Dr Desmond Patrick
Practice
Gastroenterology North Qld
Suite 1, 62 Park Street, Park Street Medical Suites
PIMLICO QLD 4812
Biography and Clinical interests
Dr Desmond Patrick completed his gastroenterology training at the Western General Hospital and Eastern health departments in Melbourne.
He then completed his sub-speciality training in inflammatory bowel disease at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with completion of a post graduate master’s degree at the University of Queensland. He was then appointed as a consultant gastroenterologist at the Sunshine Coast University Public Hospital where he remained for 7 years.
Dr Patrick has a broad range of experience in general gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease and routine hepatology.
He is fully accredited by the conjoint committee of the Gastroenterology Society of Australia (GESA) to perform gastroscopy, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy.
Dr Patrick currently practices privately at Mater Private Hospital Townsville, holds an appointment as a senior consultant gastroenterologist at the Townsville University Hospital and is a senior clinical lecturer with the department of medicine at Griffith University.
Clinical interests: Improving gastrointestinal (GI) healthcare in regional/rural settings, small bowel capsule endoscopy for iron deficiency and anaemia, microbiome in GI disease and quality of care in endoscopy.
