Prof. Dr. Laith Al-Rubaiy

Biography

Dr Laith Al-Rubaiy is a UK trained and board certified Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist with more than 10-year experience in Gastroenterology. He is an honorary Professor at Swansea University School of Medicine in the UK. Before joining Healthpoint Hospital, Dr Al-Rubaiy worked as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at St Mark’s Hospital, a highly specialized GI hospital in London. As the first ranked medical graduate, he won two highly competitive scholarships to complete his post graduate medical studies in the USA then in the UK. Dr Al-Rubaiy did advanced hepatology training at the Royal Free Hospital Liver transplant Unit in London.

Professor Al-Rubaiy is an award winning doctor and has been awarded 3 competitive national and local awards for work in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the UK. In 2017, Dr Al-Rubaiy was competitively selected to be named the “Young Gastroenterologist of the year: Emerging Leader” by the British Society of Gastroenterology in the UK. He published more than 50 peer reviewed articles, 20 case reports and 50 abstract and conference presentations. He was also involved in writing 3 books/ chapters.

He has more than 13 years clinical experience. His clinical work at Healthpoint Hospital involves the management of patients with various problems related to the digestive system such as such as indigestion, stomach ache, liver diseases, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), diarrhoea, weight loss, anaemia and acid reflux disease. He performs upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy to investigate these conditions.