Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review New Zealand works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Dr Srikantaiah Manjunatha (Manju)

Dr Srikantaiah Manjunatha (Manju)

Dr Srikantaiah Manjunatha (Manju) is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Te Whatu Ora–Southern, Dunedin and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago.  After completing his MBBS from the University of Mysore in India and MD (Medicine) from the prestigious PGIMER (Post graduate institute of Medical Education & Research), Chandigarh, India, he moved to the UK in 1988.  He completed advanced training in medicine and gastroenterology in the UK after obtaining his MRCP (UK) in 1989.  He worked as a registrar, senior registrar and consultant in medicine and gastroenterology for 25 years in the NHS, UK.  He also held honorary faculty positions in the universities of Wolverhampton and Birmingham.  He was elected FRCP (London) in 2009 and served as a national assessor for the JAG (Joint advisory group) for GI endoscopy quality for four years before retiring from the NHS in September 2014 and moving to New Zealand. He was elected FRACP in January 2016.  His special interests are therapeutic endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and molecular mechanisms of gastrointestinal disease.

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