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