Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, University Hospital Southampton. UNITED KINGDOM

Professor Mark  Beattie is a Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist in Southampton and the lead for the regional service. His main clinical and research interests include the Nutritional Management of Chronic Disease, particularly Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

He has published widely in the area of Paediatric Gastroenterology, and he is the author of multiple revision texts and the Oxford Handbook of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. He was President of the British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition from 2010-3 and Editor in Chief of Archives of Disease in Childhood, BMJ Publishing Group from 2012-7. He is currently Chair of the RCPCH College Specialty Advisory Committee for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Editor in Chief of BMJ Open Gastroenterology and Frontline Gastroenterology, BMJ Publishing Group.