The Avenue Hospital
A/Prof Antony Friedman is a Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and Endoscopist. He has a broad range of interests in Gastroenterology, with a specific focus in bowel and oesophageal cancer screening, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome and functional gastrointestinal disorders. His services include gastroscopy, colonoscopy, faecal microbiota transplantation, open access and capsule endoscopy.
Melbourne Centre for Gastroenterology
Suite G.03, 171 Union Road
Surrey Hills, VIC, 3127
03 8202 5400
03 9989 5109
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Antony studied medicine at Monash University and received his MBBS in 2004. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians as a Gastroenterologist in 2011. In 2012, Antony completed an Intestinal Ultrasound Fellowship at the Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy. Antony received a postgraduate research degree in 2016 for work in inflammatory bowel disease.
Antony has made significant contributions to improving clinical and administrative practices in various Melbourne hospitals. His research program focuses on inflammatory bowel disease at The Alfred Hospital and Monash University where he is on staff as a gastroenterologist and Head of the Gandel Foundation Intestinal Ultrasound Unit, Australia’s only dedicated gastrointestinal ultrasound service. Antony won the Alfred Health Innovation Award in 2018 for this work.
Antony is also a member of The Avenue Hospital’s Medical Advisory Committee as well as Epworth’s Gastroenterology and General Surgery Institute Executive Committee, with a particular emphasis on quality metrics in gastroscopy and colonoscopy performance.
All patients can be seen urgently by Antony and he is happy to discuss any issues with referring practitioners over the phone.
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