Our expert liver team
Our consultant hepatologists are experts at assessing, diagnosing and treating even the most complex liver conditions.

Our multidisciplinary approach
Our multidisciplinary team meets regularly to discuss the best approach to complex cases, including patients with cancer or chronic conditions. These meetings are attended by a broad range of medical experts, including specialised surgeons, hepatologists, radiologists, oncologists, histopathologists, gastroenterologists and other healthcare professionals.
Our hospital is unique within the private sector for the clinical diversity and quantity of specialists it employs, which allows our hepatology patients to benefit from the finest, most informed treatment plans.
Our consultant hepatologists
Our hepatologists and hepatobiliary surgeons assess, diagnose and treat conditions relating to the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts and pancreas. All are highly experienced, having trained at the UK’s leading NHS teaching hospitals. Collectively they deliver innovative and state-of-the-art treatment for liver conditions, including robotic surgery.
Our transplant surgeons
Liver transplant procedures are carried out by world-renowned surgeons Mr Wayel Jassem and Professor Nigel Heaton, who are both Consultant Surgeons at King's College Hospital NHS Trust.
Mr Jassem trained in General Surgery at the University of Ancona, Italy; in Kidney Transplantation at the Nuffield Department of Surgery, Oxford University; and in Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at King's College Hospital.
Professor Heaton qualified as a doctor at King's College Hospital, before training as a General Surgeon with a special interest in adult and paediatric liver disease.
Our supporting team
Our consultant hepatologists and hepatobiliary surgeons deliver world-leading care with the support of our dedicated clinical staff.
Transplant Coordinator
Oscar Martin, Transplant Coordinator, is pivotal in assessing patients both pre- and post-transplant, as well as organising and managing the logistics of their procedure.
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Our clinical nurse specialists hold an advanced understanding of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tree and pancreas, allowing them to provide expert care for our patients.
Physiotherapists
For patients who have received a liver transplant, our physiotherapists play an important role in recovery and rehabilitation post-procedure.
Dietitians
Our expert dietitians provide personalised dietary and lifestyle advice to help patients manage their liver condition.
Clinical interests: Hepatobiliary disease, interventional endoscopy
Languages spoken: English
Clinical interests: Endoscopy, dyspepsia, inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease, bowel cancer screening
Languages spoken: English/Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu
Clinical interests: Endoscopy, bowel disturbance, liver disease, pancreas and biliary disease.
Languages spoken: Arabic/English
Prof Adam Frampton
/ Consultant General & Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgeon
General surgery, General, Hepatobiliary, Upper GI surgery
Clinical interests: Removal of skin ‘lumps and bumps’ (e.g. lipoma, sebaceous cysts, skin tags, abscess drainage); Gallstone disease (Open/laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) with on-table cholangiography, Open/laparoscopic common bile duct (CBD) exploration and clearance, Completion cholecystectomy (previously abandoned elsewhere), Repair of bile duct injuries/biliary reconstruction); Groin and abdominal wall hernia repair (e.g. inguinal, femoral, umbilical, incisional, recurrent); Management of acute and chronic pancreatitis (multidisciplinary and multimodal approach); Pancreatic pathology (benign/malignant) e.g. Pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic cystic lesions (Open/laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy, Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple's procedure/PPPD), Total pancreatectomy and splenectomy, Central pancreatectomy); Biliary and liver pathology (benign/malignant) (e.g. gallbladder polyps, hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal liver metastases, biliary-tract cancers (gallbladder, ampullary, cholangiocarcinoma), liver cysts, liver adenoma, focal nodular hyperplasia), Open/laparoscopic liver resection (hepatectomy); Splenectomy for haematological malignancies; Excisional biopsy, including groin and axillary lymph nodes; Diagnostic laparoscopy to investigate abdominal symptoms; Duodenal pathology (e.g. gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), duodenal adenoma/cancer); Management of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) such as small bowel/carcinoid and pancreatic, as well as metastatic disease to the liver; Robotic surgery; Multimodal treatment to increase the resectability of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and colorectal liver metastases; Assessment of acute abdominal problems and emergency surgery (e.g. laparoscopic appendicectomy for appendicitis, abscess drainage, treatment of bowel obstruction/bowel perforation); Surgical oncology
Languages spoken: English
Professor Nigel Heaton
/ Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, Liver transplantation
Clinical interests: Living donor transplantation, complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, liver transplantation.
Languages spoken: English
Clinical interests: General hepatology, liver transplantation
Languages spoken: English/French
Clinical interests: Complex hepatobiliary surgery.
Languages spoken: Arabic/English/Italian
Clinical interests: Leading the minimum invasive liver and pancreatic surgery in the UK and internationally, and open surgery for advanced pancreatic and liver cancers, having performed the largest number of laparoscopic and Robotic pancreatic and liver operation in the UK, including the 1st Robotic Whipple’s operation in the UK and Malaysia, and 1st synchronous liver resection. Described a number of new techniques for pancreatic and liver operations such as non-touch technique for pancreatic cancer surgery (JAMA Surg 14), pancreatic anastomosis following resection -LVPJ (Arch Surg 11) and LPG (HBNS 16), and rapid induction of liver regeneration prior to major liver resection -RALPPS (Ann Surg 15; Cancers 19).
Languages spoken: Chinese/English
Dr David Sherman
/ Consultant Physician, Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, Hepatobiliary, Inflammatory bowel disease
Clinical interests: All aspects of liver and biliary/pancreatic disease. Endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, dyspepsia, Helicobacter, irritable bowel syndrome.
Languages spoken: English
Clinical interests: Upper and lower gastrointestinal cancer, gastro-oesophageal reflux, Barrett's Oesophagus, bowel screening, IBS, Crohn’s and colitis, pancreas and hepatobiliary disorders. Procedures including endoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, EUS, EMR/ESD, capsule endoscopy, oesophageal manometry and pH studies.
Languages spoken: English/Punjabi/Urdu
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