Dr Alberto Murino

About

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  Dr Alberto Murino is a Consultant Gastroenterologist, Gastrointestinal Endoscopist, luminal gastroenterologist and Honorary Associate Professor. He has a special interest in diagnostic and advanced therapeutic endoscopy, including endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) and small bowel capsule endoscopy. His practice covers such areas as general gastroenterology, including irritable bowel syndrome, dyspepsia, gastroesophageal reflux, coeliac disease and gastrointestinal dysmotility disorders, colonic and gastric lesions management, small bowel diseases and bloating.
  
  Dr Murino qualified in Medicine and surgery in Italy becoming a specialist in gastroenterology and gastrointestinal endoscopy (MRCP gastro equivalent) in 2009, achieving 60/60 cum laudae.
  Between 2010 to 2014 he completed three prestigious research fellowships in gastroenterology with a special focus in advance endoscopy in three internationally renowned Institutions:
  
  1. Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy. St. Mark’s Institute and Academic Centre, Imperial College, London. May 2010 – September 2012
  
  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Hepato-Pancreatology, and Digestive Oncology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. October 2012 – November 2013
  
  3. Department of Gastroenterology. Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology. Nagoya University Hospital. Nagoya, Japan. December 2013-July 2014
  
  He then worked as Consultant Gastroenterologist in Italy until 2016 when he finally joined the Gastroenterology department at the Royal Free Hospital becoming a permanent consultant.
  Dr Alberto Murino is Honorary Associate Professor at UCL and has authored more than 30 peer reviewed publications on international gastroenterology journals. He is a member of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), British society of Gastroenterology and Italian Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (SIED). He is a reviewer of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal and Endoscopy Journal.
  
  He is part of the educational committee of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE).
  
  He was awarded with a research prize during UEG Week 2014 for a research project developed during his fellowship in Japan: Oral Free Paper Prize UEG Week 2014. Poster in the spothlight “Effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasonography during double balloon enteroscopy for suspected small bowel tumors.” Murino A, et al. UEG Week, Vienna, October 2014.
  
  Dr Alberto Murino is co-director of a large international endoscopy congress: the Royal Free International Advanced Endoscopy Masterclass and he has attended several national and international congresses as faculty member.

• Clinical interests icon plus

  • OGD
  • Colonoscopy
  • Flexisigmoidoscopy
  • Enteroscopy
  • Capsule endoscopy
  • Endoscopic dilatation
  • Endoscopic resection
  • PEG insertion
  • Reflux disease
  • Dyspepsia
  • Diarrhoea