Richard Fernandes

Dr Richard Fernandes is a Gastroenterologist with a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dr Fernandes works as part of the IBD team at Mater Hospital Brisbane and as a Visiting Medical Officer at Greenslopes Private Hospital. Dr Fernandes is an active researcher in the Mater IBD Research Group, undertaking original research, providing supervision and as an investigator in multiple international clinical trials of new treatments for inflammatory bowel disease and eosinophilic oesophagitis. He is currently completing a clinical and research IBD fellowship at Mater Hospital, including a PhD on the post-operative management of Crohn’s disease. His other special interests include intestinal ultrasound and the endoscopic management of IBD-associated strictures.