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.
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.