Dr Mark Furman, Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Dr Mark Furman
Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Dr Mark Furman MBChB DCH MRCP FRCPCH
Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Dr Mark Furman
Paediatric Gastroenterologist MBChB DCH MRCP FRCPCH
Areas of expertise
- General gastroenterology
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Gastroscopy (OGD)
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Paediatric gastroenterology
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Golders Green Outpatients and Diagnostics Centre
Roman House, 296 Golders Green Road, Golders Green, London, NW11 9PY
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205-209 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5AH
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The Wellington Hospital Elstree Waterfront
The Waterfront Business Park, Beaufort House, Elstree Road , Elstree, WD6 3BS
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About Dr Mark Furman
GMC number: 4041429
Year qualified: 1991
Place of primary qualification: University of Cape Town
Dr Mark Furman is a Paediatric Gastroenterology Consultant, working as the clinical lead at the centre for paediatric gastroenterology at Royal Free, which is his NHS base since 2008. His main areas of interest are inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), coeliac disease, food allergy and eosinophilic oesophagitis. He also runs the IBD adolescent transition clinic at the Royal Free. He is currently working with NHS England to develop clinical pathways for paediatric gastroenterology in London.
Dr Furman qualified at the University of Cape Town in 1991. He moved to the UK in 1994 where he went on to specialise in paediatrics and paediatric gastroenterology in a sought-after national training programme through the main London paediatric gastroenterology centres, including Great Ormond Street Hospital, Barts and The London Hospital, King's College Hospital and The Royal Free Hospital. He researches and lectures on IBD at many international conferences and sits on several specialist committees in UK and in Europe.
Areas of expertise
- General gastroenterology
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Coeliac disease and constipation
- Coeliac disease and Crohn's disease
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Abdominal pain
- Gastroscopy (OGD)
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux
- Paediatric endoscopy and colonoscopy
- Paediatric gastroenterology
- Ulcerative colitis
- Food allergy and intolerance
- Feeding problems
- Impedance studies
- Breath tests
- pH studies
- Video capsule endoscopy
Frequently asked questions
What are the common symptoms that your patients tend to present with?
Few commonest symptoms for which patients come to see me are abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, blood in stool, reflux, nausea, regurgitation, difficult feeding and food reactions.
What are the treatments that you're able to offer your patients?
Assessment and diagnosis of a problem and implement appropriate treatment. Sometimes investigations are necessary and may include bloods tests, ultrasound, stool tests, x-ray, endoscopy, pH / impedance, breath tests and skin prick tests.
What are your areas of sub-specialist interest?
My subspecialist interests include coeliac disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux, eosinophilic oesophagitis, IBD, constipation, food allergy, IBS and paediatric endoscopy.
Professional memberships
Articles by Dr Mark Furman
Standard versus rapid food reintroduction after exclusive enteral nutritional therapy in paediatric Crohn's disease
Joint BSPGHAN and Coeliac UK guidelines for the diagnosis and management of coeliac disease in children
G6PC3 mutations are associated with a major defect of glycosylation: a novel mechanism for neutrophil dysfunction.
Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Results of the European Retrospective Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Registry (RetroPEER)
Real-life Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor Experience in More Than 500 Patients: High Co-immunosuppression Rates But Low Rates of Quantifying Treatment Response
Real-Life Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor Experience in > 500 Paediatric United Kingdom Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
Omeprazole for gastroesophageal reflux disease in the first 2 years of life: a dose-finding study with dual-channel pH monitoring
Enterotoxin-producing staphylococci cause intestinal inflammation by a combination of direct epithelial cytopathy and superantigen-mediated T-cell activation
There is good agreement between MR enterography and bowel ultrasound with regards to disease location and activity in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Improved Medical Treatment and Surgical Surveillance of Children and Adolescents with Ulcerative Colitis in the United Kingdom
Wireless capsule endoscopy in children: a study to assess diagnostic yield in small bowel disease in paediatric patients
Profound vitamin D deficiency in four siblings with Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome with homozygous CUBN mutation
The increasing prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases among Jewish adolescents and the sociodemographic factors associated with diagnosis