The National Gastric Balloon Centre Team

Dr John Mason  MD FRCP                                      Medical Director
John is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Trafford General Hospital (part of the Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust), where he is also Medical Director. With a personal series well in excess of 10,000 upper GI endoscopies, he was the ideal choice to both place the majority of our balloons and also train other practitioners who join the Centre throughout the UK. As the NGBC’s Medical Director, he is also responsible for overseeing all medical matters that arise within the Centre throughout the UK, including clinical governance, training, research, and our on-going medical audit.

Grant Nickson  BSc(hons)                                       NHS Liaison Manager
Grant has recently joined us to work alongside Phillip in developing the Centre’s relationship with the National Health Service. He has a long and proven track record in liaising between pharmaceutical companies and the NHS at regional level. It is this expertise and experience that he will now bring to raising awareness of the stomach balloon within NHS management.

Carole Kelly                                                  Senior Patient Liaison Officer
Carole is highly experienced in the day to day routine follow-up and mentoring of patients following balloon placement. She is in very regular contact with all our patients and provides them with much needed encouragement and valuable advice on how to get the most from their balloon. She and her team are the very cornerstone of the continuing success of the NGBC’s distance Balloon programme.