Miss Lizzie Bean

About Miss

Miss Lizzie Bean is a Consultant Gynaecologist practising privately at Spire Hartswood Hospital and The Gynaecology Ultrasound centre. She is a full time NHS consultant at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. At BHRUT, where she has worked since April 2024, she leads the one-stop endometriosis pathway, the one-stop benign gynaecology pathway, and is part of the BSGE-accredited endometriosis service. She also supports the early pregnancy and acute gynaecology service. She has worked in obstetrics and gynaecology in the North Central East London region since 2012 and completed her specialty training in 2024. She undertook a three-year clinical research fellowship at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, gaining expertise in advanced gynaecological ultrasound as the endometriosis clinical research fellow. She went on to complete a subspecialty fellowship in advanced minimal access surgery and was awarded a PhD for her research on the natural history of endometriosis. Her clinical practice focuses on advanced gynaecological ultrasound and minimal access surgery. She offers a holistic approach, supporting patients to choose between expectant, conservative and surgical management. She provides pelvic ultrasound for a range of conditions, including endometrial polyps, fibroids, ovarian cysts, fallopian tube and Müllerian tract abnormalities, adenomyosis, and early pregnancy complications. She has particular expertise in ultrasound mapping of pelvic endometriosis, including bowel and urinary tract involvement. Miss Bean performs a wide range of gynaecological procedures, including hysteroscopic surgery, ultrasound-guided management of miscarriage, and laparoscopic procedures such as hysterectomy, myomectomy, ovarian cystectomy, sterilisation, treatment of endometriosis and cervical cerclage. She is a senior council member of the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) and chairs its diagnostics portfolio. She co-organises national courses, contributes to national diagnostic initiatives, speaks regularly at conferences, and publishes research in high-impact journals. She is also USS Lead for the Queen’s BSGE Endometriosis Centre.