Dr Mayhead provides the following treatments and procedures at Benenden Hospital.
Used when your food pipe (oesophagus), stomach, or top part of the small intestine need to be looked at. This involves putting the endoscope camera down the throat.
An endoscopy can be used to help treat a digestive tract problem or diagnose polyps, which can be removed to prevent the development of colon cancer.
A procedure to look inside the lower part of the large intestine using a sigmoidoscope; a long, thin flexible tube with a light and camera at the end.
A colonoscopy can check what's causing your bowel symptoms by looking at the lining of your rectum and colon using a long, flexible tube called a colonoscope.
Our Liver Scanning Ultrasoundhas combined exciting new developments in conventional ultrasound with software that measures liver stiffness and fatty deposits.
I have been a consultant Gastroenterologist for 12 years. I've worked in Australia during my training and have undertaken specialist training in the Southeast of England.
I have been an accredited Bowel Cancer Screener (BCSP) for six years and am an examiner for the national BCS programme.
I undertake a wide range of endoscopic procedures, including gastroscopy and colonoscopy, therapeutics and polypectomy and small bowel and colon capsule endoscopy. I have also been an independent biliary endoscopist treating bile duct gallstones and obstructive liver problems (ERCP).
I've been a consultant in Sussex for the last 11 years and have recently relocated my medical practice to the Kent area.
I have a friendly and proactive approach to managing GI and liver-related conditions and am happy to spend time working through a diagnostic problem to provide an explanation and management plan for the individual patient that gives an answer and peace of mind.
