Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Malik Mohamed Thalha

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A Senior Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist with over 10 years of clinical experience provides specialized, comprehensive care for complex digestive and liver disorders while balancing a high-volume clinical practice and training postgraduate internal medicine residents.

​Clinical & Procedural Expertise 
​Diagnostic & Therapeutic Endoscopy: Proficient in diagnostic and interventional upper GI endoscopies (OGDS) and colonoscopies, including polypectomies, mucosal resections, stricture dilations, and acute gastrointestinal bleeding interventions.

​Advanced Pancreatobiliary Interventions: Executes diagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) for tissue sampling/staging and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for biliary/pancreatic duct stone extraction, stenting, and drainage procedures.

​Motility & Functional Diagnostics: Performs high-resolution esophageal motility studies (esophageal manometry and pH-impedance monitoring) to evaluate swallowing disorders, achalasia, and recalcitrant gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

​Conditions Treated & Management Focus
​Hepatology & Liver Disease: Comprehensive care for viral hepatitis (B and C), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD/NAFLD), autoimmune liver diseases, liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension management, and early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Gastrointestinal & Pancreatobiliary Disorders: Diagnosis and long-term management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts, functional GI motility disorders, and peptic ulcer disease.

​Academic Leadership & Medical Education
​Serves as a clinical supervisor and educator for postgraduate internal medicine residents and fellows, conducting bedside teaching, mortality and morbidity reviews, procedural skills training, and evidence-based journal clubs.