Peter Thatcher MBBS, MRCPI

Peter Thatcher Quick Facts

My name is Peter Thatcher, WebMD and Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist in the UK (my GMC number is 4027885). I thought you might like to know about me, my story and the inspiration I got to create my website www.ibs-help-online.com.  

First I trained as a doctor. In September 1988, I attended my first day at King’s College school of Medicine and Dentistry. Looking back on it, that was such an exciting, but totally scary day. How those pre-clinical years passed, it really was in the ‘blink of an eye’.

My clinical training started, my first day at King’s College Hospital in London. I donned the mandatory white coat at the time and went to my first ward, a cardiology ward of all places! The consultant met us for teaching, a very scary moment and one I will never forget. My first patient was a patient with heart disease. I was asked to listen to their chest, I didn’t have a clue at the time what I was looking for, but later realised they had a heart murmur and since then, well let's just say I’ve heard a lot of heart murmurs since then! I spent three happy years learning clinical medicine at King’s and hospitals affiliated, until that one amazing day which was to totally change my life. That day was the 12th July 1993, this was the day I could finally call myself a doctor!

I completed my junior doctor years at hospitals in and around London. I then went on to gain my membership exams so that I could apply for specialist training in General Medicine and Gastroenterology. I achieved this and was appointed to the South West Thames gastroenterology training program and subsequently the South East too. My training took me through many excellent hospitals in and around London including the world famous institutions, St Thomas’s and Guy’s Hospital’s when I worked for Sir Richard Thompson KCVO DM FRCP, Emeritus Consultant Gastroenterologist and Queen's Physician. During this time I learnt so much and I will always be eternally grateful to all those who have taught me.

Since then I have been a UK consultant myself and have never looked back. I have also become a Web MD.

So why did I create an Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS help site you may ask? Well, it's such a common condition affecting up to 25% of the western population at some point in their lives so I thought it would appeal to all. I don't think it’s very well catered for and I wanted to try and correct that. Building a site where sufferers can exchange views as well as seeking medical advice seemed a good balance to me. On the site I also provide online medical advice ALL GENERAL MEDICAL PROBLEMS so its a unique combination to suit all! I hope you like it!

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