Dr Christopher Clarke

I am a fellowship-trained Consultant Radiologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK) specialising in abdominal, oncologic and emergency imaging.  I am skilled in ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT and MRI imaging, and sub-specialise in imaging and intervention of the GI tract. My expertise includes bowel imaging, CT colonography, liver MRI, long-term drains, nephrostomies, central venous access, gastrostomies and oesophageal, duodenal and colonic stenting. I am also an Honorary (Clinical) Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham School of Medicine.

I completed my medical training at the University of Leicester and clinical radiology training at Nottingham University Hospitals, followed by a one-year fellowship in GI imaging at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. I am a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and on the General Medical Council specialist register.

As gastrointestinal radiology research lead at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust I contribute to national research projects & UK-wide guideline development. I am a member of the National Imaging Research Delivery Working Group for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). My research interests include CT colonography, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and inflammatory bowel disease. In 2022, I was awarded the prestigious Royal College of Radiologists Robert and Elma Kemp Harper Prize for the best research paper on gastrointestinal radiology published in the journal ‘Clinical Radiology’.

I am passionate about the advancement of abdominal radiology nationally, serving as treasurer of British Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (BSGAR) from 2020-2024, and local meeting president for the BSGAR 2021 and 2022 virtual annual meetings. I am regularly invited to speak nationally and internationally on gastrointestinal radiology. I have written multiple medical textbooks including ‘Chest X-rays for Medical Students’, listed on numerous university reading lists across the UK in both medicine and radiography, and ‘Abdominal X-rays for medical students’, which was highly commended at the 2016 BMA medical book award. I have also authored a medical physics textbook, which is featured on recommended reading lists including the Society of Radiologists in Training & The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists.

I undertake private work at Spire Nottingham Hospital and you can reach out to me via my profile: https://www.spirehealthcare.com/consultant-profiles/dr-christopher-clarke-c7046233/

His research interests include hepatocellular carcinoma, AI in bowel imaging and supporting other specialties with clinical research predominantly focused on the hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal systems. He enjoys web development and graphic design, and is keen to help trainees get the most out of clinical radiology training.