Dr Waqas Fazal

MBBS, FRACP - General & Interventional Gastroenterologist

Qualifications & Training

  • Fellowship: Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), awarded 2016
  • Advanced Training: Royal Adelaide Hospital (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
  • International Fellowship: Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, London - trained in advanced endoscopy including EMR, luminal stenting, and EUS
  • Specialised Fellowship: Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK - advanced pancreato-biliary endoscopy (ERCP & EUS)
  • Bariatric Training: 2022 - high-volume bariatric centres (international)

Background

Dr Fazal is an Australian and UK trained specialist who returned to Australia in 2019. He is one of the most experienced endoscopists in Queensland in the field of bariatric and weight loss endoscopy.

He prides himself in provision of endoscopic options for the management of conditions that have traditionally required surgery. This includes weight loss, reflux disease and early GI cancers.

Hospital Appointments

Public

  • Mater Hospital Brisbane
  • Ipswich Public Hospital

Private

  • Mater Hospital Springfield
  • St Andrew's Private Hospital Ipswich
  • Sunnybank Private Hospital

Areas of Expertise

GI Disorders

General gastroenterology, pancreato-biliary disorders, chronic pancreatitis, GI side effects of cancer therapy, inflammatory bowel disease, liver disorders.

Weight Loss Management

Medical therapy, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, gastric balloon placement, post-bariatric surgery weight management.

Advanced Endoscopy

Bowel cancer screening colonoscopy, polyp and early cancer resection, ERCP, EUS, GI stent placement, bariatric endoscopy.