Talking Gut with Dr Jim Kantidakis

Hello everyone, and welcome back to The Talking Gut Podcast. Its been a long long time since our last episode and Im excited to be back for season 3. Season 3 is jam packed full of some really exciting and interesting talks with leading health professionals in the area of Gastroenterology and related systems . Topics covered include gastroparesis ARFID, hepatology or the liver, and, as always a wh...

In todays episode I have the wonderful pleasure to talk to Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus. Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus is a registered psychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Deakin University in Melbourne. She completed her PhD in Psycho-gastroenterology at the University of Adelaide and has since worked at Monash University, University of South Australia, University of York...

In todays episode I had the pleasure to talk to Tina Aswani Omprakash from Own your Own Crohns. Tina is someone who was diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 13 years ago and has gone on to become an IBD Blogger and patient advocate. Not only has Tina needed to deal with Crohns disease, but also an additional 22 diagnoses including gastroparesis, post-surgical irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), s...

  Dr Rachael Coakley, Ph. D., is the Director of Clinical Innovation and Outreach in Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Coakley specializes in teaching children, adolescents and parents effective strategies to cope with pediatric chronic pain and pain-related...

A big welcome back to Prof Douglas Drossman, worlds leading Gastroenterologist in Functional Digestive Disorders/Disorders of Gut Brain Interaction!  In todays episode we talked about What is patient centred care? Should the patient be the judge of patient centred care and why? What are the key definitions relating to communication? How and why effective communication is important to the patient a...

Dr Tye-Din is a gastroenterologist with a clinical and research interest in Coeliac disease. He heads the Coeliac Research Lab at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, runs a Coeliac clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. His PhD employed feeding studies to characterise gluten immunity that underpinned development of a...

Welcome to another Episode of Talking Gut, where I get to interview leading specialists in the area of gastroenterology and related systems. Living and working in Melbourne Australia, I am very fortunate to know and work alongside many amazing Gastroenterologists. Leaders in their field. I am very fortunate to know and today interview, Prof peter Gibson. To those who might not know, Prof Gibson wa...

Welcome to another Episode of Talking Gut, where I get to interview leading specialists in the area of gastroenterology and related systems. In today's episode I had the honour to interview the Worlds leading expert on Esophageal Disorders, Prof John Pandalfino. Prof Pandolfino is a Hans Popper Professor of Medicine and chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at  Northwestern University Feinberg...

In todays episode, I spoke with Mrs Johannah Ruddy. Johanna is Executive Director of the Rome Foundation and has recently published an article titled: From Pretending to Truly Being OK: A journey from illness to health with post infection IBS: The patients perspective. This episode covers Johannah's very personal journey including her early childhood trauma, childhood conditioning and being diagno...

Welcome to another episode of Talking Gut, and you have just been listening to the Fabulous Chalets, with the bass player being the one and only Dr Douglas Drossman, gastroenterologist and functional gut extraordinaire. I am so super excited to have Dr Drossman as a guest here today. I have been wanting to interview him for over 1 year and here it is.` A little background about Dr Drossman and I m...

In the talk we touched the surface on a number of topics including: - Reasons behind what made him decide to write about the    Psychology in the Bathroom? - The psychology of excretion and disgust. And why there is so much    taboo surrounding the gut? - We also talked about the anal character with the earliest discussion    going as far back Freud and psychoanalysis. - How earlier anal traits or...

In todays episode I talk to Dr Adam Testro, head of the Intestinal Transplantation and Rehabilitation Unit at Austin Health in Melbourne Australia. What a fascinating talk ! We discussed everything from - What Intestinal Transplantation is - its origins - what and who it involve? - The size of the medical team involved - the duration of the surgery -who gets to have the transplant i.e prerequisite...

In todays episode I talk to Dr Chamara Basnayake about  Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBO. We discuss everything from -what is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), - the likely causes, - suggested associations, - diagnostic testing and their limitations - available treatments, and   a whole lot more. Please enjoy

In this episode we discussed - Female and Male fertility in IBD -Fears about medication effect on pregnancy -Pre-conception Care -When should a potential mother to be contact their  Gastroenterologist if planning to get pregnant? - When should they not consider trying to get pregnant. - What effect does active disease have on the unborn baby/foetus? - What is the risk of flare during pregnancy ? a...

In today's episode we covered: The Brain Gut connection The emerging area of Psychogastroenterology The Biopsychosocial model of functional digestive disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Neuroimaging studies looking at functional digestive disorders The Gut microbiome The Psychological therapies shown to be helpful in managing Digestive disorders/diseases and the research behind them. Dr...

In this episode I sat down and spoke with Isabella Trinca and Angela Khera, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists, about Biofeedback therapy and how Physiotherapy is used to treat constipation and other Pelvic floor dysfunctions, from constipation to pelvic floor dyssynergia.   We also discussed what to expect from seeing a pelvic floor physio, how to sit on the toilet and how physiotherapy may be helpful...

In this episode I talk with Dr Taft about the psychosocial impact of living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) from a professional and personal perspective. In our talk we also discussed the complications of IBD, mental health and psychological treatments, and a whole lot more.

Here it is, the interview I have been wanting to do for a long time. For me, Prof Peter Whorwell and his research played a significant role in my area of interest in Gastrointestinal Psychology. Prof peter Whorwell is one of the nicest people I have met ! Be prepared for my once again, really really long questions…get to the point Jimbo !  Our friend 'obviously' shows up again from time to time ha...

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Jaci and I delve deeper into the discussion about how diet affects the digestive tract, including the stomach, small intestine and Colon We also touched on diary and how research is looking at increasing diary tolerance, The negative effects of staying on a strict low FODMAP diet for too long Prebiotics, wheat and gluten sensitivity and a whole more…  

Jaci is an accredited practising dietitian who graduated in 2001 with a Masters of Nutrition & Dietetics. She spent the following five years working as a clinical dietitian in various metropolitan Melbourne hospitals and 12 months in the UK. This included experience in oncology, renal, gastroenterology, nutrition support and cardiac units. On her return, Jaci commenced her PhD at Monash University...

Geoff graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1985 and completed his residency years/Gastroenterology training at The Royal Melbourne and Austin Hospitals, followed by a PhD in Neurogastroenterology in Adelaide supervised by Prof Michael Horowitz and Prof John Dent and then a postdoctoral position in Zurich Switzerland. He returned from Zurich and was appointed as a Gastroenterologist at the...