Specialist liver care, FibroScan and liver health checks in
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Specialist Care
Specialist Care
Comprehensive care for people with liver disease
We provide specialist hepatology services for the full range of medical liver conditions
Dr Richard Aspinall
Dr Richard Aspinall is the Medical Director of Liverport.
He is also a Consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
He established the Portsmouth hepatology (liver disease) service in 2010 and has continued to drive improvements in care ever since. The service has grown to become one of the largest in Southern England and he manages the full spectrum of liver conditions.
Dr Aspinall is highly experienced in providing Fibroscan (transient elastography) for the non-invasive assessment of the liver.
In addition to his expertise in liver disease, Dr Aspinall maintains a broad gastroenterology practice and is a fully accredited endoscopist (gastroscopy, colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy).
He qualified as a doctor in 1992 and subsequently trained in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology in Liverpool, Sheffield, Cambridge and London.
He was a Lecturer at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital and was awarded a research PhD from Imperial College London. In 2004, he moved to San Diego, California for 2 years as Associate Hepatologist at the Scripps Liver Center. After returning to the UK, he was a consultant at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff before relocating to Portsmouth in 2010.
He is keen to ensure his patients are able to access the latest therapies and has built a large and successful clinical research programme in Portsmouth.
Dr Aspinall is highly experienced in providing Fibroscan (transient elastography) for the non-invasive assessment of the liver.
In addition to his expertise in liver disease, Dr Aspinall maintains a broad gastroenterology practice and is a fully accredited endoscopist (gastroscopy, colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy).
He qualified as a doctor in 1992 and subsequently trained in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology in Liverpool, Sheffield, Cambridge and London.
He was a Lecturer at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital and was awarded a research PhD from Imperial College London. In 2004, he moved to San Diego, California for 2 years as Associate Hepatologist at the Scripps Liver Center. After returning to the UK, he was a consultant at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff before relocating to Portsmouth in 2010.
He is keen to ensure his patients are able to access the latest therapies and has built a large and successful clinical research programme in Portsmouth.
He has helped national approaches to tackling liver disease through his work with the Lancet Commission, British Society of Gastroenterology, National Institute for Health Research, NICE, NHS England and Public Health England.