Board Members
John Kellow, MD
Associate Professor and Head of the Discipline of Medicine
Northern Clinical School
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Dr John Kellow is currently Associate Professor and Head of the Discipline of Medicine, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, and Gastroenterologist and Director of the Gastrointestinal Investigation Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. Dr Kellow graduated MBBS from the University of Sydney and subsequently received his doctorate (MD) from that university in 1988. He was made a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1985. Dr Kellow was a University of Sydney Travelling Fellow at the Mayo Clinic, USA in 1984-1985, and was a Commonwealth Medical Fellow at the Royal London Hospital Medical College, UK in 1986. He is a member of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia, The American Gastroenterological Association, The American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society, and the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Dr Kellow has published extensively including original research papers, book chapters and reviews. His main research interests include gastrointestinal motility and the pathophysiology and treatment of the functional gastrointestinal disorders. He is chair of the Rome III committee on Applied Neurogastroenterology and is a Board Member of the Rome Foundation. He has also had a longstanding interest in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and curriculum development, and was previously Associate Dean (Assessment) Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney.