“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 Glen Iris and the surrounding areas of Melbourne. Arun performs procedures at Glen Iris Private, Cabrini Malvern, Holmesglen Private Hospital, and at The Bays in Mornington. He consults at in Burwood, Moorabbin, 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.
A brief history of Glen Iris!
In 1890 a railway line was opened from Burnley to Oakleigh running via the Glen Iris Valley (as the Gardiners Creek Valley was called). The line in fact joined the Outer Circle line a little east of Glen Iris, and it was truncated when the Outer Circle line was partly closed in 1895. The line had three stations in the Glen Iris district – Tooronga, Gardiner and Glen Iris. Residential change came first in the Malvern part of Glen Iris, which by 1917 had three tramlines – Malvern Road, turning north into Burke Road, Wattletree Road, terminating at Burke Road and High Street terminating at Glen Iris Railway station.
On the eastern side of Gardiners Creek no tram serviced Glen Iris. Residents were between the Glen Iris railway line on one boundary and the Ashburton railway line on the other. Glen Iris is an area dominated by middle-class housing on generous allotments. There is no notable shopping centre, the only two small ones being at the railway stations on the western side of Gardiners Creek.
When the South Eastern Freeway was opened in 1970 it ended at Glen Iris, entering roads which meandered into the suburbs. Extension of the Freeway was projected along the Gardiners Creek Valley, the initial plan involving the taking of over 300 homes and adversely affecting another 570. Residents of Glen Iris opposed the Freeway, the loss of houses and the loss of a rather degraded creek. The debate went on for 15 years resulting in a scaled down program of land acquisition, the renaming of the Freeway as arterial, and a revegetated linear parkland along the creek, below an elevated roadway that now emits a constant traffic noise. There are several reserves and ovals adjoining the creek, which has caused serious floods at intervals of as little as ten years. A tributary of Gardiners Creek, Back Creek, also has a linear park.