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Our gastroenterologist can provide the following procedures:
✔ Colonoscopy
✔ Endoscopy
✔ Enteroscopy
✔ Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Gastroenterology Services
Dr Niwansa Adris graduated from Monash University and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2021. His special interests are in nutrition, functional gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, high quality endoscopy and liver disease. Dr. Niwansa Adris is involved with GP education, training for medical students and basic physician trainees and ongoing research in nutrition, general gastroenterology and liver disease. His approach to patient care focuses on a holistic approach with multidisciplinary involvement with other specialists, dietitians, psychologists and physiotherapists for the management of gastrointestinal disease. Currently he is working as a Senior Medical Officer with the hepatology team at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and at The Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS).
Dr Niwansa Adris
Graham Radford-Smith is a gastroenterologist with extensive clinical (consultative and procedural) experience across a wide range of GI disorders. He specializes in the fields of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD – Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis) and non- inflammatory gut disorders. Graham developed the Crohn’s and Colitis centre at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) together with Australia’s first series of IBD specialist clinics and a Telehealth program for regional Queensland. He introduced IBD specialist nursing during this period.
Graham is an honorary group leader at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute where he works with his team in the Gut Health research group, Associate Professor within the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Chair of the ANZ IBD consortium of clinicians, and Chair of Crohn’s Colitis Cure (a charity supporting research and clinical practice for clients with IBD).
Associate Professor Graham Radford-Smith
Charlotte joined the team when Integrated Gut Health first launched, bringing a wide range of experience to assist in set-up and the running of the clinic. Charlotte has over 10 years' experience working as a clinical and administrative coordinator, working closely with A/Prof Graham Radford-Smith since 2011.
Charlotte has extensive experience in client services and managing healthcare in the sometimes complex health system and has implemented initiatives to streamline and coordinate the multiple needs of gut health patients. During her time at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Charlotte assisted in the implementation of the IBD Telehealth Programme to Rockhampton and Bundaberg. Charlotte thoroughly enjoys guiding the patient through their Integrated Gut Health journey, to ensure they are receiving the smoothest transition possible.
Mrs CHARLOTTE NELSON
Meet Our Gastroenterologists & Concierge
A sigmoidoscopy is a procedure where a doctor examines the inside lining of your lower large bowel for growths or diseases using a sigmoidoscope - a short, flexible tube with a camera and light attached. The images are displayed on a video screen. The procedure may or may not require sedation. Discomfort is usually brief.
flexible sigmoidoscopy
An enteroscopy is a procedure where a doctor uses an endoscope to examine your food pipe, stomach and small bowel for abnormalities like inflammation or bleeding. An endoscope is a flexible tube with a small camera and light that allows the doctor to see inside your gut on a video screen. The doctor can also use the endoscope to remove small growths, take biopsies or aspirate fluid samples. You may experience some pressure or bloating during the procedure, but it should go away quickly.
enteroscopy
An upper GI endoscopy is a procedure that uses a flexible tube with a camera and light to examine the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum. During the procedure, small tissue samples (biopsies) can be taken, polyps can be removed, narrow areas can be dilated, and bleeding can be stopped. It is commonly used to investigate symptoms like tummy pain, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, difficulty swallowing, or abnormal blood tests or scans.
ENDOSCOPY
A colonoscopy is a procedure that uses a flexible tube with a camera and light to examine the large bowel, including the rectum and colon, and sometimes the last part of the small bowel. It can also be used to take tissue samples (biopsies), remove polyps, dilate narrow areas, and stop bleeding