Professor David Sanders receives Outstanding Achievement Award for coeliac disease expertise
12 November 2024
Professor David Sanders has won the Complete Nutrition (CN) Magazine Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the nutrition industry.
David has played a leading role in supporting adult patients with coeliac disease at the specialist gastrointestinal unit at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
David’s work has been pivotal in helping advance understanding of the impact of gluten on lifestyles and health, and in 2019 the Sheffield centre was designated as an NHS England national centre for refractory coeliac disease, a rare type of coeliac disease.
In 2020 the multi award-winning unit was named a World Endoscopy Organisation Centre of Excellence, joining an elite rank of world-class endoscopy centres across the world.
The unit has also pioneered diagnosis and new treatments, resulting in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline recommendations for these patients. It also looks after the largest population of coeliac disease patients in the UK.
David has also been instrumental in the field of gastrostomy insertion (where a narrow tube is inserted through the belly to bring nutrition directly to the stomach) transforming practice through the creation of a scoring system. In addition, he actively promotes the role of dietitians, supporting their professional development through the establishment of the biennial GI Dietetic Meeting in 2017.
David’s research has also been key in supporting the management of patients with coeliac disease, and he led the first study assessing group clinics in coeliac disease which showed group clinics were as effective as one-to-one clinics and reduced dietetic resource by an estimated 54%.
Professor David Sanders, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Sheffield, said:
“Sheffield is a real leader in the clinical care of patients with coeliac disease, so I am delighted to have received this honour which recognises the excellent work of our team in delivering best patient care and innovation.”
Coeliac disease is a serious disease which causes the digestive system to work less effectively, damaging the gut and leading to a critical lack of nutrients in the body in severe cases.
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