Best Gastroenterology and Endoscopy services in Dubai

What is Gastroenterology?

Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine dealing with the health of your digestive system and gastrointestinal tract (GUT). Although gastroenterologist are mainly known to treating stomach and gastrointestinal problems, they also treat and diagnose illness involving pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, salivary glands, tongue, epiglottis, rectum & anus. This is also known to be your gut.

The Gastrointestinal System is responsible for:

Digesting and moving food
Absorbing nutrients
Removing waste from your body

Recent studies show that there is a very close tie between your gut and your overall immunity as well as your guy and the production of serotonin in your brain.

At Al Zahra Hospital Dubai, our Gastroenterology Department offers the following range of services:

Abdominal Pain Investigation
Chronic Diarrhoea
Coeliac Disease
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Hepatobiliary Problems (Jaundice, Choledocholithiasis, Cholangitis,Biliary Tumour)
Incontinence and Constipation
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Liver Cirrhosis with or without Portal Hypertension
Oesophageal Motility Diseases (Achalasia)
Pancreatic Diseases (Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Tumour)
Peptic Ulcer Disease

What is Endoscopy?

Endoscopy is the process by which a long, thin tube is inserted into the body to observe an internal organ or tissue in detail, in this case the gastrointestinal tract. It can also be used to carry out other tasks including imaging and minor surgery.

Endoscopes are minimally invasive and can be inserted into the openings of the body such as the mouth (Gastroscopy), or anus (Colonoscopy).

Endoscopies are done under sedation and are usually daycare procedures, which means the patient can go home the same day.

Before an endoscopy takes place your doctor will take you through all the measures you need to take, to get yourself ready for the procedure.

At AZH, our Endoscopy Department offers the following range of services:

Diagnostic Endoscopy:

Capsule Endoscopy
Colonoscopy
Chromoendoscopy
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Rigid Proctoscopy
Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy

Therapeutic Endoscopy:

Achalasia Pneumodilation
Dilations of Gastrointestinal Strictures
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic Septotomy of Zenker’s Diverticulum
Oesophageal Varices Banding
Foreign Body Extraction
Haemostasis (Injection Sclerotherapy, APC Coagulation, Metal Clipping, Endolooping)
Haemostasis Variceal Bleeding (Injection, Banding, Glue)
Liver Biopsy
Nasojejunal Feeding Tube Placement
Oesophageal, Duodenal, Colonic Stent Insertion
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Insertion
Peritoneal Aspiration
Polypectomy / Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

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Meet Our Team

Our team of highly qualified and experienced physicians drawn from across the world

Dr. Filippos Georgopoulos
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist - MD, Fellow of FEBGH
Dr. Filippos Georgopoulos
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist - MD, Fellow of FEBGH
Dr. Filippos is responsible for the Special Clinical Gastroenterology as well as Interventional Endoscopy Services. He has published several papers in peer review journals and chapter books and he is invited speaker on various GI topics in local and international scientific meetings on a regular basis. He has full license to practice in Dubai (Dubai Health Authority), UK (General Medical Council) and Greece (Athens Medical Council). He holds the title of Fellow of European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (FEBGH).
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Dr. Denesh Gopalan
Specialist Gastroenterology - MD; FRCP (UK)
Dr. Denesh Gopalan
Specialist Gastroenterology - MD; FRCP (UK)
Dr. Gopalan has been practising medicine for over 25 years and Gastroenterology for 20 years. He has significant experience in all areas of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, and regularly conducts procedures such as Upper GI Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, ERCP, Capsule Endoscopy, PH monitoring, CRE balloon dilatation of strictures, and STRETTA. He has been working in Dubai for the past 10 yrs.
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Dr. Ali Issa
Specialist- Gastroenterology and Hepetology
Dr. Ali Issa
Specialist- Gastroenterology and Hepetology
Worked as a specialist in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in Damascus from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 he went Lyon-Sud and Edouard Herriot University Hospital in Lyon, France which is one of the leading Digestive Endoscopy Centers in Europe, where he worked with Pr. Thierry PONCHON. Saint-Eloi University Hospital, Montpellier, France. From 2011 to 2012 where he enhanced his experience in IBD and Liver Transplant.
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Dr. Abid Showkat Zargar
Specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Dr. Abid Showkat Zargar
Specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Dr Abid Showkat has also huge experience in treatment of Hepatitis, Fatty liver, Cirrhosis of liver, Dyspepsia, motility Gastrointestinal disorders like esophageal achalasia, IBS, colonic inertia as well as common GI problems like Gastroesophageal reflux, chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal cancer etc Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis), His expertise also includes diagnosis and treatment of coeliac disease.
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