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Richard GearryAcademic Head, Department of Medicine

MB ChB(Otago) PhD(Otago) FRACP

Email richard.gearry@cdhb.health.nz

Current Roles

  • Academic Head, Department of Medicine
  • Consultant Gastroenterologist Christchurch Hospital
  • Medical Director, New Zealand Nutrition Foundation
  • Medical Advisor, Crohn's and Colitis New Zealand

Research Interests

  • Luminal gastroenterology
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Coeliac disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Colorectal cancer

Publications

Swaminathan, A., Borichevsky, G. M., Frampton, C. M., Day, A. S., Hampton, M. B., Kettle, A. J., & Gearry, R. B. (2024). Comparison of fecal calprotectin and myeloperoxidase in predicting outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izae032

Swaminathan, A., Day, A. S., & Gearry, R. B. (2024). Assessing disease severity in inflammatory bowel disease: Can we reliably encompass the full burden of illness? Digestive & Liver Disease. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2024.01.185

Forbes, A. J., Frampton, C. M. A., Day, A. S., Kaplan, G. G., & Gearry, R. B. (2023). The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in Oceania: A systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence and prevalence. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izad295

Lithander, F. E., Parry Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Foster, M., Rolleston, A., … Gearry, R., Weatherall, M., & Krebs, J. D. (2023). He Rourou Whai Painga, an Aotearoa New Zealand dietary pattern for metabolic health and whānau wellbeing: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10, 1298743. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1298743

Swaminathan, A., Fulforth, J. M., Frampton, C. M., Borichevsky, G. M., Mules, T. C., Kilpatrick, K., … Gearry, R. B. (2023). The Disease Severity Index for inflammatory bowel disease is a valid instrument that predicts complicated disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izad294

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