Gastroenterology
- Dr Martin Weltman
Email:weltmam@wahs.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 4734 2613 - Catherine Bone : Research Nurse Co-Ordinator
Email:Catherine.Bone@swahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Phone : 4734 2435
Mobile : 0423175655 pg 26310 - Ashwini Gowryshankar : Research Assistant
Email:Ashwini.Gowryshankar@swahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Phone : 4734 2319
Mobile : 0466354564 pg 26373 - Dr Nghi Phung
Email:phung.nghi@gmail.com
Dr Martin Weltman
MBBCh PhD FRACP FAChAM
Head of Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Senior Staff Specialist and Senior Lecturer
Our major research interests are:
-The natural history, pathogenesis and therapy of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
-The therapy of Hepatitis C
-The pathogenesis and outcomes of alcoholic liver disease.
-The evaluation of acute pain responses in people who are on regular pain medication and their outcome.
-We are pioneers in the clinical research of the Medex device for gastronterology dianoses. Dr Weltman is regarded as an authority on the subject with several presentations both at a National and International level, as well as many publications in international journals.
Dr Nghi Phung
MBBS, FRACP
Dr Phung is a Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist as well as a Drug&Alcohol Medicine physician at Nepean Hospital. The topic of her PhD thesis was related to the Hepatic Fibrogeneis in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, a fatty liver condition now acknowledged to be the commonest cause of abnormal liver funtion tests in the developed world, and in many ways, also similar to liver disease associated with excessive alcohol drinking. Findings in the thesis identified oxidative stress as critical to the pathogenesis of fibrosis (scarring in the liver). Various means of counteracting the oxidative stress were examined for potential therapeutic effects, specifically to inhibit the developement of fibrosis in the liver.
Nghi brings to Nepean Hospital her experience with research and various laboratory techniques which will be readily applicable to a multitude of research topics relevant to patients afflicted with gastrointestinal, liver diseases and addictions.