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RadiotherapyThe Brain-Gut ConnectionDr Jim Kantidakis, Expert Gut-directed Psychologist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Founder of The Gut Centre, discusses the relationship between the brain and the gut, and the treatment of functional gut disorders; Phoebe Kipen, Physiotherapist and Clinical Pilates Instructor, explores the role of pelvic floor physiotherapy in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other gut disorders; and the team unpack a recent study on the relationship between body pain and watching television. With presenters Cyber Sioux, Miss Perineum, and Dr Moto.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/radiotherapyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RadiotherapyOnTripleR/Twitter: htt...2023-03-0545 min
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 29 Prof Marc Benninga on Paediatric Abdominal Pain, Constipation and IncontinencePaediatric gastroenterologist Professor Marc Benninga. Prof Benninga or Marc as he prefers to be called, studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After receiving his Medical degree he worked as a research fellow at the department of paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam. He performed extensive research on constipation and faecal incontinence in childhood. Subsequently he was trained in paediatrics at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht, The Netherlands. After his paediatric training he performed research at The Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, Australia with Geoff Davidson and Taher Omari...2022-07-111h 30
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 28 Jackie Berryman & Renuka Clarke on Stoma TherapyWelcome to another Episode of Talking Gut. Todays talk is about Entero-stomal Therapy. My two guests today are both Stomal therapy nurses at the Epworth Hospital in Richmond Melbourne. Jackie Berryman is one of two Stomal Therapy Nurses at Epworth Richmond. Jackie came to nursing later in life after many years within the corporate world. She utilized her Arts Degree to enter a Masters of Nursing Science which is a 2 year entry to practice course. In 2011, at the age of 48, Jackie did her graduate nursing at Peter MacCallum and then went on to complete the Gr...2022-06-271h 03
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 27 Prof Lin Chang on Stress and the GutWelcome to another Episode of Talking Gut, and today I have the honour of presenting someone a person I deeply respect, Prof Lin Chang. I met prof Chang many years ago while she was visiting Melbourne to present at ANGMA, The Australasian Neurogastroenterolgy and Motility Association conference, and again during DDW conference in Chicago and San Diego. Please allow me to introduce Prof Chang Lin Chang, MD is a Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chief of the Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCL...2022-06-131h 22
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 26 Dr Helen Burton Murray on Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)Welcome to Season 4, of The Talking Gut Podcast show. Wow, It’s been a long time and a lot has happened in the world since my last post, but I am excited to say I am back!, Back with new and truly fascinating episodes about the gut. Todays topic is Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder or ARFID. Its an episode that has been in the making for some time, and Id like to thank todays guest Dr Helen Burton Murray for her time and patience in bringing this to you. Just alittle background be...2022-05-3034 min
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 25 Assoc Prof Tiffany Taft on Stigma in Coeliac DiseaseWelcome to another episode of Talking Gut Todays episode is slightly different, It specifically created for Coeliac Australia as part of their 2020 Gluten Free Expo which unfortunately did not going head as an in person. Hopefully this year it will back to somewhat normal The team at Coeliac Australia do a fantastic job in supporting their members and individuals diagnosed with Coeliac disease and I was excited help out by providing them with a useful episode on stigma in Coeliac disease. And who else best to talk about Stigma and coeliac disease than...2021-08-0238 min
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 24 Dr Zina Valaydon on Hepatology and the LiverThank you for tuning into another episode of Talking Gut! In today’s episode I sat down and talked to Dr Zina Valaydon on Hepatology and the Liver. Dr Zina Valaydon is a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist. She is the head of the Hepatology service at the Western Hospital in Melbourne Australia. Zina graduated from The University of Melbourne with a double degree in Medicine and Surgery and Biomedical Science. She completed her physician training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She undertook specialist training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at St. Vincent’s Hospital and t...2021-07-051h 17
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 23 Dr Linda Nguyen on GastroparesisWelcome to another episode of talking gut, where I get the opportunity to interview leading expert in the fascinating area of the gut and related Systems. In today’s interview, I had the wonderful pleasure to sit and talk to Dr Linda Nguyen, Neurogastroenterologist and motility specialist in California USA Dr Nguyen is the Clinical Director of Stanford University’s Digestive Health Center and Director of the Neurogastroenterology and Motility Section. She has performed translational and clinical research about gastroparesis and has published and co-authored more than 20 publications through this wo...2021-06-211h 42
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 22 Dr Britt Christensen on Everything Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)Hello everyone, and welcome back to The Talking Gut Podcast. Its been a long long time since our last episode and Im excited to be back for season 3. Season 3 is jam packed full of some really exciting and interesting talks with leading health professionals in the area of Gastroenterology and related systems . Topics covered include gastroparesis ARFID, hepatology or the liver, and, as always a whole lot more. Today, to highlight world IBD day, I excited to introduce to you Dr Britt Christensen who will talk about Everything IBD! In todays...2021-05-192h 01
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 21 Assoc Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus on IBD & The Gut-Brain ConnectionIn todays episode I have the wonderful pleasure to talk to Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus. Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus is a registered psychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Deakin University in Melbourne. She completed her PhD in Psycho-gastroenterology at the University of Adelaide and has since worked at Monash University, University of South Australia, University of York (UK), and has been at Deakin University since 2016. Antonina is an active researcher, with over 100 research publications, largely on the brain-gut links, psychotherapy and antidepressant treatment in chronic gastrointestinal conditions. Her research has received funding from...2020-06-221h 14
The Fight Science PodcastGut-Brain Hypnotherapy With Dr. Jim KantidakisDr. Jim Kantidakis is a clinical Psychologist and Hypnotherapist with over 12 years of clinical experience in the area of Psychogastroenterology. He is the founder of The Gut Centre, which has multiple locations across Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane where his team treat patients suffering from Functional Gut Disorders. In this episode, we cover what gut-directed hypnotherapy is, its physiological effect on the gut, the gut-brain axis, and what a clinical treatment session looks like.2020-06-0147 min
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 20 Tina Aswani Omprakash from Own Your Crohns, a story of resilience and GRITTIn todays episode I had the pleasure to talk to Tina Aswani Omprakash from Own your Own Crohns. Tina is someone who was diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 13 years ago and has gone on to become an IBD Blogger and patient advocate. Not only has Tina needed to deal with Crohns disease, but also an additional 22 diagnoses including gastroparesis, post-surgical irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), vestibular migraines, vertigo, inflammatory arthritis and pelvic floor dysfunction . And lets not forget the associated mental health challenges including anxiety, depression and medial PTSD. I met Tina last...2020-05-201h 25
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 19 Dr Rachael Coakley on Paediatric Pain Management and The Comfort Ability Program Dr Rachael Coakley, Ph.D., is the Director of Clinical Innovation and Outreach in Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Coakley specializes in teaching children, adolescents and parents effective strategies to cope with pediatric chronic pain and pain-related stress using relaxation, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral skills. She has published numerous articles and chapters on pediatric pain management and related topics and has presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Coa...2020-03-091h 04
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 18 Prof Douglas Drossman on Effective Communication Skills to Optimize the Provider Patient RelationshipA big welcome back to Prof Douglas Drossman, worlds leading Gastroenterologist in Functional Digestive Disorders/Disorders of Gut Brain Interaction! In todays episode we talked about What is patient centred care? Should the patient be the judge of patient centred care and why? What are the key definitions relating to communication? How and why effective communication is important to the patient and the doctor? How effective communication builds a therapeutic relationship and how it improves patient satisfaction levels and therapeutic outcome, and also reduces physical burnout in doctors. How to communicate and still manage time effectively. W...2019-12-041h 20
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 17 Assoc Prof Jason Tye-Din on Coeliac DiseaseDr Tye-Din is a gastroenterologist with a clinical and research interest in Coeliac disease. He heads the Coeliac Research Lab at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, runs a Coeliac clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. His PhD employed feeding studies to characterise gluten immunity that underpinned development of a novel immunotherapy for Coeliac disease, Nexvax2. His research interests include understanding the immune and genetic basis for coeliac disease and how gluten tolerance is lost, the role of the microbiome, understanding why the gluten-free di...2019-07-281h 00
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 16 Prof Peter Gibson creator of Low FODMAP dietWelcome to another Episode of Talking Gut, where I get to interview leading specialists in the area of gastroenterology and related systems. Living and working in Melbourne Australia, I am very fortunate to know and work alongside many amazing Gastroenterologists. Leaders in their field. I am very fortunate to know and today interview, Prof peter Gibson. To those who might not know, Prof Gibson was the gastroenterologist who created, or as he might say, oversaw the development of the Low FODMAP diet. Just some background, Peter is the current director of gastroenterology and hepatology at...2019-05-071h 51
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 15 Prof John Pandolfino on GERD and Esophageal DisordersWelcome to another Episode of Talking Gut, where I get to interview leading specialists in the area of gastroenterology and related systems. In today's episode I had the honour to interview the Worlds leading expert on Esophageal Disorders, Prof John Pandalfino. Prof Pandolfino is a Hans Popper Professor of Medicine and chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and was also the director at the Esophageal Center at Northwestern Medicine between 2011-2015. His CV is 27 pages way too long to cover in this introduction, but lets just say, he has m...2019-05-021h 31
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 14 Mrs Johannah Ruddy on IBS, The Patients PerspectiveIn todays episode, I spoke with Mrs Johannah Ruddy. Johanna is Executive Director of the Rome Foundation and has recently published an article titled: From Pretending to Truly Being OK: A journey from illness to health with post infection IBS: The patients perspective. This episode covers Johannah’s very personal journey including her early childhood trauma, childhood conditioning and being diagnosed with IBS and the suffering that resulted from a poor Doctor Patient relationship. Johannah’s story does have a happy ending. A lot to learn here for both Doctors and Pati...2019-01-021h 09
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 13 Prof Douglas Drossman on The Biopsychosocial care of patients with Functional Gut DisordersWelcome to another episode of Talking Gut, and you have just been listening to the Fabulous Chalets, with the bass player being the one and only Dr Douglas Drossman, gastroenterologist and functional gut extraordinaire. I am so super excited to have Dr Drossman as a guest here today. I have been wanting to interview him for over 1 year and here it is.` A little background about Dr Drossman and I mean alittle, There is simply not enough time to go through his jaw dropping 124 page 10 font size single spacing CV. I simply cannot do his...2018-12-031h 43
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 12 Prof Nick Haslam on 'Psychology in the Bathroom'In the talk we touched the surface on a number of topics including: - Reasons behind what made him decide to write about the Psychology in the Bathroom? - The psychology of excretion and disgust. And why there is so much taboo surrounding the gut? - We also talked about the anal character with the earliest discussion going as far back Freud and psychoanalysis. - How earlier anal traits or definitions correlate with more recent psychological condition, like OCD, Perfectionism, Orderliness, Authoritarian...2018-11-191h 00Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 11 Dr Adam Testro on Intestinal TransplantationIn todays episode I talk to Dr Adam Testro, head of the Intestinal Transplantation and Rehabilitation Unit at Austin Health in Melbourne Australia. What a fascinating talk ! We discussed everything from - What Intestinal Transplantation is - its origins - what and who it involve? - The size of the medical team involved - the duration of the surgery -who gets to have the transplant i.e prerequisites for intestinal transplantation -the different types of intestinal transplants...2018-11-061h 02
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 10 Dr Chamara Basnayake on Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBOIn todays episode I talk to Dr Chamara Basnayake about Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBO. We discuss everything from -what is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), - the likely causes, - suggested associations, - diagnostic testing and their limitations - available treatments, and a whole lot more. Please enjoy2018-10-141h 07Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 9 Dr Lani Prideaux on Pregnancy in IBDIn this episode we discussed - Female and Male fertility in IBD -Fears about medication effect on pregnancy -Pre-conception Care -When should a potential mother to be contact their Gastroenterologist if planning to get pregnant? - When should they not consider trying to get pregnant. - What effect does active disease have on the unborn baby/foetus? - What is the risk of flare during pregnancy ? and how this differs in Ulcerative Colitis versus Crohns Disease - At what st...2018-10-0152 minTalking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 8 Dr Laurie Keefer on Brain Gut PsychogastroenterologyIn today’s episode we covered: The Brain Gut connection The emerging area of Psychogastroenterology The Biopsychosocial model of functional digestive disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Neuroimaging studies looking at functional digestive disorders The Gut microbiome The Psychological therapies shown to be helpful in managing Digestive disorders/diseases and the research behind them. Dr Keefer’s work in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the great work she is doing at Mt Sinai in New York and a whole lot more. Valuable and prac...2018-09-171h 45
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 7 Isabella Trinca & Angela Khera on Biofeedback & Pelvic Floor PhysiotherapyIn this episode I sat down and spoke with Isabella Trinca and Angela Khera, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists, about Biofeedback therapy and how Physiotherapy is used to treat constipation and other Pelvic floor dysfunctions, from constipation to pelvic floor dyssynergia. We also discussed what to expect from seeing a pelvic floor physio, how to sit on the toilet and how physiotherapy may be helpful with individuals diagnosed with IBD and a whole lot more.2018-09-0258 minTalking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 6 Dr Tiffany Taft on The Psychosocial impact in IBDIn this episode I talk with Dr Taft about the psychosocial impact of living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) from a professional and personal perspective. In our talk we also discussed the complications of IBD, mental health and psychological treatments, and a whole lot more.2018-08-201h 43
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 5 Prof Peter Whorwell on Gut Directed HypnotherapyHere it is, the interview I have been wanting to do for a long time. For me, Prof Peter Whorwell and his research played a significant role in my area of interest in Gastrointestinal Psychology. Prof peter Whorwell is one of the nicest people I have met ! Be prepared for my once again, really really long questions…get to the point Jimbo ! Our friend ‘obviously’ shows up again from time to time haha I had a relaxed and wonderful chat with Prof Whowell We discussed Origins of gut d...2018-08-2055 minTalking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 4 Dr Peter DeCruz Microbiota and IBDTalk Gut is where you can find the latest research and information regarding your digestive system, the brain and related system and the amazing ways they interact2018-08-2056 min
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 3 Dr Jaci Barrett, IBS and Diet (Part 2)Jaci and I delve deeper into the discussion about how diet affects the digestive tract, including the stomach, small intestine and Colon We also touched on diary and how research is looking at increasing diary tolerance, The negative effects of staying on a strict low FODMAP diet for too long Prebiotics, wheat and gluten sensitivity and a whole more… 2018-08-2044 min
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 2 Dr Jaci Barrett, IBS and Diet (Part 1)Jaci is an accredited practising dietitian who graduated in 2001 with a Masters of Nutrition & Dietetics. She spent the following five years working as a clinical dietitian in various metropolitan Melbourne hospitals and 12 months in the UK. This included experience in oncology, renal, gastroenterology, nutrition support and cardiac units. On her return, Jaci commenced her PhD at Monash University, Box Hill Hospital, with scholarship support from the Menzies Foundation. Her thesis, entitled “The Role of FODMAPs in Gastrointestinal Disorders”, examined dietary triggers for gastrointestinal conditions During her PhD tenure, Jaci was awarded the GESA Douglas Piper Youn...2018-08-2030 min
Talking Gut with Dr Jim KantidakisEp 1 A/Prof Geoff Hebbard, IBS and Functional Digestive,Gut DisordersGeoff graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1985 and completed his residency years/Gastroenterology training at The Royal Melbourne and Austin Hospitals, followed by a PhD in Neurogastroenterology in Adelaide supervised by Prof Michael Horowitz and Prof John Dent and then a postdoctoral position in Zurich Switzerland. He returned from Zurich and was appointed as a Gastroenterologist at the Repatriation General Hospital in Adelaide prior to his current appointment as Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2002 (to the present time) and Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Melbourne. His academic interests...2018-08-201h 10