IBD SA

17/07/2025

IBDSA team meeting yesterday in Adelaide to discuss vision, strategies, multidisciplinary care and research. We Welcomed Lorelle Smith, our new clinical trials manager & Dr Alice Day, lead IBD dietitian. We are very proud of our multidisciplinary team from gastroenterologists, to colorectal surgeons, IBD nurses, dietitians and psychologists.

11/07/2025

IBDSA is excited to welcome Dr Alice day as a valuable member of our multidisciplinary team, starting with us on the 1st of September 2025.
Alice is a leader in the field of diet, gastroenterology and IBD.
Welcome Alice.

13/06/2025

ECCO 2025 highlights. Dr Patricia Kaazan IBDSA/ FMC

ECCO Conference Highlights 2025 are OUT NOW!

We're delighted to provide a link to a video presentation of selected highlights from the recent ECCO IBD meeting held in Berlin, Germany.

The presentation is given by Dr Patricia Kaazan, a gastroenterologist from Adelaide (The University of Adelaide).

Watch Video – HERE: https://tinyurl.com/4zfd95kj

GI Cancer Institute GENCA Crohn's & Colitis Australia IBD SA EFCCA - European Federation of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Associations

13/06/2025

Review by Dr Alex Barnes from IBDSA and FMC

When perfect is the enemy of good...

Results of a RAND appropriateness panel on treat to target in asymptomatic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is included in the latest IBD Issue 88!

Expert Dr Alex Barnes (IBD SA, Royal Adelaide Hospital ), provides commentary stating "the study is an interesting read"...

Find out more and read all IBD review articles HERE: https://tinyurl.com/2c9ec8dr

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians RACGP Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) GI Cancer Institute GENCA , Crohn's and Colitis Awareness

12/05/2025

SA group of specialists and IBDSA are very proud to announce that Dr Justin Baker has joined the team.
Welcome Justin!
We are very excited to work with you to provide excellent IBD care for our patients in South Australia.

20/04/2025

Happy Easter from all of us at IBDSA! Hope you had an "egg - cellent" one! Tune on for some exciting IBDSA news.

21/02/2025

Dear gentle reader,
A group of our IBDSA doctors went for a trip to Berlin...
They attended a conference in Messe Berlin, the European Crohn's Colitis Conference (ECCO 2025).
Right to left: Dr Patricia Kaazan, Dr Karmen Telfer, Dr Paul Spizzo & Dr Arvind Rajagapolan.

28/01/2025

Inflammatory Bowel Disease is on the rise.
Primary care Is fundamental to avoid delays in diagnosis, management and complications.
If you have symptoms, speak to your GP who can refer you to a gastroenterology/ IBD specialist.
Attached is position statement of the Spanish society of primary care Physicians and the GETECCU on the management of IBD in primary care!

21/01/2025

If you are an experienced nurse looking for a job in inflammatory bowel disease, consider applying through the link below.
We are the largest private Gastroenterology and IBD group in SA & we are looking for a third IBD nurse due the expansion of our medical and clinical trials services. We pride ourselves in offering a world-class IBD service in a collegial and nice environment. Consider joining our wonderful IBD nurses (Kerrie Moss and Serena Martin- pictured below) and being a part of our team.

https://www.seek.com.au/job/81520827?ref=hirer-success-posting&_gl=1%2Ar39xz7%2A_gcl_au%2AMTgyNjMwNjY5OS4xNzM2OTkyMTU5LjI0MTM5Nzc4OS4xNzM3NDI1MzY0LjE3Mzc0MjU0Njg.%2A_ga%2AMTQ2ODIxMTU0MS4xNzM2OTkyMTU5%2A_ga_JYC9JXRYWC%2AMTczNzQyMzEyNS4zLjEuMTczNzQyNjExNC40Ny4wLjA

19/12/2024

Happy birthday to Amanda! She is one of our receptionists at and we are happy we had the chance to celebrate her birthday with flowers and wine :)

19/12/2024

Meet Serena Martin, one of our wonderful IBD nurses. She has an extensive nursing experience - been a nurse since 2005 and is caring, empathetic and dedicated to IBD care. Our IBD nurses are an integral part of our team and work closely with gastroenterologists to provide care and support. They can help providing IBD education, advice, arranging biological therapies and urgent reviews.
Thank you Serena!

15/12/2024

https://s*xdrugsandtoiletrolls.com/index.html

For many IBD patients talking about gut issues already falls outside the "comfort zone’. Discussing " dating, intimacy and relationships" can feel quite uncomfortable. Check out this website (the result of a collaboration between IBD patients and health professionals) as a reliable and hopefully helpful source of information. Many thanks to our IBDSA friend Tina Omprakash of the South Asian IBD alliance for being generous in sharing her resources with us and the wider IBD community.

For many of us, talking to others about gut issues already falls outside our normal ‘conversation comfort zone’. Unsurprisingly then, when s*x is mixed into the equation, the conversation can feel even more uncomfortable. However, for those of us living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD – p...