About Dr Mark Danta

Current position:

Specialist Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist,
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine UNSW,
Medical School postgraduate (Phd) co-ordinator.

 

Academic history:

B Med, DTM&H, MPH, MD, FRACP

Areas of interest:
Dr Danta's areas of interest include general gastroenterology, Liver disease, management of viral hepatitis (hepatitis B & C) and HIV co-infection.

Professional life:
Dr Danta completed his undergraduate studies in medicine at the University of Newcastle NSW in 1992.

He carried out his residency at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and completed his specialist training in Gastroenterology at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.

Through medical work carried out in Asia, South and Central America, the Pacific Islands and central Australia, Mark developed his interest in liver disease and hepatitis. He then took a position as research fellow at the Royal Free and University College School of Medicine, London, UK. He completed his Fellowship in Hepatology at the Royal Free Hospital, London in 2003 and completed his Doctorate in hepatits C and HIV at the University College London in 2006.

In 2007 Mark returned to St Vincent's as a Staff Specialist and a Senior Lecturer in Medicine with UNSW. He continues his research into viral hepatitis. He has been granted independent funding many times and in 2009 was awarded a prestegious grant from Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC).

Mark also has an active role in the Viral Hepatitis Program of the National Centre of HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) trialling new therapies for viral hepatitis.

 

Dr Danta is also currently carrying out research in the gastrointestinal immune system and with Fibroscan assessment. He has recently been accepted to publish a paper in the renowned medical journal AIDS (July 2010).

Dr Danta lives in central Sydney with his young family.

Contact Dr Danta or make an appointment:
Address: Suite 401, St Vincent’s Clinic
438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
Phone: (02) 8382 6477 | fax: 8382 6467
Email: enquiries@markdanta.com