Dr Gil BarbezatMB ChB (Cape Town) 1962, MD (Cape Town) 1966, FCP(SA) 1969, FRACP 1980, FRSNZ 1996, DSc (Otago) 2007

Areas of Specialisation

I specialise in Gastroenterology (including General Hepatology) and Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and practice in partnership with Dr Martin Schlup in the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Practice. We believe in providing a personal consultant service with a broad international background of experience.

Specialist Training

• Groote Schuur and Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospitals, Cape Town, South Africa. 1963 - 69; Postgraduate training in Paediatric Nutrition and Gastroenterology.
• University of California in Los Angeles, USA. 1970 - 71. Research Fellow.
• Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa  1972 - 77; Consultant, & later Head of Gastroenterology Department 1976 - 77.
• Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland. 1978 and 1982. Sabbatical & Research Fellowship.
• University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital 1978 - 2003; Consultant Gastroenterlogist, and Mary Glendining Professor of Medicine (1983 -2003).
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 1982. Sabbatical and Research Fellow.
• Hope Hospital, University of Manchester Medical School, United Kingdom 1991 and 1997.  Sabbbatical and Research Fellow.

Positions and Memberships

• Consultant Gastroenterologist and Principle Specialist, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa 1972-76; Head of Gastroenterlogy 1976-77.
• University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital 1978 - 2003; Consultant Gastroenterologist, and Mary Glendining Professor of Medicine (1983 - 2003).
• Past President New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology. 1989-90.
• Fellow of Asian Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy.
• Past Member of Nominations Committee, OMGE (World Gastroenterology Body) 1998 - 2003
• Consultant Gastroenterologist, Marinoto Clinic and Mercy Hospital 1995 - to date.
• Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 2004 - to date.