Dr. Abtan Ahmad Al-Talafih

Dr. Abtan Ahmad Al-Talafih is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Medcare Hospital in Sharjah with over 35 years of clinical experience. He holds certification from the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and has trained internationally, earning his medical degree from the University of Basra in Iraq, followed by specialist qualifications from Jordan, the UK, and the USA. He has been affiliated with the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute in Egypt and maintains active membership in several prestigious medical societies across Jordan, the UK, and Europe.

Dr. Al-Talafih specializes in managing complex gastrointestinal and liver conditions, including hepatitis, cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), oesophageal disorders, pancreatic diseases, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, and functional digestive disorders. He performs both diagnostic procedures—such as upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, and flexible sigmoidoscopy—and advanced therapeutic interventions including treatment of bleeding, foreign-body removal, oesophageal dilation, feeding-tube insertion, variceal banding, and endoscopic obesity treatments using balloons or Botox injections.

Fluent in Arabic and English, Dr. Al-Talafih is a good fit for patients seeking expert evaluation and treatment of complex or chronic digestive and liver problems, or those requiring specialized endoscopic procedures.