Dr Yusuf Moolla obtained his medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 2007. He then completed his internship at King Edward Hospital in 2009, before completing his community service in Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics at Stanger Hospital in 2010.
After earning his master’s degree in medicine and fellowship in Internal Medicine in 2015, he went on to specialise in HIV Management, Geriatric Medicine and then Gastroenterology at the College of Medicine, South Africa between 2016 and 2019.
Following specializing as a physician, Dr Moolla served as Junior Consultant in the Department of Internal Medicine at Addington Hospital and later became a Senior Registrar in Gastroenterology at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital.
He has published articles in the South African Medical Journal, South African Journal of Oncology, Southern Africa Family Practice, South African Gastroenterology Review , HIV Nursing Matters and recently in an international journals including liver communications.
He has presented research and talks at local and national conferences and meetings, and has a keen research interest in precision medicine and genetics.
As a specialist physician and gastroenterologist, Dr Moolla specialises in the treatment of all common general diseases, however, focusses as a sub-specialist on the disorders of the digestive system, pancreas and liver.
He has a keen interest in inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome and various liver diseases. In addition, Dr Moolla is able to perform diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonic procedures.
Dr Moolla currently practices at the Gateway Centre for Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Disease at Gateway hospital and Life Mount Edgecombe hospital, and is a member of the South African Gastroenterology Society and the College of Physicians, South Africa.
