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Dr Rakesh Aga

Name:
Dr Rakesh Aga MBBS, MD, FRCP
Practising at:
Spire Alexandra Hospital
Specialties:
  • Gastroenterology
    • Endoscopy
    • Inflammatory bowel disease
Special clinical interests:
Therapeutic endoscopy, colonoscopy
Research interests:
Inflammatory bowel disease
Current NHS and /or university posts:
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Medway NHS Trust, Medway Maritime Hospital
Year of first medical qualification:
1978
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians
Member of British Society of Gastroenterology
Member of American Gastroenterology Association
 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
01634 662822/662845
Personal email address:
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:
Dr Aga did his specialist training in the UK in medicine and gastroenterology. He has been a consulant gastroenterologist and endoscopist since 1993, holding posts in Muscat, Delhi, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, The John Radcliffe Oxford and Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

Dr Aga deals with the entire range of gastrointestinal illnesses, hepatobiliary conditions and pancreatic disease. His special interests are the management of lumenal conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, acid peptic syndromes, gastroesophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome and celiac disease. He performs all gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures and is particularly interested in colonoscopy and therapeutic endoscopy.

Symptoms for which patients are commonly referred to him are indigestion, anaemia, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, rectal bleeding and jaundice.

In addition to clinical consultations Dr Aga is also available for medico-legal opinions relating to the field of gastroenterology.
Personal profile:
Dr Aga is married with one son. His interests outside of medicine include reading widely, travelling, classical music and cinema. He also enjoys golf and used to play hockey at university.

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Dr Rakesh Aga

Dr Rakesh Aga Gastroenterology Consultant, Chatham, Kent, private hospital specialist.

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