Lee Martin

Lee Martin MSc RD has been practicing as a registered dietitian for 16 years and has worked across primary, secondary and tertiary care as well as in academia. In 2018 he was appointed as the UK’s first Neurogastroenterology Dietitian at University College London Hospital (UCLH) where he works currently. In this role Lee works closely with the GI Physiology Unit and Neurogastroenterology Consultants in both inpatient and outpatient settings seeing adults and adolescents.

In both clinical and private practice he works with patients in one to one and group settings and has expertise in managing dietetic complications across the full range of disorders of gut brain interaction. He is a FODMAP diet trained dietitian with extensive clinical practice and research experience with IBS and the low FODMAP diet. Previously Lee worked in an academic role at King’s College London (KCL) researching and developing the low FODMAP diet for treating irritable bowel syndrome.

Lee is also an excellent educator and incorporates education and self-management skills into his dietetic consultations. He has pioneered integrated behavioural therapy (gastro psychology) and graded food exposure treatment for patients with severe disorders of gut brain interaction (DGBIs) and disordered eating. Lee is a leading dietetic expert in the psychoeducation and dietary management of gastroduodenal disorders including functional dyspepsia, gastroparesis, chronic nausea and vomiting syndrome and rumination syndrome.

He is passionate that people avoid the pitfalls of following a long term restricted diet and in 2015 authored the first ever book dedicated to the reintroduction phase of the low FODMAP diet; ‘Re-challenging and Reintroducing FODMAPs’ available worldwide on Amazon.

In 2019 Lee published a new book via Jessica Kingsley Publishers based on the extensive work he has undertaken on improving mealtime care for people living with dementia. Entitled Practical Nutrition & Hydration for Dementia Friendly Mealtimes the book provides a person centred approach to the complexities of mealtime care and is available on Amazon.