Dr. Kia is an Australian trained Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist. Dr. Kia graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2009 and was accepted as a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 2019, after completing his Gastroenterology and Hepatology training in South East Queensland. Dr. Kia went on to complete his subspecialty fellowship training in Interventional Endoscopy at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Kia is passionate about high quality and evidence-based gastroenterology and interventional endoscopy care, which includes the provision of high quality diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), cholangiopancreatoscopy (Spyglass), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), balloon enteroscopy and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), with special interests in hepatopancreatobiliary diseases, Barrett’s oesophagus and small intestinal diseases. He is actively involved in training of junior doctors and endoscopy fellows at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and is a Senior Lecturer at the Griffith University School of Medicine.
Dr. Kia enjoys spending his down time with his wife and two daughters.
Professional Memberships:
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
- Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (CCRTGE) Accreditation