“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 Melbourne-based specialist gastroenterologist and hepatologist. 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 Melbourne!
Melbourne, named after British Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and was first settled by a group of settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner. Batman negotiated a land deal with the local Koori population that had previously lived around the area for an estimated 40,000 years. By 1847 Queen Victoria had declared Melbourne a city and the discovery of gold in Central Victoria in the 1850’s coincided with the Victorian colony being separated from New South Wales to become the State of Victoria. Gold brought much wealth to the city and many of the magnificent buildings built during this time remain today in all their splendour. Gold also made Melbourne largest city in the British Empire outside London for quite a few years.
1859 saw the Melbourne Football Club formed, Australian Rules football went on to become the lifeblood of Melbourne. Melbourne grew steadily during the early 1900’s and the new immigration policy of the Australian government of the time that promoted Australia across Europe to help boost the population worked wonders.
When Australia became a nation at Federation on the 1st January 1901 Melbourne become the nation’s temporary capital with the first federal Parliament being conduction in in what was to become the Royal Exhibition Building. It was not until 1927 that parliament transferred to the new city of Canberra. The Exhibition Buildings has become one of the most beautiful architectural treasures in the city and is now part of the Melbourne Museum which has built its major exhibition in a ultra modern annex at the rear, complementing the old building and its surrounding lush Carlton Gardens parkland.