Gastroenterology

Best Gastroenterology in Maroochydore

Dr Donald Walker

Gastroenterology

Dr Walkers has conducted over 75,000 scopes and his main interests in his private practice include
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diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy and liver disease, with an emphasis on chronic viral hepatitis.

Dr Hans Seltenreich

Gastroenterology

Hans completed his medical training and gastroenterology degree at the University of Padua (Italy) and
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the University of Heidelberg (Germany). Before relocating to Australia, he worked for 5 years as a consultant Gastroenterologist in Switzerland. He then moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2007 to work as a consultant gastroenterologist and director of gastroenterological services at the Nambour General Hospital.

Dr Jon Mitchell

Gastroenterology

Jonathan Mitchell is a tertiary trained specialist hepatologist (liver specialist). He graduated from
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Southampton (UK) in 1992 and completed training in a number of large hospitals in Southern England over the following five years. He entered into a 7-year specialist training program in gastroenterology and hepatology in 1997, sub-specialising in liver disease with a two-year fellowship at the world-famous Kings College Hospital Liver Unit in London UK. Before moving to Australia in 2012, he was one of the founding specialists of the South West Liver Unit in Plymouth UK, for 8 years, developing the service into one of the largest in the country.

Dr Felicity Hartnell

Gastroenterology

Dr Felicity Hartnell BSc, MBBS, DPhil (Oxon.) Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist Felicity
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graduated from medicine at the University of Queensland in 2011 and has recently completed her specialist training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, having trained at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH), Royal Womens and Brisbane Hospital (RBWH) and Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH).

Dr Spencer Kajevu

Gastroenterology

Dr Spencer graduated from the University of Zimbabwe in 2002; over the following three years he gained
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invaluable medical experience in the challenging environment of the Sub-Saharan region, before moving to Australia in 2005 to pursue his paediatric training. His Paediatric Gastroenterologist training was undertaken in Brisbane at the Royal Childrens Hospital, Mater Childrens Hospital and the Lady Cilento Childrens Hospital.

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What does gastroenterology mean?

Gastroenterology is a branch of internal medicine that deals with diseases of the stomach, intestines, liver, biliary tract, pancreas and metabolic diseases. Gastroenterologists are specialists who, after completing their 7 years of medical specialist training, have completed additional special training in the field of digestive disorders and who have passed a final examination as gastroenterologists.

What exactly does a gastroenterologist do?

The gastroenterologist is a doctor who specializes in all organs of the digestive tract, i.e. the esophagus, the stomach, the small and large intestines, the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, as well as the pancreas. It deals with the diagnosis, therapy and prevention of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

In medicine, gastroenterology refers to the study of the stomach and intestines. A gastroloenterologist deals with all diseases of the digestive tract, but is also the right contact for metabolic disorders and diseases of the pancreas or liver. The gastroenterologist can often help you with questions of nutrition, especially when it comes to intolerance to certain foods (for example lactose intolerance or intolerance to gluten, soy, etc.). He knows the causes of such intolerances and can give you advice on the right diet. What examinations does a gastroenterologist perform? Since gastroenterology deals exclusively with internal organs, many examinations and treatments are carried out endoscopically – for example gastroscopy, in which an endoscope (today mostly with a tiny camera through which the patient can follow the examination) through the esophagus and into the stomach is introduced. A gastroenterologist also performs a number of preventive measures; in other words, examinations for the early detection of diseases This also includes the colonoscopy, which can be necessary to detect various intestinal diseases or even colon cancer. Colonoscopies for the early detection of colon cancer are generally only recommended from the age of 50 onwards; in younger people, they are only performed if they have a family history.