June 10, 2008 (Return to News)

Gastroenterologist, Robert M. Barbati, MD, Joins Wuesthoff Health System

[BREVARD COUNTY, FL] - Robert M. Barbati, MD, recently joined Wuesthoff Health Systems new gastroenterology practice, GI Associates of Brevard, 1004 Beverly Drive, Suite B, in Rockledge.

Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. Barbati has been a practicing physician for more than 20 years, recently locating to Brevard County from Martin County, FL.

Earning his medical degree in 1981 from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, Dr. Barbati subsequently completed internships in both Family Practice and Internal Medicine in 1983 at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, Patchogue, NY.   After concluding an Internal Medicine residency at Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, in 1985, he completed his fellowship training in Gastroenterology at Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ, in 1988.  In addition, Dr. Barbati was previously a clinical instructor at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, for a one-year period.

 “Gastroenterology is a cross between medicine and surgery, so I found this particular sub-specialty uniquely fascinating,” said Dr. Barbati.   

Past president of the Martin County Medical Society, Dr. Barbati spent two years performing missionary work in Latin America, and as an instructor in Panama and Nicaragua for a program similar to the national missionary group, Doctors Without Borders.  In addition, Barbati was commissioned by the Australian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons for the position of chief/chairman of the department of gastroenterology in both the government and private sectors of Queensland.    

A member of the Florida Society of Internal Medicine, the American College of Gastroenterology and American College of Physicians, Dr. Barbati has a wide variety of experience in endoscope procedures including both diagnostic and therapeutic aspects, colonoscopies, injection therapy and digestive functions.

Dr. Barbati is now accepting new gastroenterology patients.  For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call (321) 637-7655.