Academic Head, Department of Medicine
MB ChB(Otago) PhD(Otago) FRACP
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
Vernon-Roberts, A., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2021). Development and validation of a self-management skills assessment tool for children with inflammatory bowel disease: The IBD-Skills Tasks and Abilities Record (IBD-STAR). Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 72(1), 67-73. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002905
Vernon-Roberts, A., Otley, A., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Response pattern analysis of IBD-KID: A knowledge assessment tool for children with inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 56(1), 155-162. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14547
Vernon-Roberts, A., Otley, A., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Validation of a revised knowledge assessment tool for children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD-KID2). Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5, 70-77. doi: 10.1159/000506200
Lopez, R. N., McCombie, A., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Impact of a camp upon disease-specific knowledge and quality of life in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5, 65-69. doi: 10.1159/000505918
Tranter-Entwistle, I., Mullaney, T. G., Noah, K., Pearson, J., Falvey, J., Gearry, R., & Eglinton, T. (2020). Long-term incidence of dysplasia and colorectal cancer in an ulcerative colitis population-based cohort. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90, 821-825. doi: 10.1111/ans.15686
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, L., & Gearry, R. B. (2013). Kiwifruit modulation of gastrointestinal motility. In M. Boland & P. J. Moughan (Eds.), Advances in food and nutrition research (Vol. 68): Nutritional benefits of kiwifruit. (pp. 219-232). Waltham, MA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394294-4.00012-2
Journal - Research Article
Vernon-Roberts, A., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2021). Development and validation of a self-management skills assessment tool for children with inflammatory bowel disease: The IBD-Skills Tasks and Abilities Record (IBD-STAR). Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 72(1), 67-73. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002905
Vernon-Roberts, A., Otley, A., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Response pattern analysis of IBD-KID: A knowledge assessment tool for children with inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 56(1), 155-162. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14547
Tranter-Entwistle, I., Mullaney, T. G., Noah, K., Pearson, J., Falvey, J., Gearry, R., & Eglinton, T. (2020). Long-term incidence of dysplasia and colorectal cancer in an ulcerative colitis population-based cohort. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90, 821-825. doi: 10.1111/ans.15686
Lopez, R. N., McCombie, A., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Impact of a camp upon disease-specific knowledge and quality of life in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5, 65-69. doi: 10.1159/000505918
Vernon-Roberts, A., Otley, A., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Validation of a revised knowledge assessment tool for children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD-KID2). Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5, 70-77. doi: 10.1159/000506200
Ungaro, R. C., Brenner, E. J., Gearry, R. B., Kaplan, G. G., Kissous-Hunt, M., Lewis, J. D., … Kappelman, M. D. (2020). Effect of IBD medications on COVID-19 outcomes: Results from an international registry. Gut. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-322539
Heenan, P., Creemers, R. H., Sharma, S., Keenan, J., Bayer, S., Young, W., … Skidmore, P. M., … Roy, N., Gearry, R. B., & COMFORT Cohort Collaborators. (2020). Cohort profile: The Christchurch IBS cOhort to investigate Mechanisms FOr gut Relief and improved Transit (COMFORT). Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5(3), 132-143. doi: 10.1159/000508160
Julsgaard, M., Hvas, C. L., Gearry, R. B., Gibson, P. R., Fallingborg, J., Sparrow, M. P., … Bell, S. J. (2020). Anti-TNF therapy in pregnant women with inflammatory bowel disease: Effects of therapeutic strategies on disease behavior and birth outcomes. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 26(1), 93-102. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz110
Hackett, R., Gearry, R., Ho, C., McCombie, A., Mackay, M., Murdoch, K., … Inns, S. (2020). New Zealand national audit of outpatient inflammatory bowel disease standards of care. Clinical & Experimental Gastroenterology, 13, 285-292. doi: 10.2147/CEG.S259790
Chan, D., Skidmore, P., O'Brien, L., Watson, S., & Gearry, R. (2020). A feasibility study investigating the impact of a dietitian-led low in fermentable oligosaccharide, disaccharide, monosaccharide and polyols diet group education programme with irritable bowel syndrome. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1522), 42-51. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
O'Brien, L., Skidmore, P., Wall, C., Wilkinson, T., Muir, J., Frampton, C., & Gearry, R. (2020). A low FODMAP diet is nutritionally adequate and therapeutically efficacious in community dwelling older adults with chronic diarrhoea. Nutrients, 12(10), 3002. doi: 10.3390/nu12103002
Wall, C. L., McCombie, A., Mulder, R., Day, A. S., & Gearry, R. B. (2020). Adherence to exclusive enteral nutrition by adults with active Crohn’s disease is associated with conscientiousness personality trait: A sub-study. Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12787
Brenner, E. J., Ungaro, R. C., Gearry, R. B., Kaplan, G. G., Kissous-Hunt, M., Lewis, J. D., … Kappelman, M. D. (2020). Corticosteroids, but not TNF antagonists, are associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: Results from an international registry. Gastroenterology, 159, 481-491. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.032
Allez, M., Fleshner, P., Gearry, R., Lakatos, P. L., Rubin, D. T., on behalf of the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. (2020). Care of the patient with IBD requiring hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis, 14(Suppl. 3), S774-S779. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa150
Paulides, E., Daker, C., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., Eglinton, T., de Boer, N. K. H., … McCombie, A. M. (2020). Overcoming workplace disability in IBD patients: An observational study. Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5(2), 84-92. doi: 10.1159/000506702
Brown, S. C., Whelan, K., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Low FODMAP diet in children and adolescents with functional bowel disorder: A clinical case note review. JGH Open, 4, 153-159. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12231
Glyn Mullaney, T., McCombie, A., Wakeman, C., Eglinton, T., & Gearry, R. (2020). Surveillance for dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: An updated national survey of colonoscopic practice in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1517), 56-65. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Appleton, L., Watt, E., Jagger, F., Hansen, R., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Associations between the presence of granulomata and disease phenotype and outcomes in children diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2(2), 164-170. doi: 10.3390/gidisord2020017
Vernon-Roberts, A., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2020). Assessment of knowledge levels following an education program for parents of children with inflammatory bowel disease. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8, 475. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00475
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Siegel, C. A., Gearry, R. B., Nijs, J., & Mani, R. (2020). Symptoms of central sensitization in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: A case-control study examining the role of musculoskeletal pain and psychological factors. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2020-0109
Falling, C. L., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2020). Central sensitization inventory mediates the relationship between inflammatory bowel disease activity and worse musculoskeletal pain experiences. Pain Practice, 20(1), 24-33. doi: 10.1111/papr.12821
Daveson, A. J. M., Popp, A., Taavela, J., Goldstein, K. E., Isola, J., Truitt, K. E., … on behalf of the RESET CeD Study Group, including Gearry, R. (2020). Baseline quantitative histology in therapeutics trials reveals villus atrophy in most patients with coeliac disease who appear well controlled on gluten‐free diet. GastroHep, 2, 22-30. doi: 10.1002/ygh2.380
Bernstein, C. N., Ng, S. C., Banerjee, R., Steinwurz, F., Shen, B., Carbonnel, F., … Gearry, R., the IBD-Emerging Nations Consortium and the WGO IBD Task Force on COVID-19. (2020). Worldwide management of inflammatory bowel disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa202
King, J. A., Underwood, F. E., Panaccione, N., Quan, J., Windsor, J. W., Kotze, P. G., … Gearry, R., … Kaplan, G. G. (2019). Trends in hospitalisation rates for inflammatory bowel disease in western versus newly industrialised countries: A population-based study of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 4(4), 287-295. doi: 10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30013-5
Kortlever, T. L., Ten Bokkel Huinink, S., Offereins, M., Hebblethwaite, C., O'Brien, L., Leeper, J., … Gearry, R. B. (2019). Low-FODMAP diet Is associated with improved quality of life in IBS patients: A prospective observational study. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 34(4), 623-630. doi: 10.1002/ncp.10233
Romagnoni, A., Jégou, S., Van Steen, K., Wainrib, G., Hugot, J.-P., and International Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Constortium (IIBDGC), including Barclay, M., Gearry, R., & Roberts, R. L. (2019). Comparative performances of machine learning methods for classifying Crohn Disease patients using genome-wide genotyping data. Scientific Reports, 9, 10351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46649-z
Wright-McNaughton, M., ten Bokkel Huinink, S., Frampton, C. M. A., McCombie, A. M., Talley, N. J., Skidmore, P. M. L., & Gearry, R. B. (2019). Measuring diet intake and gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome: Validation of the Food and Symptom Times diary. Clinical & Translational Gastroenterology, 10, e00103. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000103
Paulides, E., Gearry, R. B., de Boer, N. K. H., Mulder, C. J. J., Bernstein, C. N., & McCombie, A. M. (2019). Accommodations and adaptations to overcome workplace disability in inflammatory bowel disease patients: A systematic review. Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 3(3), 138-144. doi: 10.1159/000495293
Karim, S., Porter, J. A., McCombie, A., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2019). Transition clinics: An observational study of themes important to young people with inflammatory bowel disease. Translational Pediatrics, 8(1), 83-89. doi: 10.21037/tp.2019.01.04
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2019). Musculoskeletal pain in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease reflects three distinct profiles. Clinical Journal of Pain, 35, 559-568. doi: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000698
Gearry, R. B., Frampton, C., Inns, S., Poppelwell, D., Rademaker, M., & Suppiah, R. (2019). VITALITY: Impact of adalimumab on health and disability outcomes in patients with Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, or psoriasis treated in clinical practice in New Zealand. Current Medical Research & Opinion, 35(10), 1837-1846. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2019.1634952
Lamba, M., Alamri, Y., Garg, P., Frampton, C., Rowbotham, D., & Gearry, R. (2019). Predictors of non-attendance at outpatient endoscopy: A five-year multi-centre observational study from New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1496), 31-38. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Nanayakkara, W. S., Skidmore, P., O'Brien, L., Wilkinson, T., Frampton, C., & Gearry, R. (2019). From menu to mouth: The decay pathway of nutrient intake from planned menu to consumed and characteristics of residents in an aged care facility with greater nutrient decay rates: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 9(10), e024044. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024044
Paulides, E., Kim, C., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., Eglinton, T., Leong, R. W., … McCombie, A. M. (2019). Validation of the inflammatory bowel disease disability index for self-report and development of an item-reduced version. Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 34, 92-102. doi: 10.1111/jgh.14496
Vernon-Roberts, A., Lopez, R. N., Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., Lemberg, D. A., & Day, A. S. (2019). A symptom self-report tool for children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBDnow). Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 69(1), e7-e12. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002329
Eady, S. L., Wallace, A. J., Butts, C. A., Hedderley, D., Drummond, L., Ansell, J., & Gearry, R. B. (2019). The effect of ‘Zesy002’ kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis) on gut health function: A randomised cross-over clinical trial. Journal of Nutritional Science, 8, e18. doi: 10.1017/jns.2019.14
Wall, C. L., McCombie, A. M., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2019). Newly diagnosed Crohn's disease treated with standard care or enteral nutrition: Psychological outcomes over 6 months. Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 4(1), 7-13. doi: 10.1159/000497323
Daveson, A. J. M., Tye-Din, J. A., Goel, G., Goldstein, K. E., Hand, H. L., Neff, K. M., … on behalf of the RESET CeD Study Group, including Gearry, R. (2019). Masked bolus gluten challenge low in FODMAPs implicates nausea and vomiting as key symptoms associated with immune activation in treated coeliac disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 51(2), 244-252. doi: 10.1111/apt.15551
Gearry, R., Frampton, C., Inns, S., Poppelwell, D., Rademaker, M., & Suppiah, R. (2019). VITALITY: Impact of adalimumab (HUMIRA ®) on disability in New Zealand patients with psoriasis, Crohn's disease (CD) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 60(Suppl. 1), 82.
Roberts, R. L., Wallace, M. C., Seinen, M. L., van Bodegraven, A. A., Krishnaprasad, K., Jones, G. T., van Rij, A. M., … Kennedy, M. A., … Gearry, R. B., … Barclay, M. (2018). Nonsynonymous polymorphism in guanine monophosphate synthetase is a risk factor for unfavorable thiopurine metabolite ratios in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 24(12), 2606-2612. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy163
Shah, S. C., Khalili, H., Gower-Rousseau, C., Olen, O., Benchimol, E. I., Lynge, E., … Gearry, R., … Colombel, J.-F. (2018). Sex-based differences in incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases: Pooled analysis of population-based studies from Western countries. Gastroenterology, 155(4), 1079-1089. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.043
Lopez, R. N., Evans, H. M., Appleton, L., Bishop, J., Chin, S., Mouat, S., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2018). Prospective incidence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in New Zealand in 2015: Results from the Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease in New Zealand (PINZ) Study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 66(5), e122-e126. doi: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000001806
Wright, E. K., Kamm, M. A., De Cruz, P., Hamilton, A. L., Selvaraj, F., Princen, F., … Gearry, R. B., … Connell, W. R. (2018). Anti-TNF therapeutic drug monitoring in postoperative Crohn's disease. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis, 12(6), 653-661. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy003
Siegel, C. A., Whitman, C. B., Spiegel, B. M. R., Feagan, B., Sands, B., Loftus, Jr, E. F., … Gearry, R., … Peyrin-Biroulet, L. (2018). Development of an index to define overall disease severity in IBD. Gut, 67(2), 244-254. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312648
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2018). Profile of musculoskeletal pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A study protocol for assessing the multidimensional experience of self-reported pain. Physical Therapy Reviews, 23(3), 227-235. doi: 10.1080/10833196.2018.1500149
Wilson, R., Willis, J., Gearry, R. B., Hughes, A., Lawley, B., Skidmore, P., Frampton, C., Fleming, E., Anderson, A., Jones, L., Tannock, G. W., & Carr, A. C. (2018). SunGold kiwifruit supplementation of individuals with prediabetes alters gut microbiota and improves Vitamin C status, anthropometric and clinical markers. Nutrients, 10, 895. doi: 10.3390/nu10070895
Asl Baakhtari, S., McCombie, A., Ten Bokkel Huinink, S., Irving, P., Siegel, C. A., Mulder, R., … Gearry, R. (2018). Observational study of perspectives of inflammatory bowel disease patients concerning the use of corticosteroids. Digestive Diseases, 36(1), 33-39. doi: 10.1159/000478772
Meijer, B., van Everdingen, C. K., Ramsoekh, D., Stedman, C., Frampton, C. M. A., Mulder, C. J. J., … Gearry, R. B. (2018). Transient elastography to assess liver stiffness in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Digestive & Liver Disease, 50(1), 48-53. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2017.09.128
Lopez, R. N., Appleton, L., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2018). Rising incidence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Canterbury, New Zealand, 1996-2015. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 66(2), e45-e50. doi: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000001688