Dr Darrell Crawford (Gastroenterologist)

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Name
Dr Darrell Henry Gordon Crawford
Qualifications
MBBS QLD 1981
MD QLD
FRACP
Occupation
Gastroenterologist
Gender
Male
Medical Specialties
Gastroenterology

Professor Darrell Crawford is Professor of Hepatology, and Head of the Discipline of Medicine, The University of Queensland (UQ). He is also Head of UQ Clinical School, Greenslopes Hospital. He is a respected clinician of 25 years experience with previous appointments to the Queensland Liver Transplant Service, and the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Professor Crawford is a past-president of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) which is the peak clinical, research and professional body representing gastroenterologists in Australia. He is a member of the Asian Pacific Association for Study of the Liver, an invited member of its Scientific Program Committee, and will be president of this International Organisation in 2013­2014. He is a past member of the Adult Medicine Divisional Council, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and was previously an invited member of the RACP National Examiner's Panel (1999-2005).

His clinical and research interests include disorders of iron metabolism, management of chronic viral hepatitis, interactions between alcohol iron and fat, as well as the cellular basis and therapy of hepatic fibrosis. His clinical and research training was undertaken under the guidance of Professors Lawrie Powell and June Halliday at the Liver Unit, Royal Brisbane Hospital and subsequently The Queensland Institute of Medical Research. He undertook international study periods at The University of Southampton (1995, Professor MJP Arthur) and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (2001, Professor Elwyn Elias).

He has published more than 100 original journal articles, review article, book chapters and editorials and has been awarded multiple NHMRC grants in his research areas.

Hospital Affiliations
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Affiliated Clinics
Queensland Gastroenterology - Greenslopes
Affiliated Organisations
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Affiliated Universities
University of Queensland
Medical Conditions
Liver disease
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Viral hepatitis
African iron overload
Topics
Hepatology

Practice Locations

QLD

Queensland Gastroenterology - Greenslopes
Ramsay Specialist Centre
Suite 322 Newdegate St
Greenslopes QLD 4120 
Australia
07 3394 7524
07 3324 1500
07 3324 1600