“At Universal Gastroenterology, we aim to provide an empathetic and professional service. The first step is to carefully listen to what the patient has to say and to clarify their concerns. We aim to provide a comprehensive approach to investigation, diagnosis and treatment informed by evidence-based medicine.”
Please contact our office on 03 9989 2777 to speak to our pleasant reception staff about booking in for a consultation.
Dr Arun Gupta, MBBS, FRACP, MD is a specialist gastroenterologist serving Canterbury and the surrounding areas of Melbourne. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne (1998) and trained in Melbourne, Sydney, and in Oxford (UK). Arun consults in Burwood, at Holmesglen Private Hospital, and in Mornington. He holds an honorary appointment as clinical research fellow at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
An expert in managing all aspects of gastroenterology, hepatology (liver problems) and pancreatico-biliary disease, Dr Gupta has a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis and dyspepsia, as well as functional gastrointestinal disorders. He takes a holistic approach and personalises his recommendations to each patient.
Please see here for more information about endoscopic procedures that Dr Gupta performs. Arun is passionate about quality in endoscopy and has supervised many registrars (trainee specialists) to perform endoscopy competently and safely. He performs procedures at Cabrini Malvern, Holmesglen Private Hospital, Glen Iris Private, and at The Bays in Mornington.
A brief history of Canterbury!
When the railway was extended from Hawthorn to Camberwell in 1882, and to Canterbury and beyond the following year, residential subdivisions were stimulated. The Canterbury landscape was undulating, elevated to the east and, with the West Creek, pleasantly well watered. The late 1880s saw good land prices and speculative profit. Melbourne merchants and professionals built in Canterbury and commuted by train to Melbourne. By 1891 nearly all of Canterbury was subdivided for housing, but still mostly not built on. A shopping strip was built along Maling Road beside the railway station.
During pre-war years the Canterbury shopping centre was well served by district bus services. By the 1960s the services had diminished, and the Canterbury Road part of the shopping centre was perceived to be a haven for second-hand retailing and therefore in decline. Maling Road was also in the doldrums, but by the 1970s it was undergoing renewal as a destination for gift shops and pleasant eateries. It was later successfully promoted as a tourist destination.
Canterbury’s large nineteenth century houses have provided premises for several nursing homes, benevolent organisations and a war time RAAF centre ‘Frognall’, which was returned to private ownerships in the 1990s. Frognall, mansion built in 1889, is heritage-listed. Other heritage buildings are the Shrublands Italianate mansion (1863) in Balwyn Road and a former hotel, Canterbury Mansions, built in 1889 near Maling Road. Not heritage-listed, but well known, is a one time neighbourhood shop used for the popular television series The Sullivans during 1976-83. The shop was in Matlock Street.