Hans-Ulrich Laasch

Prof. Hans-Ulrich Laasch, Dr.med. MRCP FRCR

Following his undergraduate training and doctorate at the Albert-Einstein University in Ulm, Germany, Prof Laasch trained as a general physician in the UK, passing the board exam in general medicine (MRCP) in 1995, before training in radiology. After completing this and passing the board exam for radiology (FRCS) he undertook a 4-year fellowship in GI-intervention and interventional endoscopy, during which he was elected president of the Society of Radiologists in Training.

He was appointed as Head of Interventional Radiology at The Christie 2005-2018, was Clinical Director of Radiology 2006-2008 and now offers endoscopic procedures within radiology. As one of the national experts in GI stents, Prof Laasch is heavily involved in teaching and education through several international societies, he is a faculty member of the “Non-Technical Surgical Skills” programme of the Royal College of Surgeons, Treasurer of the British Society of Interventional Radiology and has contributed to a number of national guidelines.

Hans-Ulrich is a visiting professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at the University of Chester, honorary senior lecturer at Manchester University and is clinical director of Minnova Medical Foundation CIC, a not-for-profit company, which fundraises for research and education through teaching and collaboration with the device industry. The Foundation sponsors and collaborates in research programmes into device failure at Universities in Manchester and Prague. His clinical interests are procedures in the gastro-intestinal tract, including endoscopic stent procedures, biliary intervention, nutritional support procedures, biopsy and drainage and procedural sedation.

• Stent insertion in oesophagus, stomach, duodenum and colon Upper GI endoscopy
• Oesophageal stent removal and replacement
• Ballloon dilatation of strictures
• Feeding tube insertion, incl. naso-gastric tubes, gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy
• Percutaneous biliary drainage and biliary stent insertion Percutaneous insertion of kidney tubes (nephrostomy)
• Drainage of fluid collections, incl. tunnelled indwelling catheters into chest and abdomen
• Percutaneous biopsy of liver, kidney, lymph nodes and other organs Insertion of tunnelled central lines.