State Exam Med 1993 Erlangen; Spec (Int Med) 2003 Munich

I came to Dunedin with my family in 2005 having gained medical experience in the US, UK and Germany. I provide consultation and endoscopy services in Dunedin at Mercy Hospital/Marinoto Clinic and in Wanaka at the Wanaka Lakes Health Centre.

I have a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) both from a basic and clinical research perspective and I am Primary Investigator for several international pharmaceutical trials mainly concerning liver and intestinal diseases. Together with Margaret Fraser, Hepatitis Specialist Nurse and Christine Ho, IBD nurse specialist I provide individualized health care for the entire spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders.

Further areas of expertise:

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
• Coeliac disease
• Colorectal cancer
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Abdominal pain, Constipation, Diarrhea)
• Hepatology (elevated liver function tests, fatty liver, viral hepatitis)
• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
• Small bowel capsule interpretation
• Bravo pH telemetry
• Liver biopsy

Gastroenterologist

Specialist Training

• 2005 to date – Consultant Gastroenterologist, Otago District Health Board, Dunedin
• 2004-2005 – Consultant Gastroenterologist, Department of Internal Medicine, KKH Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
• 1998-2004 – Clinical and Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine 1, University of Regensburg, Germany
• 1996 – 1998 – Research Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• 1994 -1996 – House Officer and Senior House Officer, Department of Medicine, Greenwich District Hospital, London, UK
• 1994 – House Officer, Department of Medicine, Renal Unit, Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK

Positions and Memberships

• Professor in Medicine and Head of the Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Southern District Health Board, Dunedin Hospital
• Past-President of the NZ Society for Gastroenterology
• Member of ECCO (European Crohn’s and Colitis Organsisation)
• Member of the German Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation (DCCV)

Internal Medicine