Dr. Kafya Ahmed Akrouf


Dr. Kafya Ahmed Akrouf

Sr. Specialist – Internal Medicine Hepatology & Gastroenterology

Department

Internal Medicine

Qualifications:
  • Training program – Kuwait Medical Board, Internal Medicine
  • MSc. Tropical Medicine / Hepatology & Gastroenterology – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
  • MD Clinical Medical Board of Tropical Medicine / Hepatology & Gastroenterology – Al Azhar University, Cairo
  • Clinical training in Liver Transplant Institute – King’s College Hospital, London, UK
  • Advanced Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) – McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Expert in diagnostic and therapeutic upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy
Treatments:
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and esophageal disorders
  • Esophageal pH capsule monitoring
  • Peptic ulcer disease and H. pylori infection
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Liver and pancreatic diseases
  • Celiac disease
  • Evaluation of changes in bowel habits (constipation and diarrhea)
  • Assessment of abdominal pain
  • Management of gastrointestinal bleeding cases
  • Insertion and removal of gastric balloons for weight reduction