Andrew Goddard
consultant gastroenterologist
Sir Andrew Francis Goddard (born 8 November 1967) is a British consultant gastroenterologist. He was the president of the Royal College of Physicians of London from 2018 to 2022. His clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease, bowel cancer screening, iron deficiency anaemia, and Barrett's oesophagus.
Biography
Goddard was born on 8 November 1967 in Plymouth, Devon, England. He was educated at the City of London Freemen's School, a private school in Ashtead, Surrey. Goddard studied medicine at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1988, a Bachelor of Surgery (BChir) degree in 1990 and a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) degree in 1991. He undertook house officer rotations at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge before becoming a research fellow at the University of Nottingham in 1994. He was awarded a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree by the University of Cambridge in 1997. His MD involved research into the treatment of Helicobacter pylori, and his thesis was titled "Factors influencing antibiotic transfer across the gastric mucosa". Goddard became a consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Derby Hospital in 2002.
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