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Professional Title: Gastroenterology Consultant
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Location: Dhahran
Gender: Male
Languages: English, Urdu
Dr. Syed Gerdazi is a gastroenterology consultant who diagnoses and treats medical conditions of the gastrointestinal tract and liver; performs endoscopic procedures; conducts x-rays, MRIs and ultrasound scans; and performs digestive tract surgeries.
Dr. Gerdazi is UK and European board certified having trained in the UK and completed a certificate of specialist training from the Royal College of Physicians London and European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in internal medicine followed by Gastroenterology and Advanced Hepatology.
He further subspecialized in advanced endoscopic skills including hepato-pancreatobiliary endoscopy EUS/ERCP, transnasal endoscopy, upper and lower GI stenting and bariatric endoscopy such as Endoscopic Balloons and Sleeve Gastroplasty.
2024-present: Gastroenterology Consultant, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
2020-2024: Consultant Gastroenterologist & Advanced Endoscopist, Gwent Liver Unit, Grange University Hospitals NHS, South Wales, United Kingdom (UK)
2020-2024: Clinical Lecturer School of Medicine, University of Cardiff, University of Cardiff, School of Medicine, UK
2019-2020: Advanced Endoscopy Fellow, Gwent Liver Unit, Royal Gwent Hospital South Wales, UK
2018-2019: Advanced Hepatology and HPB Fellow, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Centre for Liver Transplant Medicine, UK
2018-2019: Advanced Hepatology & HPB Fellow, University Hospital of Liverpool, UK
2017-2018: Gastroenterology Higher Specialist Trainee Registrar, West Wales General Hospital, UK
2016-2017: Gastroenterology higher Specialist Trainee Registrar, University Hospital Morriston, Swansea, UK.
2015-2016: Gastroenterology higher Specialist Trainee Registrar, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
2013-2015: Core Medical Trainee, Specialist Registrar Internal Medicine, Joint Royal College of Physicians Training Board, UK
2012-2013: Senior Clinical Fellow Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
2011-2012: Senior House Officer Emergency and Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Limerick, Republic of Ireland
2020: CCT Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, UK
2020: CCT Gastroenterology, Royal College of Physicians, UK and Europeans, Board of GastroHepatology
2020: CCT Advanced Hepatology, UK and European Board
2018-2020: Fellowship of Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy, UK
2015-2020: JAG UK Certification in Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy, Joint Advisory Group for professional Training in Endoscopy, UK
2022: UK and Irish society of Endoscopic Ultrasound (UKIEUS), UK and Republic of Ireland
2020: World Endoscopy Organization (WEO),
2019: American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), USA
2019: European Society for study of Liver Disease, Europe
2015: United European Gastroenterology (UEG), Europe
2015: European Society of Endoscopy (ESGE), Europe
2015: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), UK
2015: British Association of Study of Liver Disease (BASL), UK
2019-2020: Advanced Endoscopy, Gwent Liver Unit South Wales and Royal Liverpool University Hospitals NHS, United Kingdom
2018-2019: Advanced Hepatology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Centre for Liver Transplant Medicine, United Kingdom
2015-2020: Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Joint Royal College of Physician UK Training Board and European Board of GI and Hepatology
2013-2018: Internal Medicine Joint Royal College of Physicians UK Training, Board for Physicians
2008: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Endoscopy, Liver and Pancreatic Disorders, ERCP/EUS, Bariatric Endoscopy, Medical Education and Training of Young GI Physicians
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