David S Sanders

David S Sanders is a Professor of Gastroenterology and a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital & the University of Sheffield, UK. He has over 400 peer reviewed papers. Internationally recognised for his work in celiac disease and gluten related disorders. Recipient of research awards: European Rising Star Award, Cuthbertson Medal (and Silver Medal (the latter two awards from the UK Nutrition Society), Swedish Gastroenterology Society Bengt Ihre Medal and most recently the British Society for Gastroenterology (BSG) Hopkins prize for Endoscopy . Coeliac UK Healthcare Professional of the Year Award (2010. He is the current Chair of the Coeliac UK Health Advisory Council. Previous roles include chair of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Small Bowel and Nutrition Section (2006-2012), BSG Audit Committee (2010-2013), BSG Council Member (2016-19), President of the International Society for the Study of Coeliac Disease 2015-2019 (ISSCD) and Board Member of the European Society for study of Celiac Disease (ESsCD) from 2017-2020. The Sheffield Unit has recently been designated as the UK National Centre for Refractory Coeliac Disease (2019) and a World Endoscopy Organisation GI Centre of Excellence (2020).