Prof David Silk

Career: gastroenterologist; lectr in med Dept of Med and Gastroenterology Bart's 1971-75, MRC Travelling fell and visiting assoc prof Univ of Calif San Francisco 1975-76, sr lectr and conslt Liver Unit KCL 1976-78, conslt physician Central Middx Hosp London 1978-, conslt physican St Marys Hosp London, prof of clinical nutrition ICSTM 2002-; conslt in private practice 1978-; appointed to Editorial Bd: Gut 1978, Jl of Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology 1985, Gastroenterology in Practice 1987, Clinical Nutrition, Jl of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Int Jl of Gastroenterology; chm Br Assoc of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) 1994-99 (tstee 2000-), pres Chelsea Clinical Soc 1996, currently chm Centre for Gastroenterology and Hepatology Princess Grace Hosp (chm Medical Advsy Ctee 1986-2002); British Soc of Gastroenterology Res Medal 1978, Arvid Wretlind lectr European Soc of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 1987, John Lennard Jones Medal BAPEN 1999, Nutricia Int Clinical Nutrician Award 2000; memb: European Soc of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, American Soc of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Assoc of Physicians; MRCS 1968, MD 1974, FRCP 1983 (MRCP)

Books and Publications: Nutritional Support in Hospital Practice (1983), Artificial Nutrition Support in Clinical Practice (1994), Coping with IBS (1997), Understanding Your IBS (1998); author of over 300 articles in learned jls