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Auckland DHB Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
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What is Gastroenterology?
The oesophagus is the tube that joins your mouth with your stomach. It is a muscular tube that contracts to push the food through when you swallow.
The stomach is where food is broken down by acid and emptied into your intestines. The stomach has special cells lining its wall to protect it from these acids.
The intestines consist of the small intestine (duodenum, jejunum and ileum – different sections of small intestine) and the large intestine (colon). As food passes through the small intestine, nutrients are broken down and absorbed. When it passes into the colon, water is absorbed. The waste that is left is passed as faeces (poo).
The liver is roughly the size of a football and is on your right side just under your ribs. It stores vitamins, sugar and iron which are used by cells in the body for energy. It also clears the body of waste products and drugs, produces substances that are used to help blood clot and aid the immune system, and produces bile which aids in digestion.
Consultants
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Dr Rachael Bergman
Gastroenterologist
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Dr Maggie Chapman-Ow
Gastroenterologist
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Dr Dagmar Hendel
Clinical Director, Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and Endoscopist
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Dr Timothy King
Gastroenterologist
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Associate Professor Mark Lane
Gastroenterologist
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Dr Priyanka Lilic
Gastroenterologist
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Dr Helen Myint
Gastroenterologist
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Dr David Orr
Gastroenterologist
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Dr David Rowbotham
Gastroenterologist
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Dr Lesley-Ann Smith
Gastroenterologist
Hours
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Mon – Thu | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM |
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All Gastro clinics are run from Reception D and E on the Ground Floor, GCC. Some clinics are held at ACH, Outpatients Clinic, Level 6 Support Building.
GCC endoscopy procedures are performed in the Endoscopy Unit located on Level 2, Reception N, GCC.
Auckland City Hospital (ACH) procedures are performed in the Endoscopy Unit located on Level 6, Support Building, ACH.
Referral Expectations
Procedures / Treatments
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Gastroscopy
This is a procedure which allows the doctor to see inside your oesophagus, stomach, and the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) and examine the lining directly. … More
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP)
A flexible tube with a tiny video camera attached (endoscope) is inserted through the mouth into the stomach and small intestine while you are under sedation (you have been given medication to make you drowsy).… More
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Colonoscopy
This is a procedure which allows the doctor to see inside your large bowel and examine the surfaces directly and take biopsies (samples of tissue) if needed. Treatment of conditions can also be undertaken.… More
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Liver Biopsy
The best way to establish what type of liver disease is present and the extent of the disease, is a biopsy.… More
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Hepatitis
This is inflammation of the liver, commonly caused by viruses but can have many other causes.… More
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Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is the term used to describe a diseased liver that has been badly scarred, usually due to many years of injury.… More
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Peptic Ulcers
Peptic ulcers are sores or eroded areas that form in the lining of the digestive tract.… More
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
There are two types of IBD, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. In these conditions, the immune system attacks the lining of the colon causing inflammation and ulceration, bleeding and diarrhoea. In ulcerative colitis this only involves the large intestine, whereas in Crohn’s disease areas within the entire intestine can be… More
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This page was last updated at 11:05AM on June 15, 2020. This information is reviewed and edited by Auckland DHB Gastroenterology and Hepatology.