Dr Samir Vyas

Dr Samir Vyas is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist practicing at New Hall Hospital in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Having trained in the UK, Canada and Australia, he was appointed as consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust in 1997-2019. He was awarded a prestigious research training fellowship from the British Digestive Foundation for research in the cell biology of liver fibrosis leading to a Doctorate of Medicine in 1997 and was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians London in 2002. He holds membership and has served on national training committees for the British Society of Gastroenterology, the British Association of Studies of the Liver and on council for the Pancreatic Society of GB & Ireland. As the clinical lead for gastroenterology/endoscopy at New Hall Hospital, he successfully led their national Joint Advisory Group for endoscopy accreditation. Through detailed history taking, examination and investigations an experienced specialist can diagnose and treat patients with Coeliac Disease and a spectrum of Inflammatory Bowel Disease such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's disease. He also manages patients with irritable bowel syndrome, peptic ulcer disease, hiatus hernia, acid reflux, liver and pancreato-biliary disease, upper and lower GI cancers and colorectal polyps. He has a special interest in liver disease and preventing cancers in the oesophagus, stomach and colon, through screening targeted populations at higher risk and for colonic polyps in the general population. He was the lead Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopist in the Bath Swindon Wiltshire area from 2009-2019. He is an experienced trainer in all mainstream forms of diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy, colonoscopy as well as ERCP for the management of hepatobiliary or pancreatic disease. 

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2002–2008
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universitat de Barcelona

2. 2008–2012
   Residency · Gastroenterology

   Universitat de Barcelona

1. 2012-09–2013-08
   Junior consultant

   Universitat de Barcelona Teaching Hospital — Gastroenterology

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Selected publications

1. Validation of clinical scoring in Gastroenterology

   Dr Samir Vyas, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2026

   DOI: 10.9943/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 196

2. Long-term follow-up of Gastroenterology across

   Dr Samir Vyas, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.5529/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 14

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