Steve Pereira studied science and medicine at University of New South Wales, Sydney, with postgraduate training in gastroenterology and hepatology mainly at Guy’s and King’s College hospitals, London and advanced endoscopy training in Paris, Amsterdam and Indianapolis. He has been a consultant at University College Hospital since 2000, and is also a Reader in Hepatology and Gastroenterology at University College London and an honorary consultant at the Royal Free Hospital.
His clinical and research interests centre on the causes, early diagnosis and treatment of liver and pancreatic cancer, as well as benign biliary and pancreatic diseases. These conditions represent a significant number of patients referred for specialist opinion to UCLH, and the activity of the research group is linked closely with the clinical hepatopancreaticobiliary service at UCLH and the Royal Free. He is currently Chairman of the British Society of Gastroenterology Pancreatic Section, previous Chairman of the North-East Thames Gastroenterology Training Committee and past President of the Pancreatic Society of GB&I. He also serves on the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Education Committee and the British Society of Gastroenterology Council.