“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 St Kilda, Bayside, 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 at Holmesglen Private Hospital, in Burwood, 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 St Kilda!
During 1841-42 a cargo yacht ‘Lady of St Kilda’ was anchored in the bay, having been placed there for sale or barter. A colonial historian, Henry Gyles Turner, recorded that J.B. Were had an interest in the yacht and selected the raised sea side knoll at St Kilda as the place for a picnic. The yacht’s captain was apparently present. From that event it appears that the place was named after the yacht. (The yacht’s name was presumably taken from the Hebridean island of St Kilda.)
In December 1842, allotments from a government survey were sold in the vicinity of Fitzroy Street and The Esplanade. Further lots were sold between 1846-51, by when St Kilda was becoming an address of the well-to-do. The route to St Kilda from Melbourne was a sandy track, commencing at a bridge (1846) over the Yarra River. The track was unsafe for travellers, and Strutt’s ‘Bushrangers’ painting was reputedly inspired by an event on the St Kilda Road. An early hotel at St Kilda, the Royal, was functioning by 1849.
In 1857 a railway line was built from Melbourne to St Kilda, and a connection loop between St Kilda and Windsor railway stations brought increased patronage to the privately run sea baths, the jetty promenade and the St Kilda Cup which was run at a racecourse near the Village Belle hotel. Cricket and bowling clubs were formed in 1855 and 1865. By the mid-1860s St Kilda had about 15 hotels including the George, formerly the Seaview (1857). St Kilda by then was a borough (1863), having been proclaimed a municipality separate from Melbourne city on 24 April 1855.