Contact:
04 381 8110- 04 381 8111
- Healthlink: gstrwkfd
Practises at:- Wakefield Hospital
- Consults at:
- Gastroenterology at Wakefield, 99 Rintoul Street, Newtown, Wellington
- Bowen Specialist Centre, Level B1, 98 Churchill Drive, Crofton Downs, Wellington
Dr Ben Griffiths
Qualifications
MBChB, FRACP
Special Interests
- IBD
- Endoscopy (Gastro)
- IBS
- Hepatology
- Coeliac disease
- Oesophagus
- Upper GI (Gastro)
- Lower GI (Gastro)
Additional Special Interests
| Auto immune hepatitis |
| Cirrhosis |
| Colonic polyps |
| Crohn’s disease |
| Dysphagia |
| Familial GI cancer / polyposis syndromes |
| Gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| Helicobacter pylori |
| Irritable bowel syndrome |
| Microscopic colitis |
| Peptic ulcer disease |
| Viral hepatitis |
| Bowel cancer screening |
| Colitis |
| Colonoscopy |
| Dyspepsia |
| Eosinophilic oesophagitis |
| Gastroparesis |
| Gastroscopy |
| Iron deficiency anaemia |
| Liver disease |
| Non cardiac chest pain |
| Ulcerative colitis |
Specialist Training
Ben is a graduate of the University of Otago (Dunedin and Wellington) and completed his advanced training in gastroenterology in the Auckland and Waikato regions. He then undertook a fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, before returning to work as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Wellington Hospital, Wakefield Hospital, and Bowen Hospital.
About Ben Griffiths
Ben provides friendly, patient focused assessment and management of a broad range of gastroenterological and liver conditions and offers diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy procedures. He has a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease and is involved in conducting clinical trials in this area.