Gastroenterology

The Department of Gastroenterology strives to provide quality care for our patients through a focus on patient satisfaction, ongoing research, and the education and development of department faculty, research fellows and junior doctors. The Department of Gastroenterology at St.Vincent's Hospital provides a comprehensive range of consultative and diagnostic procedures in gastroenterology. It has a particular interest in chronic viral hepatitis and other liver diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, therapeutic endoscopy and oesophageal disorders.

Our History

St Vincent's Department of Gastroenterology was first established in 1978 with Dr Kerry Breen as staff gastroenterologist and Dr Luke Murphy, Dr Peter Davies and Professor Greg Whelan as physicians to the Department.

Our Services

St Vincent's Department of Gastroenterology provides a comprehensive range of consultative and diagnostic procedures in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Our Team

Our team has a diverse range of staff including consultants, research fellows, registrars, clinical nurse specialists and clinical trial co-coordinators. You can find contact information for a member of the team here.

Clinics and Referral Information

St Vincent's Department of Gastroenterology provides a comprehensive range of consultative and diagnostic procedures in gastroenterology.

Resources

We have a list of resources to help find information on the many aspects of gastroenterology including, useful links, publications, videos and contacts.

Our Research

The research philosophy of the Department is to undertake clinical, translational and basic research centred around the clinical expertise and research interests of department members.

Education and Training

A range of education is provided to health care professionals in Victoria; nurses, midwives, GPs, allied health, health students, aged care, Indigenous health, mental health, community health, dentists, pharmacists, Needle & Syringe Program, AOD workers.