Gastroenterologist
Alan Fraser was trained at the University of Otago and graduated in 1980. He trained in Waikato and Auckland Hospitals, then moved to the Royal Free Hospital, London, to a research fellow position for the next three years. His main research interests were concerning the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and also the control of gastric acid secretion. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College in 1990, and MD, University of Otago, in 1994. In 1998, he returned to England on sabbatical, this time to Oxford, to develop a research interest in inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis).
He is Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland and was responsible for all teaching in gastroenterology at the School of Medicine from second year to the final year. He has over 140 research publications. He has now left the university and is solely in private practice, consulting at Auckland Gastroenterology, Mercy Specialist Centre.
Consultations at Mercy Specialist Centre, 100 Mountain Rd, Epsom. Ph 6301838.