Brief Biography

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I’m called Udi by friends and staff, and Dr Udi by patients.  Udi is a shortened version of my first name Ehoud.

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Born in Israel to a Dutch mother and a Jewish Iraqi father, I  came to London in 1969   aged 8 with my parents and younger brother. My father, a journalist  had  a  10 month posting. My parents loved London and we stayed, becoming citizens in 1974. 

 

 I trained in Bristol University Medical School qualifying in 1984. At that time  junior doctors moved hospital frequently and I worked  in Plymouth, Taunton, Nottingham, and Derby. Passing my MRCP  exam in 1987 I became a  medical registrar in Peterborough and subsequently Leicester.

 

Unable to decide between Gastroenterology and Diabetes I did my MD in Newcastle on Glucose metabolism in Cirrhosis. For a while I got the research bug, and followed my MD with a Medical Research Council  clinical fellowship in Newcastle and Oxford Universities. But all my clever ideas turned to dust. 

A job came up in Northampton and I have been a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Northampton General Hospital  since 1995. For 5 of those years I was  Clinical  Director of General Medicine and A&E. For the last four years I have concentrated on clinical work and teaching dividing my time   between general medical emergency care, endoscopy including bowel cancer screening, and general gastroenterology.  I hope never to retire.

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My book on IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Answers at your finger tips, Class Health Publishing )  designed to help patients understand and self manage their condition was published in 2010. A second edition is available and has  been selected by the Reading Well  Agency for the Books on Prescription Scheme.