Professor Daniel R Gaya

Professor Gaya graduated from the University of Glasgow Medical School in 1998 MB ChB with honours. He has received comprehensive training in acute and general medicine, gastroenterology, liver disease and therapeutic endoscopy. He has undertaken training periods in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. In 2007 he was awarded a Travelling Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG), to visit the Gastroenterology Unit at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. He was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in 2008. Professor Gaya has been awarded two research degrees for work undertaken in the field of inflammatory bowel disease. First a Master of Science (MSc) from University of Edinburgh in 2006 and most recently a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from University of Glasgow in 2018. Professor Gaya was appointed as a Consultant Gastroenterologist in 2007 and an Honorary Professor at University of Glasgow in 2022. Professor Gaya consults on a wide range of GI issues including reflux disease, swallowing problems, ulcers, liver problems, gastric and bowel cancer screening, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, diverticular disease and rectal bleeding. Professor Gaya works with both NICE and the SMC to assist with expert advise on new drug approvals and is often utilised as an expert witness in legal cases.

Professor Gaya has a major interest in diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy. He sees patients with peptic ulcer disease and reflux and performs wireless Bravo pH studies for the investigation of the latter. Furthermore, he is a certified colonoscopy trainer and undertakes therapeutic colonoscopy (polyp removal) as part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Professor Gaya is a member of the Greater Glasgow & Clyde Area Drug & Therapeutics Committee (ADTC) and a gastroenterology advisor to the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC). Professor Gaya's sub-specialist interest is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and he receives tertiary referrals for the management of complex cases. He set up the transition clinic for adolescents with IBD with colleagues at the Royal Hospital for Children. Professor Gaya is board member of the Scottish IBD charity C³ and the secretary of the British Society of Gastroenterology IBD Committee. Professor Gaya is frequently instructed as an expert witness in medicolegal cases in the field of gastroenterology.