Gastroenterology Services, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe

Services:

Gastroenterology

Consultant:

Dr Gerard. A. Clarke M.B., BCh, MRCPI,  M..D. FRCPI, FEBG.

Contact Number:

090 9648247

Direct Fax Number:

090 9624693

Services Provided:

Diagnostic Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, EUS. Oesophageal Motility and 24 hour Ph studies.

Therapeutic ERCP.

Hepatology (all aspects except transplant and interferon treatment of Viral Hepatitis C)

Special Interests include:

Therapeutic ERCP, Biliary Disease, Gallstones, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colon Cancer and Colon Cancer Screening.

Medico-Legal Aspects of Gastroenterology.

Dr Clarke is included on the Irish Medical Council's Register of Specialist Doctors in the Specialties of General Internal Medicine and also Gastroenterology.

He took up his appointment in March, 2004 having previously held the position of Consultant Gastroenterologist/Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester and Warwick.

Dr Clarke is a honours graduate of University College Dublin.

Dr Clarke undertook his general professional training in medicine at Dublin's Mater and Beaumont Hospitals. Dr Clarke trained in Gastroenterology at the Mater Hospital and subsequently underwent fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States.

Dr Clarke's Team includes 1 Specialist Registar, 2 SHO's, 1 Intern.

Publications by Dr Clarke in Peer-Reviewed International Journals.