Gastroenterology
Sean looks after patients with all types of gastrointestinal and liver problems, and performs all aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy. He has particular interests in inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome.
Sean undertook his medical training in Liverpool and Cambridge in the UK. He enjoyed his role as a consultant gastroenterologist in York, before deciding to come and live in New Zealand, arriving in Tauranga during March 2017.
He has published widely in the field of gastroenterology and took special pleasure in his national roles in training and with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK. Sean also found great satisfaction in his position as honorary senior lecturer at Hull York Medical School while he was working in York.
His practice always focuses on his patients, their individual circumstances and conditions, leading to a discussion of the best treatment for them.
Sean is enjoying living and working here in Tauranga. He enjoys the coastal setting, with good tramping areas within reach, sailing, tennis and the occasional game of golf.
Robert looks after patients with all types of gastrointestinal disorders, and also performs endoscopy, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy. He has undertaken advanced training in colonoscopy and was a screening colonoscopist for the UK bowel cancer screening programme when he worked in the UK.
Robert attended medical school at the University of Oxford in the UK. He undertook specialist gastroenterology training, and also scientific research in digestive disease leading to a higher degree, at University Hospital in Nottingham, UK. He worked as a consultant gastroenterologist at Royal Derby Hospital, UK, before coming to live in NZ with his family.
With a particular interest in inflammatory bowel disease, Robert has ongoing roles in several international clinical trials investigating various new treatments for this condition. He teaches undergraduate medical students at Tauranga Hospital, and also supervises and mentors junior doctors undertaking specialist training in gastroenterology.
Sunny manages and provides care for patients with both suspected and established gastro-intestinal disorders. He brings the benefit of his extensive training and experience in Ireland and Australia, and specialises in both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. Sunny is delighted to be part of the Grace Hospital endoscopy team.
Having grown up in Malaysia, Sunny went on to study Medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. He graduated from Trinity in 2002, and continued to work and study in Ireland. He was awarded his MD by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2011 for his work in inflammatory bowel disease biology, and went on to complete his specialist gastroenterology training (CCST) in Ireland.
His studies in Ireland were followed by an advanced interventional Endoscopy/ERCP fellowship at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2014, he has worked as a consultant gastroenterologist at Tauranga Hospital.
Sunny has a private practice at Promed House, and since April 2015 has also been providing his endoscopy services at Grace Hospital. His interest in research includes IBD, interventional endoscopy and colorectal cancer. With his colleagues at the Clinical Trial Unit at Tauranga Hospital, he takes an active part in clinical trials in IBD, acting as a sub-investigator and principal investigator. Sunny has presented research at numerous international meetings, and is the author of a number of peer-reviewed publications.
Sunny, his wife and their puppy, Rufus, enjoy the sunshine and the outdoor lifestyle Tauranga offers, and are glad to call the Bay their home. In particular, Sunny is a keen runner and a boot camp fanatic.
Dr David McGouran
David looks after patients with all types of suspected and diagnosed Gastrointestinal diseases and enjoys the breadth of conditions encountered in Gastroenterology. Having worked in the United Kingdom for two years, David emigrated to New Zealand in 2008 where he undertook his training in gastroenterology. Following this David completed an advanced endoscopy fellowship in the United Kingdom which primarily focussed on the management of complex Gastrointestinal conditions, for example large Gastrointestinal polyps and the identification and management of small bowel conditions. He has a particular interest in the early identification and endoscopic treatment of large, complex bowel polyps to ideally prevent his patients requiring a surgery.
He returned to the bay of Plenty in 2019 where he works as a general Gastroenterologist. He provides care to patients with all Gastrointestinal diseases and performs both diagnostic and advanced therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy at Grace hospital. He is part of the bowel cancer screening team at Tauranga hospital and is involved in endoscopy training and mentorship of Gastroenterology junior doctors.
David believes in the importance of good communication and keeps his patients informed and involved in the decision making process.