Miss Harriet Owen is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at The London Clinic. Her specialist interests include Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Colorectal Cancer, Diverticular Disease and Proctological conditions including Anal Fistula, Haemorrhoids, Fissure, plus Colonoscopy. She has been an NHS Consultant since 2016 at St George’s Hospital London, where she is the Lead for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Intestinal Failure Surgery.
She attended University College London Medical School; her junior doctor surgical training was at Northwick Park and St. Mark’s Hospitals. She stayed on at St. Mark’s Hospital, the National Bowel Hospital, for research, where these were on Anal Fistula disease, jointly with St Thomas’ Hospital, London, gaining an MSc (Master of Science) and MD(Res), Medical Doctorate for Research. She has been a Peer Reviewer for the Colorectal Disease Journal, Royal Society of Medicine, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. Her research interests continue in Anal Fistula, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Intestinal Failure at St. George’s Hospital and linked with St Mark’s Hospital where she is an Honorary Consultant Surgeon.
Miss Owen undertook higher surgical training in South West Thames. Following completion, she went on to further specialise with Fellowships at St. Mark’s Hospital in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery, particularly pouch surgery, and Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery as a LapCo Fellow – the National Laparoscopic Colorectal Training Program. She then went on to a further fellowship at University College London Hospital focusing on Intestinal Failure Surgery.
She has been involved in Training and Education throughout her career, teaching within the hospital, regally and nationally and on the Royal College of Surgeons courses in Surgical Skills, Emergencies, Critical Care and Laparoscopy.
Areas of expertise
- Crohn’s Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Colorectal Cancer
- Diverticular Disease
- Anal Fistula
- Haemorrhoids
- Fissure
- Colonoscopy
- Hydradenitis Supprativita
- Bowel problems in Adults with Learning Disabilities