I am a New Zealand trained Gastroenterologist. I am multilingual (fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, can understand Teochew, Hokkien and Malay), having spent my childhood in Malaysia.

Areas of expertise:

• Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy - gastroscopy and colonoscopy
• Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis)
• Liver diseases
• Bowel cancer screening
• Anaemia and gastrointestinal bleeding
• Coeliac disease
• Dyspepsia and reflux
• Functional bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic diarrhoea, constipation
• Fibroscan

Qualifications:

• MBChB (Otago) 2007, FRACP 2015

Current employment:

• Consultant Gastroenterologist and General Physician, Middlemore Hospital 2018 to present

Training:

• Undergraduate: Otago Medical School, University of Otago 2002-2007
• Basic and Advanced Physician Training: Gastroenterology and General Medicine 2008-2016
• Post Fellowship Training: Senior inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellow, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 2017-2018

Additional Language Skills:

• Mandarin, Cantonese, Teochew, Hokkien, Malay

Memberships:

• New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology
• Auckland Chinese Medical Association