Areas of expertise:

• Endoscopy – diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy – ERCP and spyglass
• Endoscopic weight loss procedures – intragastric balloon and endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG)
• Colorectal cancer and bowel cancer screening
• Functional bowel disease; dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Coeliac disease
• Liver disease: all liver disease; subspecialist and research interest in NAFLD, portal hypertension, biliary disease, PBC, viral hepatitis and hepatobiliary malignancy
• Pancreatic disease
• Fibroscan®

Qualifications:

• MBChB (Otago), FRACP

Current employment:

• Consultant Gastroenterologist and Liver Transplant Hepatologist, Auckland Hospital, 2006 to present
• Honorary Lecturer University of Auckland, Medical School
• Convenor, NZ Portal Hypertension and Liver Failure Meeting

Training:

• Otago Medical School; (MBChB 1994)
• Advanced gastroenterology and hepatology training in Auckland Region; (FRACP 2004)
• Fellowship, King’s College Hospital London - liver transplant hepatology, advanced endoscopy and ERCP

Memberships:

• New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology (NZSG)
• American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)