“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 McKinnon and the surrounding areas of Melbourne. Arun performs procedures at Cabrini Malvern, Holmesglen Private Hospital, Glen Iris Private, and at The Bays in Mornington. Arun 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 McKinnon!
McKinnon and its neighbour, Ormond, were noted for their vineyards in the early stages of agricultural development. Farming in McKinnon was maintained until the 1920s, and the census population in 1921 was a small 75. By the 1933 census the figure was 1270, mostly accounted for by residential growth. In the mid-1920s McKinnon was part of Bentleigh and part of North Brighton. The Sands and McDougall directory of 1927, however, recorded a soldiers’ hall, a State Savings Bank, a dozen shops and, significantly, two estate agents in McKinnon. Within a few more years a progress association was formed and a public hall built.
McKinnon’s most significant residential growth occurred in the years after World War II. An active strip shopping centre grew along McKinnon Road, either side of the railway line. The area was served by the Ormond and Ormond East primary schools (1891, 1930), and a high school was opened in 1954, meeting a long-felt need. Ormond East school was renamed McKinnon. By the 1980s McKinnon was characterised as a developed residential area with three large reserves, tennis courts and a Council library in the shopping centre. In the west of the McKinnon area there is the Bentleigh Club, housed in an historic residence ‘Killearnan’, established in 1948 as the businessmen’s escape from the local hotel’s six o’clock swill.