Ep 1 A/Prof Geoff Hebbard, IBS and Functional Digestive,Gut Disorders

Geoff graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1985 and completed his residency years/Gastroenterology training at The Royal Melbourne and Austin Hospitals, followed by a PhD in Neurogastroenterology in Adelaide supervised by Prof Michael Horowitz and Prof John Dent and then a postdoctoral position in Zurich Switzerland. He returned from Zurich and was appointed as a Gastroenterologist at the Repatriation General Hospital in Adelaide prior to his current appointment as Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2002 (to the present time) and Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Melbourne. His academic interests are in Neurogastroenterology and data acquisition/processing. Other appointments include Gastroenterology Advanced Training Committee of the RACP, and on the Council of the Australasian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association. Geoff's clinical interests are in patients with complex functional gastrointestinal disorders, but he has quite enough of them and does not need any new referrals. What we covered: Functional digestive disorders Neurogastroenterology a relatively new area of Gastroenterology Differences between Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Digestive disease "There is no nothing wrong with you is explained" We touch on Placebo and Nocebo effect and the importance of Doctor patient relationship How Geoff got into the area of Upper GI We talked about Gastroparesis Functional Dyspepsia Belching or Burping and farting Bloating and Gurgling We talked about the Bowel and its role in digestion We touch on the effects of diet on gut We talked about constipation and whether constipation toxify the body? Passage of Mucus from Bowel Gut bacteria and evolutionary benefits