Dr Arun Gupta is a specialist gastroenterologist working in Melbourne, Australia. He attended primary school in North Clayton (Monash Primary School, sadly now demolished) and high school in Townsville Grammar School in North Queensland where his father opened the Department of Computer Science at James Cook University. Arun attended medical school at the University of Melbourne (1998) and completed his residency at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He went onto specialty training in gastroenterology and endoscopy at Westmead Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital, both in New South Wales. Arun subsequently completed a clinical fellowship at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom with a focus on advanced management of inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr Gupta worked in a senior role at the Canberra Hospital between 2013 and 2020, where he served in a clinical role for both the Human Research Ethics Committee and the Drug and Therapeutics Committee. He played a strong role as patient advocate for improving quality and safety within the department, and played an active role in mentoring junior doctors, including involving them in clinical research projects presented at conferences. Arun held the title of clinical lecturer at The Australian National University during this period.

Dr Gupta was awarded the Doctor of Medicine research doctorate through the University of Melbourne in 2015 for his work with Professor Finlay Macrae, AO relating to inflammatory bowel disease. He is presently an honorary research fellow at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and fulfilled the criteria for the GESA Colonoscopy Recertification Program in October 2018. Dr Gupta has an interest in regional outreach and periodically works as a visiting medical officer in Northern Tasmania.

For further information about Dr Gupta and his research interests, please see his personal website at arungupta.com.au