Dr Luke Tyson

MA MB BChir MRCP(UK) PhD

Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist

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Profile

Dr Tyson qualified from the University of Cambridge in 2011. He undertook his higher specialty training in the North West Thames region. As well as his medical degrees, he has completed a PhD with Imperial College London. Dr Tyson has published widely and has won a variety of competitive bursaries and prizes. Dr Tyson is on the Specialist Register for Gastroenterology with a sub-specialty in Hepatology. Currently, Dr Tyson is a Consultant Hepatologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Dr Tyson works cross-trust as a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at Northwick Park and St Mark’s hospitals. Dr Tyson is interested in all aspects of hepatology, as well as general gastroenterology including irritable bowel syndrome and its mimics. He has a particular interest in steatotic (‘fatty’) liver diseases. Dr Tyson has an active research interest in alcohol-related liver disease, and leads the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease service at Northwick Park and St Mark’s. Dr Tyson is an experienced endoscopist and performs upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy (colonoscopy) for a range of gastrointestinal disorders.

Specialties

Hepatology
Liver disease
Fatty liver disease
Steatotic liver disease
Metabolic liver disease
Alcoholic liver disease

Recent publications

In severe alcohol-related hepatitis, acute kidney injury is prevalent, associated with mortality independent of liver disease severity, and can be predicted using IL-8 and micro-RNAs

Tyson LD, Atkinson S, Hunter RW, Allison M, Austin A, Dear JW, Forrest E, Liu T, Lord E, Masson S, Nunes J, Richardson P, Ryder SD, Wright M, Thursz M, Vergis N. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Dec;58(11-12):1217-1229. doi: 10.1111/apt.17733. Epub 2023 Oct 2. PMID: 37781965; PMCID: PMC10946848.

Liver cancer: screening, diagnosis and management

Qurashi M, Vithayathil M, Corrigall D, Tyson LD, Sharma R. The Pharmaceutical J. 02/05/2023; https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/ld/liver-cancer-screening-diagnosis-and-management

Acamprosate may be safer than baclofen for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in patients with cirrhosis: a first description of use in real-world clinical practice.

Tyson LD, Cheng A, Kelleher C, Strathie K, Lovendoski J, Habtemariam Z, Lewis H. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 May 1;34(5):567-575. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002304. PMID: 35421022.

How I treat… alcohol-related liver disease.

Tyson LD, Lewis H. Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Jan;19(1):43-46. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-1-43. PMID: 30651244; PMCID: PMC6399631.

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Governance

I am registered with all major insurers and I am fee assured.

A 30-minute new outpatient appointment is charged at £290.

An in-clinic FibroScan (a non-invasive test for liver fat and fibrosis/ scarring) is charged at £350.

A follow up appointment is charged at £190.

Longer appointments for complex cases or second opinions are available.

I have full medical & professional indemnity with The Medical Defense Union. 

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