About gastrotrACT

	Introduction to the centres
	About the centres
	Brindabella Group
	Dr Chris Ashton
	Dr Mark Bassett
	Dr Anthony Clarke
	Dr Lybus Hillman
	Dr Graham Kaye
	Dr Terry Gavaghan
	Mugga Wara Group
	Dr Anthony Clarke
	Dr Graham Kaye
	Dr Lybus Hillman

	Anaethetists / Sedationists
	Visiting Specialists
	Endoscopy Nurses

Endoscopy Centres

Brindabella Endoscopy Centre

Brindabella Endoscopy Centre was established in 1995 by the 3 gastroenterologists who owned Mugga Wara Endoscopy Centre with 3 other leading Canberra endoscopy specialists to provide a state of the art endoscopy service on the south side of Canberra.

In addition to providing gastroscopy and colonoscopy services, Brindabella Endoscopy Centre also provides less commonly needed gastroenterology investigations:

Oesophageal Manometry and 24 Hour pH monitoring has been available since 1999 for the assessment of complex problems involving the oesophagus
Capsule Endoscopy which allows remote visualisation of the whole of the small intestine was introduced in 2003. Since May 2004 this procedure has been partially funded Medicare which has made it an affordable test for most patients needing this procedure.

Mugga Wara Endoscopy Centre

Mugga Wara was relocated from Civic to the National Capital Private Hospital in 1998 so is now only 400 metres from Brindabella Specialist Centre. Although Mugga Wara is located in the National Capital Private Hospital, it is operated by gastrotrACT with gastrotrACT staff under its own private hospital licence.

Being located in a private hospital provides the opportunity to carry out procedures on in-patients of the hospital and to undertake more invasive therapeutic procedures that might require the patient’s admission to hospital for post-procedure care. These procedures include:

Band ligation of oesophageal varices
Placement of stents in the oesophagus, duodenum and colon
Placement of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tubes
Balloon dilatation procedures