Michael Whitehead

Associate Professor John Ding is a gastroenterologist and post-graduate scholar who has been in private practice in East Melbourne for 7 years. He combines private practice with a senior medical specialist appointment at St Vincent’s Hospital where he is part of the Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease department, and leads the IBD Clinical trials Unit and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program at St Vincent’s Public Hospital. He is also an appointed member of the Human Research Ethics Committee and sits on a number of international committees including the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (largest in IBD) where is a regular invited speaker. He is the founding chair of the Young Gastroenterology Society Network in Australia. He completed a PhD in inflammatory bowel disease and has edited a textbook as well as published over 100 peer-reviewed articles www.eastmelbournegastro.com.au