Dr. Dalia Belsha is a senior consultant pediatric gastroenterologist working currently in American Hospital, Dubai and has over 14 years of experience in the field so far. She completed her MBBS from Baghdad and later on went to UK to complete her specializations. She has more than 14 years of experience in the UK. She first was trained in pediatrics alone and later on took the sub-specialty of pediatric gastroenterology along with nutrition and pediatric hepatology. So far she has performed well over 1000 colonoscopies for children aged from one month to 21 years old. In UK she was lead of the pediatric endoscopy service which was in Manchester and also a recognized pediatric endoscopy trainer. 

Known languages 

• English, Arabic, Pakistani

Education 

• MBBS- Baghdad
• MBCHB- Baghdad university
• Post graduate diploma in research
• CCT Paediatric gastroenterology 
• FRCPCH- Royal college of paediatric, United Kingdom 

Areas of expertise 

• Chronic diarrhoea

• Recurrent stomach pain

• Inflammatory bowel disease

• Severe constipation 

• Gastroesophageal reflux

• Feeding problems

• Allergies

• Liver disease

• Faltered growth

• Parenteral nutrition

• Wireless capsule enteroscopy
• Gastrostomy
• Jejunostomy
• Liver biopsy

 Associations 

• General medical council, UK

• RCPCH

• British society of paediatric gastroenterology

• Royal college of child health

• American academy of Paediatrics

• North American society of Paediatric gastroenterology 

• Hepatology and nutrition