Prof Murray Barclay
Areas of expertise
- Patient Consultation
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
- Inflammatory bowel disease – all aspects of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
- Colon Cancer Screening
- Reflux disease
- Swallowing disorders - assessment and treatment
- Stomach dysfunction such as gastroparesis
- Large bowel function disorders such as severe constipation
- Gastrointestinal motility investigations - including oesophageal and anorectal function studies
- Botulinum toxin injections for impaired gastric emptying, achalasia, oesophageal spasm
- Assessment of liver disease
- Being a Clinical Pharmacologist also gives added expertise in reviewing and optimising prescribing of medicines.
About Murray
Professor Murray Barclay is a medical specialist in Gastroenterology and Clinical Pharmacology and has worked at Christchurch Hospital for over 35 years. His extensive expertise mixes a deep concern for patient wellbeing with a breadth of practical and research-based knowledge. A Clinical Professor with the University of Otago, Christchurch, Murray is a research leader in New Zealand and internationally with over 200 research publications across several medical disciplines. Murray is committed to improving Gastroenterology and Pharmacology practice in New Zealand. He has been President of several medical organisations including the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology, NZ section of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), which is New Zealand’s senior doctors union. Murray grew up in Balclutha, South Otago and trained in Medicine in Dunedin, Christchurch and Adelaide. He regularly undertakes ongoing professional training.
Qualifications
- MBChB, FRACP, MD, AGAF
Research
Professor Barclay is actively involved in a range of research projects in both Gastroenterology & Clinical Pharmacology, with collaborators in New Zealand, Australia, Europe & the United Kingdom. Awards include University of Otago Christchurch Gold Medal for research, Australian Gastroenterology Week Trans-Tasman Lectureship, and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists Achievement Award.
Google Scholar Publications https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XFIudY8AAAAJ&hl=en
