Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane Gastroenterologist, Therapeutic Endoscopist, Wesley Gastroenterology and Liver Group, Wesley Hospital Brisbane Matthew completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Queensland in 1995. He undertook his junior training and subsequent Gastroenterology training, at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane and Townsville Hospital, obtaining fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2003. Matthew completed fellowships in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) at the Princess Alexandra Hospital before completing an Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship at St Michael’s Hospital Toronto, Canada. During this time, he developed a specific interest in ERCP, Barrett’s oesophagus, resection / ablative techniques and small bowel enteroscopy. On returning to Australia in 2005, Matthew accepted a position at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) where he is now a Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist, performing and teaching advanced endoscopy, in particular ERCP, small bowel enteroscopy and Barrett’s management and ablation, including establishing the Barrett’s radiofrequency ablation (RFA) service. Matthew is actively involved in teaching registrars and fellows, as well as in the endoscopic research programme at the RBWH and through his involvement in the Australian New Zealand Endoscopy Leaders Forum (ANZELF), for which he is currently on the organising committee. Matthew is involved in a busy private practice at the Wesley Hospital as a founding member of the Wesley Gastroenterology and Liver Group. He served as a member of the Gastroenterology Society of Australia (GESA) Endoscopy Faculty from 2020 to 2021, before taking up the role as Chair.

Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist and Director, St Vincent’s Centre for Swallowing & Oesophageal Disorders, Sydney Dr Santosh Sanagapalli is a gastroenterologist and specialist in swallowing disorders. He undertook a clinical research fellowship in gastrointestinal physiology at University College London and completed his PhD at the University of Sydney. He established the Centre for Swallowing & Oesophageal Disorders at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, where he runs an active clinical research program. His research is primarily focused on advancing the methodology and utility of the technology used to investigate reflux and swallowing disorders, including high-resolution manometry, endoscopy and barium oesophagography.

Head of the Functional GI Disorder Service, Department of Gastroenterology, Alfred Health, Melbourne 
 A/Prof Rebecca Burgell is a consultant gastroenterologist at Alfred Health and Monash University in Melbourne, with an interest in functional gastrointestinal disorders, clinical nutrition and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). She is the Head of the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders service and Eosinophilic Oesophagitis service at Alfred Health and is actively involved in research in this field. 
At present, her research interests include exploring novel models of care for patients with functional bowel disorders, the role of dietary therapy in gastrointestinal disorders, novel therapies and outcomes in EoE, exploring the intraluminal environment in health and disease and the use of intestinal ultrasound in patients with functional bowel disorders.

Gastroenterologist, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide
 Dr Hamish Philpott is a gastroenterologist with the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN – Modbury and Lyell McEwin Hospitals). He has endoscopy lists at Stirling Hospital, Burnside Hospital, and North-Eastern Hospital, Adelaide. He is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Dr Philpott worked as a consultant gastroenterologist in Melbourne and Central Victoria for six years (2012-2017), both in private practice, and as a visiting specialist at The Alfred Hospital, Eastern Health, Melbourne, and at Bendigo Hospital. He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 2001 from the University of Adelaide, before completing his PhD at Monash University in 2016. During his PhD studies he was supervised by the Head of Luminal Gastroenterology Research, Department of Gastroenterology, 
Monash University, Professor Peter Gibson, who co-invented the Low FODMAP diet to help people living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to control their symptoms. He was then awarded various research and clinical fellowships in the USA and The United Kingdom. He travelled to Augusta, Georgia to undertake a Neurogastroenterology fellowship, and to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to further his research on EoE, in addition to undertaking a clinical preceptorship on functional gastroenterology. Over the years, Dr Philpott has been the recipient of many grants. He received a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) scholarship to support his research on EoE and was awarded the 2016/17 Bushell Fellow by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). He also received additional funding from GESA in 2018 to further his research into EoE. In addition, he has received research funding from AusEE – a charity dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by eosinophilic diseases – to further his research on food allergies. Dr Philpott has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, and serves as a reviewer for multiple journals, such as Clinical Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical & Experimental Allergy.

Dr Matthew Smith is a Gastroenterologist and Fiona Stanley Hospital in Western Australia