Osama Etwati

Gastroenterologist internal medicine physician 

gastroenterologists and Internal Medicine physician 

Professional Summary 

• Currently I’m working as Gastroenterologist at Tygerberg hospital (Stellenbosch University) full time.

• Gastroenterology and Hepatology Cert Physician CMSA –July - September 2021 (full time):
  • Diagnostic and Interventional Gastroscopy 80 -100 case a week include emergency UGIT Bleeding, RFA, oesophageal varices band ligation, sclerotherapy, oesophageal dilation, and stent insertion under fluoroscopy guide for benign and malignant (palliative) strictures, PEG insertion, polypectomy, pyloric and duodenal stent, and dilation. 
  • Colonoscopies > 25 case a week include diagnostic and interventional such polypectomy, LGIB, APC, RFA and colonic benign stricture dilation.
  • ERCP > 15 case a week: diagnostic, ongoing interventional ERCP training.
  • Academic teaching and presentation twice a week.
  • SAGES - South Africa gastroenterology and hepatology Society member.

• Internal medicine Specialist (physician)Board CMSA since October 2019 
  • 4 Years Full time internal medicine training - rotation through all general and subspeciality: causality, emergency ICU, cardiology, pulmonology, infectious disease, endocrine, rheumatology, nephrology, haematology, neurology, gastroenterology, and hepatology.
  • Student examiner and teacher at university of Stellenbosch (part time)

• Master’s degree (MMED - 2019) Rheumatology division of internal medicine university of Stellenbosch (project is chloroquine associated maculopathy).

• March 2010 until March 2015: More than 5 years of experience providing health care as Medical Officer (MO) in medical Department Alkadra Tripoli Hospital Particularly Acute Critical Conditions (Medical ICU, Causality, Anaesthesia).

• MBChB obtained on March 2010