A, Farmer AD, Aziz Q.J Anat. 2020 Apr;236(4):588-611. doi: 10.1111/joa.13122. Epub 2019 Nov 19
• Management of supragastric belching with cognitive behavioural therapy: factors determining success and follow-up outcomes at 6-12 months post-therapy, Sawada A, Anastasi N, Green A, Glasinovic E, Wynter E, Albusoda A, Hajek P, Sifrim D.Aliment, Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Sep;50(5):530-537. doi: 10.1111/apt.15417. Epub 2019 Jul 24
• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Conditioned Pain Modulation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ahmed Albusoda, James K Ruffle, Kathrine A Friss, Maximilian R Gysan, Asbjørn M Drewes, Qasim Aziz & Adam D Farmer, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2018
• Development, content validity, and cross-cultural adaptation of a patient-reported outcome measure for real-time symptom assessment in irritable bowel syndrome, Vork L, Keszthelyi D, Mujagic Z, Kruimel JW, Leue C, Pontén I, Törnblom H, Simrén M, Albu-Soda A, Aziz Q, Corsetti M, Holvoet L, Tack J, Rao SS, van Os J, Quetglas EG, Drossman DA, Masclee AAM, Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2017 Nov 6. doi: 10.1111/nmo.13244
• A fresh look at IBS-opportunities for systems medicine approaches, Albusoda A, Barki N, Herregods T, Kamphuis JB, Karunaratne TB, Lazarou M, Lee I, Mazurak N, Perna E, Polster A, Pribic T, Uhlig F, Wang H, Enck P., Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2017 Mar;29(3). doi: 10.1111/nmo.12989. Epub 2016 Nov 7.
• Vagus nerve stimulation in clinical practice, Farmer AD, Albu-Soda A, Aziz Q., Br Hosp Med (Lond). 2016 Nov 2;77(11):645-651. Review.
• What drives the hypoalgesic effect of neurostimulation? Ahmed Albusoda, Adam D Farmer, Qasim Aziz
• The Lancet Gastroenterology and HepatologyDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30364-3  
• The tribes and tribulations of laryngopharyngeal reflux: a review of recent studies with implications for interdisciplinary collaborations between otolaryngologists and gastroenterologists, Bărboi OB, Prelipcean CC, Cobzeanu MD, Palade D, Albu-Soda A, Floria M, Chirilă I, Drug VL, Bălan G. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2015 Oct-Dec;119(4):967-73. Review.
• Effect of Slow Deep Breathing and Attention on the Autonomic Nervous System, Ahmed Albusoda, James K. Ruffle, Anne Drewes, Adam D. Farmer, Qasim Aziz, Gastroenterology, DOI10.1016/S0016-5085(17)30646-7 (conference proceedings)