Rupert Leong

Biography

Professor Rupert Leong MBBS, FRACP, MD, AGAF is a Senior Staff Specialist gastroenterologist, Director of Endoscopy and Head of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service at Concord Hospital, Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of Sydney and UNSW, and founding director of IBD Sydney, Australia. He has an international reputation for the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Prof Leong has made a substantial contribution to research with over 150 high quality scientific journals publications. Amongst these are senior authorship of national and international consensus guidelines in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region. His service includes executive positions in the Research Committee of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia and section editor of theJournal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He is an executive member of a number of government bodies including the Agency for Clinical Innovation of NSW Health nominated for expertise in IBD and the Cancer Council of Australia Working Party on the revision of the clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer. Professor Leong was awarded the American Gastroenterological Association Fellowship by invitation on the basis of research excellence in 2012 and the UNSW Paper of the Year Prize in 2015.

Research Interest

Medicine