The services that Prof. Clarke provides include diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower endoscopy and ERCP. He treats conditions such as colitis, Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IB's)
Prof. Clarke is currently Consultant Gastroenterologist, Portiuncula University Hospital and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Limerick GEMS. He was Clinical Director, Portiuncula Hospital, Sept. 2009-2011.
Prof. Clarke was a Consultant Gastroenterologist in University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust from July 2001-March 2004 and was also Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Warwick/Leicester School of Medicine.
Prof. Clarke is a 1992 Medical Graduate of University College Dublin. He completed basic specialty training in Beaumont and Mater University Hospitals and was awarded the MRCPI in 1994. Prof. Clarke undertook higher speciality training in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine in the Mater Hospital and subsequently Post-Doctoral Fellowship training at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston. After a three year fellowship, Dr Clarke spent a further year as an Advanced Fellow in Hepatobiliary Disease. Prof. Clarke holds the degree of MD by original research/thesis from University College Dublin (1999), UEMS Diploma in Gastroenterology (2000) and was included in the Irish Medical Council Specialist Register in Gastroenterology/ G (I) M in 2001. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2002.
