Professor Elizabeth Powell is an eminent Staff Specialist/Hepatologist at The Princess Alexandra Hospital and Director of the Centre for Liver Disease Research, The University of Queensland within the Translational Research Institute. To arrange a very urgent review, please phone the Princess Alexandra Hospital’s switchboard on (07) 3176 2111 and ask to speak to the Hepatology Fellow/Registrar on-call. Katherine was the Director of Physician Training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital between 2003 and 2007. Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ Telephone: 0122 324 5151 www.cuh.org.uk. Returning to Brisbane in 2008, he trained in liver transplant and advanced HPB surgery as fellow at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The Queensland Liver Transplant Service performs more than 50 liver transplants each year. Getting here Other locations . The procedures include: Medical students of The University of Queensland are regularly attached to the Unit. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomies/Jejunostomies (PEG/PEJ). He has supervised 10 higher degree students and has published over 80 articles and book chapters in the area of liver disease. Dr Gupta graduated with Honours from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) before undertaking his Fellowship in Gastroenterology. Dr Tallis graduated from Medical School at the University of Sydney with an Honors degree. It offers a vibrant, fast paced workplace with ... & PEG Clinic, Liver Transplant Clinic, NAFLD Integrated Care Clinic. With state of the art diagnostic and interventional endoscopic services, clinicians and support staff provide specialised assessment and gastrointestinal functional testing complementing the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal problems. The transplant ward has 16 beds, the adjacent nephrology ward has 14 beds and both wards have immediate access to the eight bed, high-dependency dialysis unit that is co-located in the transplant ward. On completion of her specialty training she had the opportunity to gain clinical and research experience through the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, England. In addition, Specialised Gastroenterology and Hepatology clinics have been established for a number of disease conditions including: The Hepatology section of the Department offers an extensive outpatient program focusing on patients with chronic viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular cancer, metabolic liver diseases and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). You are in: Home > Services A-Z Home > Scottish Liver Transplant Unit > Scottish Liver Transplant Unit History > History of the Liver Unit Top. The development of the programme in Ireland was phased over several years and included an initial two-year liaison with King’s College Hospital in London, who already had a fully developed programme in liver transplantation. Dr Luke Hourigan is the Clinical Director of Endoscopy at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. She has a clinical interest in obesity-related liver disease, chronic viral hepatitis and complications of cirrhosis, conditions that are responsible for the increasing burden of liver disease. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP). A number of research projects related to various aspects of Gastroenterology and Hepatology are currently conducted in our Department, including drug therapies for functional and inflammatory bowel diseases, pathophysiology of functional gastrointestinal disorders, efficiency and safety of interventional endoscopic techniques, drug therapies for viral hepatitis and pathophysiological mechanisms of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, liver repair and regeneration and innate immune function in chronic liver disease. In addition to his training in Medicine and Gastroenterology he completed a Master of Business Administration at the University of South Australia and is certified by the German Board of Physicians in Medical Informatics and Biostatistics. There are 1,011 beds throughout the hospital. He then continued with a second post fellowship year at the Princess Alexandra hospital, Liver unit, Brisbane where he undertook further training in kidney and liver transplantation and further developed his skills in complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. 5 Department of Surgery, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Stephen Vincent Lynch AC is a liver transplant specialist who has worked on surgery to transplant liver tissue from adult donors to children. Dr Saurabh Gupta, BSc (Med), MBBS (Hons), FRACP. Patients with liver disease can be referred to the Hepatology clinics which are held at the Burke Street Treatment Centre. Anorectal manometry (is done in collaboration with the QE11 Hospital). Dr Nadia Maqboul is a Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist with a sub-specialty interest in Interventional Endoscopy. Currently, Dr Maqboul participates in endoscopy and colonoscopy, (including screening colonoscopy for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme), as well as more advanced endoscopic procedures such as ERCP, EUS, single balloon enteroscopy and EMR of colonic polyps. Luke has been an invited speaker and proceduralist at national and international meetings. Strong R(1), Fawcett J. The Department provides consultative service to other medical and surgical units at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He is part of the Cancer Council Australia working party developing clinical guidelines for the management of Barrett's oesophagus. Endoscopic mucosal resection of polyps and early mucosal tumours, Resection of large gastric & colonic lesions, Endoscopic treatment of Barrett’s lesions, Argon plasma coagulation of mucosal lesions, Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). Register; Frequently asked questions; Instructions and information; Region map; Results; Submit your photos; Accessing information. Rebecca obtained her medical degree from the Flinders University of South Australia in 1998, graduating with Honours. The department has close clinical links with the upper gastrointestinal, colorectal and hepatopancreato-biliary surgical units. Dr O'Rourke is the supervisor of surgical training at Princess Alexandra Hospital and a member of the Queensland board in general surgery. During the first two years of the programme an assessment committee evaluated 55 patients (38 adults, 17 children). Nadia obtained her medical degree at the Royal Free and University College Medical School, London. Princess Alexandra Hospital Ipswich Rd WOOLLOONGABBA, QLD, 4102 Professor Stephen Lynch Editor Ms Glenda Balderson Editor/Liaison Officer Ms Debra Cormack Graphics Phone (61-7) 3176 2385 G.Balderson Fax (61-7) 3176 2999 G.Balderson Email Glenda_Balderson@health.qld.gov.au MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Professor L. Delreviere Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA Professor R.M. Dr Raj is a Staff Specialist in the Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, and a PhD scholar at the Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland. Dr Tallis is a consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane where she has a strong interest in Liver Transplantation, being a member of The Queensland Liver Transplant Service. DirectorProfessor Gerald Holtmann, MD, PhD, MBA, FRACP, FRCP, Clinical Director EndoscopyDr Luke Hourigan, MBBS, FRACP, Director of HepatologyDr Katherine Stuart, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, Consultant StaffDr Daniel Burger, BSc, MBBS (Hons), FRACPDr Paul Clark, PhD, MBBS, FRACPDr Saurabh Gupta, MBBS, (Hons), FRACPDr Lara Kane, MBBS, FRACPDr Bradley Kendall, MBBS, FRACPAssociate Professor Dr Graeme Macdonald, PhD, MBBS, FRACPDr Neal Martin, BSc, MBBS, FRACPDr Nadia Maqboul, MBBS, BSc (Hons), MPH, FRACPProfessor Elizabeth Powell, PhD, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, FRCP (Lond)Dr Ashok Raj, FRACP, MBChBDr Rebecca Ryan, BMBS (Hons) FRACPDr Caroline Tallis, BPhty (Hons), MBBS (Hons), FRACPDr Terrance Tan, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, Interventional Endoscopy FellowDr Andrew St John, BSc/BA, MBBS, FRACP, IBD/MotiliIty FellowDr Natalie Kiel, BSc, MBBS, Advanced Trainees in Gastroenterology and HepatologyDr Peter Hendy, BSc, MBBSDr Graeme Rich, MBBS, BMedSci, Hepatology and Liver Transplant FellowDr James Thomas, BM, BSc (Hons), MRCP (UK), Senior ScientistAssociate Professor Linda Fletcher, PhD, BSc (Hons), Research FellowsDr Kevin Fagan, BSc, BM (Hons), MRCP (UK)Dr Aidan Woodward,  B.Pharm, MBBS, Research and Clinical Trial CoordinatorDr. Dr Lara Kane is a graduate of The University of Queensland. The hepatobiliary surgeons attending these clinics include Professor Jonathan Fawcett, Dr Peter Hodgkinson and Dr David Lockwood. Hydrogen Breath testing for small bowel bacterial overgrowth and lactose intolerance, 13C Breath testing (using IRIS) for gastric emptying, pancreatic function, H. pylori colonisation, Post-prandial oesophageal manometry and pH monitoring, Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy (flexible and rigid). After completing this in 2007, Dr Gupta spent time in Brisbane and at Duke University Medical Center, (North Carolina, USA) undertaking further training in ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound.