Curriculum

CURRICULUM
DAMIEN A F LYNCH

GENERAL DETAILS
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Registration : General Medical Council Registration No 2914543




Research
MD Thesis :
The role of Helicobacter pylori in Gastroduodenal Disease with
Reference to Gastric Epithelial and Epidermal Growth Factor Kinetics Awarded 1998 University of Manchester

Research Prizes
1991
North of England Gastroenterology Society – Winner
Twelve years of colonoscopic surveillance in ulcerative colitis. DAF Lynch, AJ Lobo, GM Sobala, MF Dixon, ATR Axon.
North of England Gastroenterology Society – Co-Author of Winning Paper
The detection of Helicobacter pylori in faeces by the polymerase chain NP Mapstone, DAF Lynch, ATR Axon, MF Dixon, P Quirke.
Postgraduate Day, The General Infirmary at Leeds
Winner of First Prize for the Best Poster
Gastric juice epidermal growth factor in Helicobacter pylori associated DAF Lynch, NP Mapstone, F Lewis, MF Dixon, P Quirke, ATR Axon.
Blackburn Royal Infirmary Research Day
Best Poster Prize – Co-Author of Winning Paper
J MacDowell, P Willis, S Lamonby, R Prescott, DAF Lynch
Blackburn Royal Infirmary Research Day
Best Oral Presentation - Co-Author of Winning Paper
Nurse Led Phone Clinic for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease L Miller, S Caton, DAF Lynch
Runner Up in 2006 British Society of Gastroenterology Spring Meeting
Electronic Case Presentation].
An Unusual Endoscopic Duodenal Appearance. RP Willert, SM Weerasinghe,
DAF Lynch.

Presentations to National and International Meetings
British Society of Gastroenterology ; 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 & 2006.
European Society for Gastroenterology & Endoscopy; 1991, 1994, 2001, 2002 & 2005.
American Gastroenterology Association ; 1992, 1993, 1994 & 1995.
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th Workshops on Gastroduodenal Pathology and Helicobacter
pylori; 1990 – 1997.





Publications
Papers

Lynch DAF, Porter C, Murphy L, Axon ATR. Evaluation of four commercial endoscope
washing machines. Endoscopy 1992; 9 (24): 739 – 808.

Lynch DAF, Lobo AJL, Sobala GM, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Failure of colonoscopic
survellance in ulcerative colitis. Gut 1993; 34(8) : 1075 – 80.
Mapstone NP, Lynch DAF, Lewis FA, Axon ATR, Dixon MF, Quirke P. Identification of
Helicobacter pylori in the mouths of patients with gastritis by the polymerase chain reaction.
Journal of Clinical Pathology 1993; 46 : 540 – 543.
Sobala GM, Schorah CJ, Shires S, Lynch DAF, Gallacher B, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Effect
of eradication of Helicobacter pylori on gastric juice ascorbic acid concentrations. Gut 1993;
34 (8) : 1038 – 41.
Axon ATR, Lynch DAF. Helicobacter pylori, gastric physiology and cancer. European
Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 1993; 5 (suppl 1) : S100 – S113.
Lynch DAF, Clarke AMT, Jackson P, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Comparison of
labelling by bromodeoxyuridine, MIB-1 and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in gastric
mucosal biopsies. Journal of Clinical Pathology 1994; 47 : 122 – 125.
Lynch DAF, Parnell P, Porter C, Axon ATR. Patient and Staff Exposure to Gluaraldehyde
from Keymed Auto-Disinfector Endoscope Washing Machine. Endoscopy 1994; 26 : 359 –
361.
Lynch DAF, Sobala GM, Gallacher B, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Effectiveness of a “five
times daily” triple therapy anti-helicobacter regime. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
1994; 33 : 877 – 879.
Moayyedi P, Lynch DAF. Pseudomonas and endoscopy. Endoscopy 1994;26(6):554-8
Lynch DAF, Thornton JR, Axon ATR, Acute fatty liver complicating coeliac disease.
European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1994; 6 : 745 – 747.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Clarke AMT, Sobala GM, Jackson P, Morrison L, Dixon MF,
Quirke P, Axon ATR. Cell proliferation in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis and the
effect of eradication therapy. Gut 1995; 36: 346 – 350.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Clarke AMT, Jackson P, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Cell
proliferation in the gastric corpus in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis and after gastric
resection. Gut 1995; 36 : 351 – 353.

Lynch DAF, Sobala GM Gledhill A, Jackson P, Crabtree JE, Dixon MF Axon ATR.
Lymphocytic gastritis and associated small bowel disease: a diffuse lymphocytic
gastroenteropahy? Journal of Clinical Pathology 1995; 48: 939 - 45
Hardo PG, Tugnait A, Hassan F, Lynch DAF, West AP, Mapstone NP, Quirke P, Chalmers
DM, Kowolik, Axon ATR. Helicobacter pylori infection and dental care. Gut 1995; 37 : 44 -
6
Waring AJ, Drake IM, Schorah CJ, White KLM, Lynch DAF, Axon ATR, Dixon MF.
Ascorbic acid and total vitamin C concentrations in plasma, gastric juice and gastrointestinal
mucosa: the effects of gastritis and oral supplementation. Gut 1996; 38 : 171 – 176
Lynch DAF, Axon ATR. Gastric epithelial cell kinetics: a review. European Journal
Gastroenterology & Hepatology 1995, 7 (suppl) : S17 – 23.
Axon ATR, O’Morain CA, Bardhan KD, Crowe JP, Beattie AD, Thompson RPH, Smith PM,
Hollanders FD, Baron JH, Lynch DAF, Dixon MF, Tompkins DS, Birrell H, Gillon KRW.
Randomised double blind controlled study of gastric ulcer recurrence after treatment for
eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection. BMJ 1997; 7314 : 565 – 8.
Moayyedi P, O’Mahony S, Jackson P, Lynch DAF, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. The small
intestine in lymphocytic and collagenous colitis: mucosal morphology, permeability and
secretory immunity to gliadin. J. Clin. Path. 1997 ; 50 : 527 – 9.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Lewis F, Pentith J, Axon ATR, Dixon MF, Quirke P. Serum and
gastric luminal epidermal growth factor in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis and peptic
ulcer disease. Helicobacter 1996;1(4):219-26.
DAF Lynch, NP Mapstone, AMT Clarke, P Jackson, P Moayyedi, MF Dixon, P Quirke,
ATR Axon. Correlation between epithethelial cell proliferation and histological grading in
gastric mucosa. J Clin Path 1999;52(5):367-71
P Willis, DAF Lynch, R Prescott, S Lamonby. Cell proliferation in the post-surgical
stomach, dietary salt, and the effect of H pylori eradication. J Clin Path 1999;52(9): 665-9.
JE MacDowall, P Willis, R Prescott, S Lamonby, DAF Lynch. Cell proliferation in Type C
gastritis affecting the intact stomach. J Clin Path 2000;53(10):784-7.
C Meaden, M Joshi, S Hollis, A Higham, D Lynch. A Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparing the Accuracy of General Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Performed by Nurse or Medical Endoscopists. Endoscopy 2006;6(38);553-2.



Book Chapters
Morris AI, Lynch DAF, (1990). Automated Cleaning Machines – A Review. In : British
Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy Committee (eds) Basic Endoscopy Theory Course
Book.

Letters
Mapstone NP, Lynch DAF, Lewis FA, Axon ATR, Tompkins DS, Dixon MF, Quirke P,
PCR identification of Helicobacter pylori in faeces from gastritis patients. Lancet 1993; 341:
447.
Axon ATR, Lynch DAF. Colonoscopic surveillance in ulcerative colitis. Gut 1994; 35: 429
– 430.
Axon ATR, Lynch DAF. Surveillance for Ulcerative Colitis Does Not Work and Cannot
Work. Gastroenterology 1994; 106: 1129 – 30.
Lynch DAF, Axon ATR. Patient and Staff Exposure to Glutaraldehyde from KeyMed
AutoDisinfector. Endoscopy 1994 (in press).
Axon ATR, Lynch DAF. Utility of surveillance colonoscopy in ulcerative colitis. Gut 1994;
35 : 863.
Published Abstracts
Lynch DAF, Sobala BM, Lobo AJ, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Importance of mild dysplasia in
surveillance of ulcerative colitis. Gut 1991; 32: A556.
Lynch DAF, Lobo AJ, Sobala GM, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Twelve years of surveillance
colonoscopy in ulcerative colitis. Gut 1991; 32: A578.
Lynch DAF, Porter C, Murphy L, Axon ATR. A critical evaluation of four commercial
automatic endoscope washing machines. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1991; 3: Suppl 1.
Lobo AJ, Thornton JR, Lynch DAF, Axon ATR. Piperacillin-resistant bacteria in patients
undergoing ERCP. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1991; 3: Suppl 1.
Mapstone NP, Lynch DAF, Lewis FA, Axon ATR, Dixon MF, Quirke P. Detection of
Helicobacter pylori in clinical specimens by the polymerase chain reaction. Eur J
Gastroenterol Hepatol; 1991: 3: Suppl 1.
Mapstone NP, Lynch DAF, Lewis FA, Axon ATR, Dixon MF, Quirke P. The polymerase
chain reaction in the diagnosis of Helicobacter infection. Ital J Gastro 1991; 23 (9) Suppl 2.
Mapstone NP, Lynch DAF, Lewis FA, Axon ATR, Dixon Mf, Quirke P. The role of PCR in
the detection of H. pylori. Ital J Gastro 1991; 23 (9) Suppl 2.
Sobala GM, Lynch DAF, Dixon MF, Tompkins D, Axon ATR. Poor eradication rate with a
one week triple therapy regime utilising ampicillin. Ital J Gastro 1991; 23 (9) suppl 2: 114.
Lobo AJ, Lynch DAF, Thornton JR, Hawkey PM Lintott DJ, Axon ATR. High prevalence
of coliform bacteria resistant to piperacillin in patients undergoing therapeutic ERCP.
Gastroenterology 1992; A320.
Lynch DAF, Sobala GM, Gallacher B, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Effectiveness of a five times
daily triple therapy regime for eradicating Helicobacter pylori. Irish J Med 1992; 161 suppl
10: T16.
Sobala GM, Lynch DAF, Gallacher B, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Eradication of H pylori
prevents duodenal ulcer recurrence. Irish J Med 1992; 161: Suppl 10: T6.
Lynch DAF, Sobala GM, Gledhill A, Jackson P, Crabtree JE, Foster PN, Dixon MF, Axon
ATR. An investigation into the aetiology of lymphocytic gastritis: Helicobacter pylori or
coeliac disease? Irish J Med 1992; 161: Suppl 10: P22.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Lewis FA, Hassan F, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Gastric
juice epidermal growth factor in active and healed H pylori associated duodenal ulcer disease.
Irish J Med 1992; 161: suppl 10: IM 39.
MapstoneNP, Lynch DAF, Lewis FA, Axon ATR, Dixon MF, Quirke P. The detection of H
pylori in faeces by the polymerase chain reaction. Irish J Med 1992; 161: suppl 10: PL2.
Lynch DAF, Lobo AJ, Sobala GM, Dixon MF, Axon ATR. Failure of colonoscopic
surveillance in ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology 1992, 102; 4 (2) : A373.
Lynch DAF, Clarke AMT, Jackson P, Drake IM, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Lack of
correlation between PCNA and Bromodeoxyuridine in gastric biopsies. Gut 1992 (suppl); 33
(2) : F260.
Hardo PG, Hassan F, Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Tugnait A, West AP, Axon ATR,
Chalmers DM, Kowolik MJ. H pylori and dental care. Gut 1993 (2uppl); 34 (4) : F277.
Sobala GM, Schorah CJ, Shires S, Lynch DAF, Gallacher B, Dixon MF, Axon ATR.
Increase in gastric juice ascorbic acid concentrations after eradication of Helicobacter pylori.
Gut 1992 (Suppl); 33 (2) : F237.
Waring AJ, Schorah CJ, Sobala GM, Lynch DAF. Relationships between plasma, gastric
tissue and gastric juice ascorbic acid levels in subjects with and without gastritis. Proc Nutr
Soc 1993; 52: 61A.
Lynch DAF, Clarke AMT, Jackson P, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Cell proliferation
in H pylori associated gastritis and the effect of eradication therapy. Gut 1993 (Suppl); 34 (1)
: W12.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Lewis F, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Correlation between
cell proliferation in H pylori associated gastritis and histological scoring using the Sidney
System. Gut 1993 (suppl); 34(4) : F197.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Lewis F, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Gastric juice
epidermal growth factor in Helicobacter pylori associated duodenal ulceration.
Gastroenterology 1993; 104(4) : A139.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Clarke AMT, Jackson P, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Cell
proliferation in the gastric corpus in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis and the post-
surgical stomach. Gut 1994 (Suppl); 35(2) : T133.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Lewis F, Pentith J, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Gastric
juice epidermal growth factor in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis and duodenal ulcer
disease. Gut 1994 (Suppl); 35(2) : T132.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Clarke AMT, Sobala GM, Jackson P, Morrison L, Dixon MF,
Quirke P, Axon ATR. Cell proliferation in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis and the
long term effect of eradication therapy. Gut 1994 (Suppl); 35(2) : W14.
Lynch DAF, Mapstone NP, Lewis F, Pentith J, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Gastric
juice epidermal growth factor in active and healed Helicobacter pylori associated gastric
ulceration. Gut 1994; 35 (Suppl 4) 1470.
Lynch DAF, Lewis F, Pentith J, Dixon MF, Quirke P, Axon ATR. Serum epidermal growth
factor in Helicobacter pylori associated duodenal ulcer disease. Gut 1994;35: (Suppl 4) 1471.
Lynch DAF, Sobala GM, Gledhill A, Jackson P, Crabtree J, Dixon MF, Axon ATR.
Lymphocytic gastritis and associated small bowel disease: a diffuse small bowel enteropathy?
Gut 1994; 35 (Suppl 4) 1175.
Axon ATR, O’Morain CA, Bardhan KD, Crowe JP, Lynch DAF, Dixon MF, Tompkins DS,
Peacock RA, Gillon KRW. Gastric ulcer recurrence following treatment with omeprazole
and amoxycillin or omeprazole alone: a multicentre study in the UK and the Republic of
Ireland. Gut 1995; 36 (Suppl 1) : A22.
Lynch DAF, Busby P, Postill A, Porter C, McConnell K, Clarke D, Hampshire M, Axon
ATR. A safe, effective, automatic endoscope disinfection system. Endoscopy 1995;27: S17.
Willis P, Lynch DAF, Prescott R, Lamonby S. Cell proliferation in the post-surgical
stomach, dietary salt and the effect of H pylori eradication. Gastroenterology
1997;112(4):A680 & Gut 1997;(Suppl 1)41:A48
Shaikh N, Newsom DA, Lynch DAF. Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) in the
treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Gut 1999;44 (Suppl 1):T140.
Miller L, Caton S, Lynch DAF. Cost to patients attending inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
clinic in response to proposed nurse led phone clinic. Gut 1999;44 (Suppl 1):A93
MacDowell J, Willis P, Prescott R, Lamonby S, Lynch DAF. Cell proliferation in biliary
gastritis affecting the intact stomach. Gut 1999;44 (Suppl 1):A79.
Matthews P, Miller L, Lynch DAF. Comparison of Subjective Global Assessment with other
methods of nutritional assessment; BAPEN 1999;
Meaden C, Lynch DAF. A Case Control Study of Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen (N2O/O2) and
Benzodiazepine/Opiate in Lower GI endoscopy. Gut 2002;50(S):A98.
L Miller, D Lynch, P Carr, E Barnes, A Ferguson, G Banait, P Dey. Determination of safety
of drinking before gastroscopy. Gut 2006 [abstract]: in press.

An Unusual Endoscopic Duodenal Appearance. RP Willert, SM Weerasinghe, DAF Lynch.
Gut 2006;55(suppl II);A31:111.


Education

Chairman Specialist Training Sub-Committee G(I)M & Gastroenterology North West
Deanery 2001 – 2008
Regional Specialist Advisor JCHMT 2001 – 2008
Undergraduate Tutor Blackburn Royal Infirmary 1995 – 2008
Director of Medical Undergraduate Education, ELHT 2008 -
Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Medicine, University of Manchester 1995 –
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Salford 2006 -
Invited Lecturer University of Central Lancashire
Member of Final Year Curriculum Committee, Manchester Medical School
Final Year Undergraduate Examiner, Manchester Medical School
Member of Education Committee at Blackburn Royal Infirmary
Member of Post-Graduate Centre Development Committee
Secretary LAGS (Lancashire Gastroenterologists Society) 1999 – 2008
Medical Adviser to NACC (Ribble Valley)
Founder member of East Lancashire Coeliac Society
Member of the British Society of Gastroenterology

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