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Curriculum Vitae

Name Peter John FINCH

  • Marital status Married with three children
  • High School Hamilton, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
  • Medical School St. Thomas' Hospital, London  (20 year reunion picture)
  • Scholarships Rhodesian Government Scholarship, St. Thomas' Hospital Scholarship
  • Prizes Class prize, Rhodesian Young Scientists Exhibition, St. Thomas' Hospital Dermatology prize
Qualifications  
  • MBBS (Honours) 1980 University of London
  • MRCP (UK) 1983
  • MD 1988 University of London
  • FRCP 1996
  • Accreditation GIM and Gastroenterology 1991 RCP

Appointments

  • 01/08/80 - 31/01/81 House Physician to Dr C Bartley, M Webb Peploe and D Coltart, St. Thomas' Hospital
  • 01/02/81 - 31/07/81 House Surgeon to Mr H Hill and M Solan, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey
  • 01/08/81 - 31/07/82 Senior House Officer to Dr G Summers, R Taylor and C Booth, Kidderminster General Hospital, Worcestershire
  • 01/08/82 - 31/07/84 Medical Registrar to Dr S Brennan, C Hardisty and F Ryan, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
  • 01/08/84 - 14/06/86 Research Registrar to Dr F Ryan, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. Trent Regional Health Authority research grant.
  • 15/06/86 - 30/11/87 Gastroenterology Registrar to Dr I Gilmore and A Morris, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool
  • 01/12/87 - 07/03/92 Lecturer in Medicine, Department of Biochemical Medicine and Senior Medical Registrar to Prof. T Northfield and Dr J Maxwell, St. George's Hospital, London, and Dr D Holdstock, Ashford General Hospital, Middlesex
  • 08/03/92 - Present Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, St Peter's Hospital NHS Trust, Chertsey
Experience
 

Clinical

I introduced open access endoscopy, which has been welcomed by local General Practitioners, shortly after my arrival at St Peters Hospital in March 1992 and formalised an open access endoscopy system in September 1993. I have seen a significant rise in the referral rate to the hospital with repatriation of a number of referral practices including significant Fund Holding GP workload. I currently receive an average of 2100 new GP referrals each year.

I have also introduced a number of non-endoscopic investigations including breath Hydrogen testing, 13C breath urea testing, and oesophageal function testing including oesophageal manometry with 24 hour pH testing, and solid state biliary manometry. In collaboration with the Nuclear Medicine Physician, I have introduced SeHCAT scanning to assess bile salt homeostasis and TcHMPAO white cell scanning.
 

Administration/Committees

I was responsible for implementing a computerised discharge summary system in the Medical CMU (Aries), and have since developed my own computerised system and PAS interface (PASINT) to facilitate both inpatient and outpatient secretarial work, as well as allowing acquisition of diagnostic and other data for audit, research and retrieval purposes.

I represent the Medical CMU on the Blood Transfusion and the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee. I represent the Hospital Consultants on the Information Strategy Group.
 

Teaching

I am responsible for training a (Calman) Specialist Registrar and the post is recognised by the Regional Monospeciality Subcommittee for Gastroenterology as suitable for training to a level of year 4/5 (in view of specialised ERCP training experience available). I teach on the SHO and HO protected teaching timetable and also on the MRCP teaching course at St Peters. I have elective medical students allocated to my firm for teaching for most of the year.
 
Research - MD thesis

I spent two years at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, supported by Sheffield Gastric Cancer Research fund and a Trent Regional Health Authority research grant performing the work for an MD thesis entitled "Lactic Dehydrogenase and beta-Glucuronidase in the human stomach, with special reference to gastric cancer" which was awarded by the University of London in August 1988.

This involved measurement of tissue enzymes from resected stomachs and grading histopathology and also testing 450 patients from a general endoscopy population in order to evaluate this technique as a screening test for gastric cancer and in order to identify a group at increased risk from gastric cancer. I also investigated vital dye staining of stomachs both in resected stomachs and at endoscopy in order to localise and quantify intestinal metaplasia.
 

Original papers

  • Quayle AR. Finch P. Rogers K. Cystadenoma of the pancreas--an unusual presentation. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 11(1):51-4, 1985 Mar.
  • Tayler D, Finch P, Vincent R. Linear phase filtering - a new approach to distortion free electrocardiograms. In: Computers in cardiology IEEE 1985; pp283-6.
  • Finch PJ. Rogers K. Williams GT. Beta-glucuronidase, LDH and LDH isoenzyme levels and screening for gastric cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 12(3):253-6, 1986 Sep.
  • Finch P, Tayler D. Data capture for Fourier analysis. Electronics and Wireless World 1987; 93: 323-4.
  • Finch PJ. Ryan FP. Rogers K. Holt S. Gastric enzymes as a screening test for gastric cancer. Gut. 28(3):319-22, 1987 Mar.
  • Finch PJ, Gilmore IT. A multi-user personal computer endoscopy unit filing system. In: Computers in Gastroenterology, Vicary FR (Ed), Springer Verlag, London Berlin Heidelberg New York 1988; ch 8: pp51-6.
  • Finch PJ. Ransford R. Hill-Smith A. Thromboembolism and air travel [letter]. Lancet. 2(8618):1025, 1988 Oct 29.
  • Finch PJ. Rogers K. Holt S. Carcinoma of breast presenting as gastric cancer: diagnosis by immunoperoxidase staining patterns. Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 34(4):225-6, 1989 Aug.
  • Finch PJ. BASEX - a BASIC extension language. Your Commodore 1989; April: 58-59, 67-72.
  • Finch PJ, Belstead J. Impact of Heathrow Airport on a District General Hospital. Travel Medicine Int 1989:150-2.
  • Finch PJ. Fallowfield ME. A non-parametric grading system for intestinal metaplasia: correlations with gastric tissue enzymes. Journal of Pathology. 158(4):297-301, 1989 Aug.
  • Finch PJ. Haddock J. Grundy A. Duodenal pseudotumour: a silent impacted common bile duct calculus. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 65(768):794-6, 1989 Oct.
  • Finch PJ. Millard FJ. Maxwell JD. Risk of tuberculosis in immigrant Asians: culturally acquired immunodeficiency? Thorax. 46(1):1-5, 1991 Jan.
  • Finch PJ, Millard FJC, Maxwell JD. Risk of tuberculosis in immigrant Asians - Culturally acquired immunodeficiency? Thorax 1991: 46; 544 (letter).
  • Finch PJ. Ang L. Colston KW. Nisbet J. Maxwell JD. Blunted seasonal variation in serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D and increased risk of osteomalacia in vegetarian London Asians. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 46(7):509-15, 1992 Jul.
  • Finch PJ. Ang L. Eastwood JB. Maxwell JD. Clinical and histological spectrum of osteomalacia among Asians in south London. Quarterly Journal of Medicine. 83(302):439-48, 1992 Jun.
  • Petroni ML. Jazrawi RP. Ahmed HA. Finch PJ. Dormandy J. Northfield TC. Cholesterol nucleation time measurement in nasobiliary or nasoduodenal bile. Comparison with surgical bile. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 28(9):803-8, 1993 Sep.
  • Seal EC. Creagh MF. Finch PJ. Gallstone ileus: a new role for abdominal computed tomography. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 71(835):313-5, 1995 May.

Presentations and Abstracts

  • Jahn-Teller distortion in transition metal ligand fields. Finch PJ. Rhodesian Young Scientist Exhibition, Salisbury 1973. Awarded First Prize in section 1, class D.
  • Estimation of LDH and beta-glucuronidase in gastric juice as a routine screening test for gastric cancer - a preliminary communication. Finch PJ, Ryan FP, Rogers K, Holt S. British Society of Gastroenterology, Liverpool 1984. Abstract: Gut 1984; 25: A1187.
  • A simple computer filing system for endoscopy records. Finch PJ. North of England Gastroenterology Society, Manchester 1985.
  • Multi-channel ambulatory ST segment mapping. Tayler D, Finch P, Vincent R. Biological Engineering Society, Cambridge 1985
  • Linear phase filters for improved electrocardiographic signal processing. Tayler D, Finch P, Vincent R. Biological Engineering Society, Cambridge 1985
  • Gastric enzymes in the assessment of gastritis. Finch PJ. Gastritis Symposium, Sheffield 1985.
  • Variations in tissue enzyme levels in relation to gastric cancer. Finch PJ, Rogers K, Williams GT. British Society of Gastroenterology, Lancaster 1986. Abstract: Gut 1986; 27: A633.
  • A multi-user PC endoscopy filing system. Finch PJ, Gilmore IT. Computers in Gastroenterology, London 1987.
  • Increased risk of TB among Hindu Asians in London: an effect of vegetarianism and vitamin D? Finch PJ, Millard FJC, Maxwell JD. Medical Research Society, Leeds 1989. Abstract: Clin Sci 1989; 21: 9.
  • Vegetarian diet is the major risk factor for osteomalacia in London Asians. Finch PJ, Ang L, Colston K, Maxwell JD. ASBMR/ICCRH joint meeting, Montreal 1989. Abstract: J Bone and Mineral Research 1989; 4: S158.
  • Review of Asian TB in S.W. London over 15 years - effect of ethnicity, migration and time trends. Finch PJ, Millard FJC, Maxwell JDM. Clinical Infection Society, Liverpool 1989.
  • Goggin PM, Ahmed H, Hawkins EA, Marrero JM, Finch PJ, Corbishley CM, Northfield TC. Gastric juice urea as a diagnostic test of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. British Society of Gastroenterology, Warwick 1990. Abstract: Gut 1990; 31: A600.
  • Goggin PM, Marrero JM, Jazrawi RP, Finch PJ, Yu CW, Northfield TC. Effect of Campylobacter pylori on gastric mucosal hydrophobicity in man. Physiology Society London 1990. Abstract: J Physiol 1990; 422: 85P.
  • Medical audit of gastro-intestinal bleeding. Finch PJ, Northfield TC. South West Thames Gut Club, July 1990. Awarded first prize and travel bursary.
  • A simple questionnaire as a method of reducing workload from open access endoscopy. Marrero JM, Jazrawi RP, Goggin PM, Finch PJ, Northfield TC. British Society of Gastroenterology, Southampton 1990. Abstract: Gut 1990; 31: A1205.
  • Audit of two firms using computerised discharge summaries. Finch PJ. 40th Workshop in Clinical Decision Systems, Royal College of Physicians, April 1991.
  • Vitamin D receptors can be measured in endoscopic duodenal biopsies. Finch PJ, King J, And L, Maxwell JD. First United European Gastroenterology Week, Athens September 1992. Abstract: Hellenic J Gastroenterol 1992; 5: 82.
  • Duodenal Vitamin D Receptor concentration and bone density after polya gastrectomy. Medical Research Society, London November 1992. Abstract: Clin Sci 1992; 83: 11P
  • Bone density and efferent loop duodenal vitamin D receptor concentration after polya gastrectomy. Finch PJ, Ang L, King J, Maxwell JD. Abstract: J Endocrinol 1992; 135: 107P

 

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