QUALIFICATIONS
2012 – 2014   Research and Clinical Fellowship in GI Advanced Therapeutics, The Johns Hopkins University
2006 – 2011   Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians 
2001 – 2004   Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with Honours, Flinders University 
1996 – 2000   Masters of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales 
1996 – 2000   Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Honours, University of New South Wales 

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CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct A/Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and Hospital  1800 Orleans St, Baltimore MD 21205, USA
Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Rd, Camperdown NSW 2050
Chris O’Brien Life House at RPA , 119 Missenden Rd, Campberdown NSW 2050 
Prince of Wales Private Hospital  Barker St, Randwick NSW 2031
St George Private Hospital, 1 South St, Kogarah NSW 2217 

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SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Gastroscopy
• Colonoscopy and advanced polyp resection
• EUS    
• ERCP 
• Pancreatic cancer screening    
• Pancreatic cysts    
• Endoscopic Drainage of Pseudocysts
  
• EUS guided biliary (EUS-­BD) drainage       
• EUS guided pancreatic duct drainage (EUS-­PD)    
  
• Chronic Pancreatitis

• POEM (peroral endoscopic myotomy)
• Endoscopic Zenker's Diverticulotomy
• Resection of early gastrointestinal cancers
  
• Submucosal tunneling and resection (STER) of tumors
• ESD (endoscopic submucosal dissection)
• Endoscopic treatment of Barrett's oesophagus
  
• Endoscopic fundoplication for reflux disease
• Endoscopic treatment of gastroparesis
• Endoscopic suturing
  
• Endoscopic obesity therapies
  

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RESEARCH GRANTS

• Maryland Innovation Initiative Grant, Maryland Technology Development Corporation

          $100,000 per year for 2 years
          Project Title: A Novel Method of Measuring Pancreatic Oxygenation in a Porcine Model of Chronic Pancreatitis

• Cook Medical Educational Research Grant

          Project title: The learning curve for endoscopic submucosal dissection in a Western academic centre using a novel gel

• Boston Scientific Research Grant
  Comparison of two needle aspiration techniques for endoscopic ultrasound-­‐guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-­‐FNA) in solid pancreatic lesions

• Cook Medical Research Grant

           Project Title: Australian multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing the diagnostic yield of 22g ProCore Needle                versus 22g Echotip Ultra needle

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS
Endoscopic diagnostic device for chronic pancreatitis. The device is a miniaturised fibre optic micro oxygen saturation probe (140um x 3mm) which is attached to a flexible cable which can be passed through a 19g endoscopic ultrasound needle