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About Dr Muhammad Nadeem Iftikhar
Personal Profile
Dr Iftikhar is a Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist with specialty interest in liver disease. He has vast experience in hepatology, gastroenterology, endoscopy, and medical education, with 20 years NHS experience.
His NHS practice is at the Northern Care Alliance Group in Manchester, with clinical duties mainly at The Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary and Fairfield General Hospital.
Dr Iftikhar is actively involved in the provision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology services at The Royal Oldham Hospital, including outpatient clinics, inpatient ward rounds, endoscopy lists, dedicated liver clinics and Fibro scans. He is an experienced upper GI and lower GI, JAG-accredited endoscopist.
He did further training with a bowel cancer screening team and was awarded the full JAG Bowel Cancer Screener accreditation.
Dr Iftikhar completed his specialist training in Health Education England - North West (HEE-NW) and completed a Liver Transplant fellowship at the Liver Unit of Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. He has been working in the North West since 2007.
He trained in world-renowned centres of liver transplant units and tertiary nutrition units of gastroenterology, including South Manchester University Hospital, Newcastle University Hospitals and Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Dr Iftikhar is an active Medical, Academic, and Clinical Educator accredited by the Royal College of Physicians London. He teaches and trains international gastroenterology trainees at Global Training Centre of Edge Hill University and final year medical students from the University of Manchester.
Dr Iftikhar also has interest in medical leadership and hospital management. He has been appointed as clinical director of Gastroenterology division including endoscopy and hepatology for Bury, Rochdale & Oldham at The Northern Care Alliance NHS foundation trust since 2024. He is passionate about delivering high standard quality service to patients & families.
Clinical Interests
- Upper GI endoscopy
- Therapeutic upper GI endoscopy
- Variceal and haemorrhoidal banding
- Botox injection
- Polypectomy/EMR
- Diagnostic gastroscopy
- Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Liver diseases
- Alcohol liver disease
- Fatty liver
- NAFLD/liver cirrhosis
- Advanced liver cirrhosis and its complications
- Hepatopulmonary syndrome
- Palliative care in end stage liver disease
- Portal hypertension
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Pre and post liver transplant care
- Fibro scan of liver
- General gastroenterology conditions
- Celiac disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Nutritional disorder
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Lifestyle advise for liver and IBS
- Dietary advice for obesity
- Eating disorders
- Bile salt malabsorption
- Diverticular disease
- Hepatocellular cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Well man/women clinic
- Medical mentor to junior doctors
- NHS career ambassador
Professional Memberships
- Royal College of Physicians London (RCP)
- British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)
- British Association for Study of Liver Disease (BASL)
- Society of Acute Medicine (SAM)
