Mo Thoufeeq: Course Director

Mo Thoufeeq is a Consultant Gastroenterologist with an interest in GI Endoscopy. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. He is an elected member of British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Endoscopy Clinical Research Committee. He is an active member of BSG Endoscopy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP) team and the joint national lead for UGIB. He is the Clinical Lead for South Yorkshire Integrated Care Systems (ICS).

He is a Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BSCP) accredited Colonoscopist and a faculty of Sheffield Endoscopy Training Centre.

He is very keen on training being a member of standard setting group of Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) Gastroenterology, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), UK. He offers a Fellowship Programme in EMR in Sheffield. He is involved with training internationally and will be BSG International Committee’s chair from 2023. He has run endoscopy courses in India, Malta and in Cairo.

Faculty Members

Dr Nilanga Nishad

is a GMC‑registered gastroenterologist with more than a decade of postgraduate experience in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He currently serves as an advanced endoscopy fellow at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, having previously worked at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and overseas experience in Sri Lanka in high volume centres. His clinical background includes extensive exposure to advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy in high‑volume tertiary centres.

He has a particular clinical and academic focus on acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). His hands‑on expertise spans emergency endoscopy, endoscopic haemostasis for peptic ulcer bleeding, variceal band ligation, cyanoacrylate injection for gastric varices, and the management of high‑risk patients in acute and high‑dependency settings. Working within 24‑hour GI bleeding services has equipped him with significant experience in complex UGIB care.

Dr Nishad is also an active trainer and faculty member in endoscopy, contributing to more than six national BSG EQUIP Sheffield UGIB courses and regularly mentoring trainees in OGD and colonoscopy. His research interests include endoscopy, UGIB outcomes, and evidence‑based approaches to gastrointestinal bleeding, supported by publications, presentations, and ongoing clinical audit work. He remains committed to high‑quality training and advancing standards in endoscopy and GI bleeding management.

Dr Hiba Suliman 

Dr Hiba Suliman is an ST7 Gastroenterology Speciality Trainee. She is particularly enthusiastic about endoscopy and has a growing special interest in the management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding as well as lower GI advanced endoscopic techniques include complex polypectomies. In addition to her clinical commitments, Hiba contributes to regional training and education through her role as a committee of the annual North West Gastroenterology Conference.

Dr Ruchit Sood

Dr Ruchit Sood is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds. He has an interest in all aspects of diagnostic and interventional luminal endoscopy, but particularly in the endoscopic management of Barrett’s oesophagus and early gastric cancer, colorectal endoscopic resection, and upper GI endoscopic ultrasound. After completing his medical degree from the University of Sheffield, Dr Sood undertook the major part of his gastroenterology training in Leeds, which included an advanced endoscopy fellowship, and the award of a Doctorate in Medicine research degree from the University of Leeds. He has a wide range of research interests, resulting in more than 50 peer-reviewed publications. He is currently the clinical lead for the regional Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, as well as for endoscopy governance and the gastrointestinal bleeding service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

Dr Sundas Hasan

Dr Sundas Hasan is a Post CCT Research Fellow in Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at Cleveland Clinic London. She completed her specialist training in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine in Leicester and is JAG-accredited in upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy.

Her clinical and research interests include upper gastrointestinal disorders, therapeutic endoscopy and the endoscopic management of GI bleeding. She is actively involved in endoscopy education and postgraduate medical training and has served as faculty on a number of endoscopy courses. Dr Hasan is also involved nationally with the British Society of Gastroenterology through the Supporting Women in Gastroenterology (SWiG) Committee and the Gastroduodenal Section Committee.

Dr Muhammad Shahrukh

Dr Shahrukh is a Gastroenterology Specialty Registrar within the East Midlands South Deanery, currently working at University Hospitals of Leicester. He has a strong interest in endoscopy, with a focus on developing expertise in advanced endoscopic techniques, particularly EUS. His clinical interests include luminal gastroenterology, hepatobiliary medicine, and therapeutic endoscopy.

Dr Gudveig Eike

Dr Imran Aziz

Dr Pradeep Mundre

Dr Kirthi Chenduran

Professor Anjan Dhar

Dr David Leonard

Dr David Leonard is an interventional Endoscopy research fellow at University College London Hospital. He is currently undergoing a PHD at University College London on the use of Endoscopic vacuum therapy for the treatment of transmural defects in the gastrointestinal tract.

Dr Sophia Than
Dr Than is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, a position held since 2020. Dr Than is independent with upper GI gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and polypectomy. She completed the Training the Colonoscopy Trainers (TCT) course in May 2026. She was an endoscopy training lead for the UHCW NHS Trust for 2 years.