Dr Burgell is a consultant gastroenterologist with an interest in inflammatory bowel disease, clinical nutrition, pelvic floor dysfunction, and functional gastrointestinal disorders. She is the Head of the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Service and medical lead of the Home Enteral Nutrition Program at Alfred Health. Dr Burgell has a PhD from the University of London, examining the physiology of the lower bowel in patients with severe functional constipation at the National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation based at Bart’s Health in London. She is an expert in performing anorectal physiology investigations and endoanal ultrasound and is a member of the International Anorectal Physiology Working Group. Dr Burgell currently works full-time at Alfred Health and Monash University