Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Hello, my name is Dr Nir Fireman. I’m a Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist based in Auckland, and also see patients in the Wellington area (Rutherford clinic)
I see paediatric patients of all ages from newborn, through childhood to the older teen, with a wide variety of digestive issues. I was trained in paediatrics, then further specialised in paediatric gastroenterology in Israel. Following my arrival in New Zealand, I was working as a consultant at Starship Children’s hospital. I have been seeing patients in private practice in Auckland since 2017 and in Lower Hutt since 2018. I have been based at the MacMurray Centre Auckland and the Rutherford clinic at Lower Hutt.
Areas of expertise:
- Coeliac disease
- Feeding disorders and difficulties
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis
- Paediatric inflammatory bowel diseases
- Paediatric liver diseases
- Paediatric endoscopy- Diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy
Current Employment
MacMurray Centre Auckland
Rutherford Clinic Lower Hutt
Qualifications
FRACP
Training
- Semmelweis Medical school, Budapest Hungary
- Basic and Advanced paediatric training in Wolfson Medical centre – Israel
- Paediatric gastroenterology Training in in Wolfson Medical centre – Israel
- Traditional Chinese acupuncture – Tel Aviv University, Israel
- “Shonishine” course (Japanese needle less acupuncture for children)
Overseas experience
- Consultant General Paediatric at Wolfson medical centre Israel
- Consultant Gastroenterology at Wolfson medical centre Israel
- Consultant in the paediatric FTT and feeding disorder clinic, Wolfson Medical centre Israel
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