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Dr Palani Sathish Babu

Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist

MBBS, FRCP

Practises at: The Lincoln Hospital

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Personal profile

Dr Babu qualified from Madras University, India in 1991. Further to his post-graduation in General Medicine In India, he trained comprehensively in General Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Yorkshire. He has since been a full time Consultant in Gastroenterology from 2003, moving to Lincoln in 2012 from Scarborough.

Dr Babu is a full time Consultant at Lincoln County Hospital as well as running a private practice from The Lincoln Hospital. He has a keen interest in education and has held posts as Royal College Tutor, Foundation Training Programme Director, Lead for Upper GI Cancer and Service Lead for Medicine and Endoscopy.

Clinical interests

  • Liver disease
  • IBD
  • Nutrition
  • Dyspepsia
  • Heartburn
  • Upper and lower gastrointestinal problems
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI procedures, including dilatation, treatment of bleeding ulcers and varices
  • Polypectomy including endoscopic mucosal resection, ERCP and capsule endoscopy

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
  • British Society of Gastroenterology
  • British Medical Association
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