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Wayne Bai
I am a gastroenterologist who works at Waikato Hospital. I spent my early childhood in Hong Kong and I am multilingual in speaking fluent Mandarin and Cantonese. I completed an overseas fellowship in liver transplant at University of Alberta Hospital in Canada prior to returning to Hamilton as a gastroenterologist. I have a strong passion for both gastroenterology and liver diseases with subspecialty interest in portal hypertension and fatty liver disease.
Areas of Expertise
- Endoscopy – diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Portal hypertension and fatty liver disease
- Hepatitis B and C
- Cirrhosis management
- Fibroscan
- Coeliac disease
- Dyspepsia and reflux disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome
Current Employment
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Waikato DHB
Qualifications
- MBChB 2009 (Auckland)
- FRACP
Training
- Otago University Medical School (MBChB)
- Advanced gastroenterology and hepatology training (FRACP) in New Zealand
- Transplant hepatology fellowship at University of Alberta Hospital, Canada
Memberships
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
- European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
- New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology