Dr Katherine Stuart, Brisbane Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, has been the Director of Hepatology at Princess Alexandra Hospital since 2009 and is a senior member of The Queensland Liver Transplant Service. Following graduation from the University of Queensland’s MBBS program, Dr Stuart trained in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mater Adult and Royal Brisbane Hospitals, before spending a year in London with Professor Roger Williams. Upon returning to Brisbane she was the Hepatology Liver Transplant Fellow at the Princess Alexandra Hospital before embarking on a PhD investigating the Mechanisms and Significance of Iron Accumulation in Cirrhosis.

Dr Stuart was the Director of Physician Training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital between 2003 and 2007. She has been an invited speaker at national and local meetings and was a member of the Australian Liver Association, Executive Committee 2006-2013. Dr Stuart is in private practice at Greenslopes Private Hospital and is a member of the Clinical trials unit at the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation. Her research interests include hepatocellular carcinoma, role of co-factors in cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer, assessment of liver function in cirrhosis and viral hepatitis.