Sean Weaver MA, PhD, FRCP

Dr Weaver trained at the University of Oxford and graduated in 1993. He completed his postgraduate training in Cambridge, Sydney and finally the “Wessex” registrar rotation. He completed a PhD in intestinal inflammation at the University of Bath in 2001 which is the basis of a strong clinical interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Dr Weaver was appointed as a consultant at The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals in 2005. He is lead of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service and supports the nutrition service. He has a specialist endoscopy interest in colonoscopy being a national trainer and an accredited Bowel Cancer Screener. With his colleagues he looks after the broad range of gastrointestinal conditions.

He has a research portfolio being the principal investigator on a number of gastrointestinal trials and regularly presents at national and international meetings. He is also now clinical director of the medical directorate of The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals.