Dr Noriko Suzuki trained in medicine at Osaka City University and completed her specialist training in Japan. She has been a member of staff at St Mark’s since 1998 and an honorary consultant specialist endoscopist since 2004.
Her specialist interests include the prevention, diagnosis and management of intestinal diseases using endoscopy. She has a particular interest in complex therapeutic endoscopy, such as endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).
Dr Suzuki is currently a NICE committee member for lower GI ESD and the technical lead of the BSG ESD interest group. She also has a strong relationship with the Japanese gastrointestinal society, as an international committee member of the Japanese Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Society and an international advisory member of the International Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Training Center in Kobe (I GET KOBE).
She has published over 70 papers, mainly in endoscopy journals such as Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Endoscopy. Her PhD was on “Flat neoplasms in Western and Japanese population”.
Areas of expertise
Gastroenterology
- Irritable bowel syndrome and food intolerance
- Coeliac disease
- Heartburn, acid reflux and indigestion
- Abdominal pain
- Constipation, diarrhoea and changes in bowel habit
- Travellers’ diarrhoea
- Inflammatory bowel disease: ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
- Weight loss and nutrition
- Gastrointestinal bleeding and positive qFIT test
- Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) test
- Lactose and fructose intolerance tests
- Anaemia
- Digestive tract cancer screening
Upper and lower diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Complex polyp removal by endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
- Stricture dilatation and stent insertion
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Feeding tubes (PEG/PEJ)
- Capsule endoscopy
