Pindara Private Hospital - Gold Coast
8 Carrara St
The Gastrointestinal Centre
Benowa , QLD, 4217
07 5564 6922
07 5597 3114
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Dr Al-Freah received his Bachelor Degree in Medicine from the University of Baghdad/Iraq in 1990. He moved to New Zealand in 1997 where he undertook consultant physician training in Auckland, New Zealand. After completing advanced training in gastroenterology at Auckland City, North Shore and Dunedin Hospitals in 2006, Dr Al-Freah was appointed as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Hawkes Bay Hospital in New Zealand.
Having developed a keen interest in liver disease, Dr Al-Freah undertook a 5 year fellowship in hepatology with general endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound training at the largest liver unit in Europe, King’s College Hospital in London between 2007 and 2012. During this time Dr Al-Freah also had appointments as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Wirral University Hospital in Liverpool and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. Dr Al-Freah moved to the Gold Coast with his family in 2013 where he took up the position of Senior Staff Specialist at The Tweed Hospital.
Dr Al-Freah’s practice includes consultation in all aspects of general gastroenterology, with the performance of Upper/Lower GI Endoscopy including Endoscopic Mucosal Resection. He has a particular interest in the management of patients with cirrhosis, alcohol and non-alcohol related chronic liver disease, viral hepatitis (B and C) and autoimmune hepatitis.
Dr Al-Freah has research interests in end-stage liver disease and viral hepatitis. He has a number of publications in reputable medical journals and has presented his research at international medical conferences. He enjoys teaching medical students, junior doctors and nurses. He is an Associate Professor in Gastroenterology at Bond University. He received Supervisor of the Year Award in 2014 for his teaching and supervision of junior doctors at the Tweed Hospital.
Dr Al-Freah conducts general gastroenterology and liver consultation at Pindara Professional Centre. He provides GI procedural services, as well as after hours and inpatient services at Pindara Private Hospital.