Dr. Georges Nawfal

Dr. Nawfal undertook a three-year fellowship programme in Leon, France in paediatric gastroenterology. He worked from 2009- 2020 in Lebanon in Notre Dame De Secours Hospital affiliated to Usek University in Byblos, Lebanon. From 2020, he worked in KSA at Suleiman Al Habib Hospital, Riyad, prior to joining Mediclinic Al Jowhara Hospital.

Qualification

• Lebanese Baccalaureate, Science Series – Lebanon, 1996
• Doctor In Medicine Diploma – Lebanon, 2003
• Specialized Diploma In Pediatric, Lebanon, 2008
• Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, France, 2009
• MBA International (Health Management), Lebanon And France, 2012

Core competencies

• Allergic gut disorders and food allergy
• Anal fissures
• Bacterial overgrowth in the gut
• Chronic diarrhoea
• Coeliac disease
• Constipation - severe refractory constipation
• Crohn’s disease – IBD
• Digestive endoscopy
• Eosinophilic GI disorders - eosinophilic oesophagitis/colitis
• Endoscopy
• Faltering growth
• Feeding disorders
• Fructose intolerance
• Gastritis
• Gastroesophageal reflux
• GI dysmotility
• GI bleeding and anaemia
• Gut infections
• Helicobacter pylori
• Hirschsprung’s disease
• IBS
• Lactose intolerance
• Liver disease including autoimmune hepatitis, conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, liver failure, biliary atresia and various other GI/liver disorders
• Neurodevelopmental feeding difficulties – PEG placement
• Nutritional problems
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Recurrent abdominal pain
• Short bowel syndrome / intestinal failure - Long term PN / Home PN
• Toddler’s diarrhea
• Ulcerative colitis - IBD