Dr John Bate

Gastroenterologist

After graduating medicine, Dr Bate undertook an internship and basic physician training with the Hunter Area Health Service. He completed gastroenterology training, including a year as the hepatology fellow, at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He subsequently spent 18 months as the hepatology/liver transplant fellow at St James’s University Hospital (Leeds), the third largest liver transplant unit in the country.

Special interests

• General gastroenterology
• Hepatology
• Endoscopy and colonoscopy

Qualifications and memberships

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of New South Wales, 2001
• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2009