Dr Charles Cock is a public hospital gastroenterologist at Flinders Medical Centre and within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. He is the current departmental director of gastroenterology & hepatology, and a clinical associate professor at Flinders University. His main interests are within luminal gastroenterology, provision of services including endoscopic services, cancer prevention and gastrointestinal motility. He has published widely and is also currently an Australian representative on the international working group for gastrointestinal motility disorders.