Dr George Marinos

Dr George Marinos is a specialist Gastroenterologist who co-founded City East Specialist Day Hospital in 2001, and is the Chairman of its Medical Advisory Committee. He performs private endoscopic procedures at City East Specialist Day Hospital. He also on staff at the Prince of Wales Hospital and has private rooms in Randwick and Bondi Junction.  Dr Marinos is also an adjunct senior lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales.

Dr Marinos completed his medical degree with honours at the University of NSW in 1982.  He completed his advanced training in gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Prince of Wales and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals.  He then worked and studied overseas at the Kings College Hospital, London for 5 years where he completed his MD thesis.

In 1996 began Dr Marinos began his private Gastroenterology practice in the Eastern suburbs and founded South Eastern Gastroenterology Pty Ltd . In 1997 Dr Marinos co-founded the Australian Breath Analysis Laboratory to provide C-13 Urea Breath Testing to detect Helicobacter pylori. Dr Marinos remains its senior medical advisor the Australian Breath Analysis Laboratory.  In 2005 Dr George Marinos co-founded the first intragastric balloon clinic (Gastric Balloon Australia, now called The BMI Clinic), which is now Australia’s leaders in endoscopic bariatric procedures and research. In 2006 Dr George Marinos co-founded GP Grand Rounds an independent teaching organization providing continuing medical education for GPs.