A/Prof Mayur Garg is a leading gastroenterologist with a wide range of expertise in all aspects of gastroenterology, including:
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis;
- Endoscopy, including bowel cancer screening and removal of large polyps;
- Functional gastrointestinal disorders (including irritable bowel syndrome);
- Iron deficiency and gastrointestinal bleeding;
- Stomach ulcers; and
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and eosinophilic oesophagitis.
Mayur gained his MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 2003, and has worked at several of Melbourne’s leading hospitals. A/Prof Mayur Garg is Director of Gastroenterology and Research Executive Committee Member at Northern Health, one of the fastest growing and largest health services in Australia. He is also Clinical Associate Professor at University of Melbourne and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the ANZ IBD Consortium. He co-convenes and chairs the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week Postgraduate Course (the premier Australian gastroenterology conference), and chairs the working group for the development of patient information resources for patients with IBD and iron deficiency for GESA. Mayur is also chairing the Asia-Pacific Guidelines for the Management of Iron Deficiency in Adults.
Mayur is frequently invited to present at local and national meetings, and is closely involved in training and mentoring the next generation of gastroenterologists. He previously completed his PhD at Monash University investigating novel therapeutic targets in IBD in 2015. He was also awarded fellowships at St Mark’s Hospital in London including the GESA Olympus Endoscopy Fellowship (one of the world’s leading endoscopy centres, awarded to one applicant in Australia per year) and ECCO Fellowship (awarded to two applicants worldwide per year).
Mayur consults privately at Eastern Gastroenterology in Box Hill. He has a passion for high-quality healthcare delivered in a supportive, compassionate manner. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his young family, and is a tragic Melbourne Demons supporter.