Dr Ana Braithwaite

Dr Ana Braithwaite

Qualifications

MD, Gastroenterology consultant, Interventional Endoscopist

Special interests

• Bowel cancer screening endoscopist with expertise in completing previously-failed colonoscopy.
• Expertise in resection of large, challenging polyps with previously failed attempts
• Expertise in endoscopic resection of Barrett’s disease and early oesophageal cancer.
• Chromoendoscopy for IBD surveillance.
• ERCP.
• Stent Placement and Stricture Dilatations.
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
• Coeliac Disease
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
• Barrett’s oesophagus
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
• Interest in Familial and Hereditary bowel cancer syndromes

Specialist training

• MD. Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist.
• Fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).
• Advanced Senior Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Fellowship at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
• Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship in Royal Brisbane Hospital and The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
• Member of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG).
• Member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).
• Member of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE).
• Clinical Lead for Gastroenterology at Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

About Ana Braithwaite

Dr Braithwaite is a gastroenterologist consultant who specialises in providing personalised, evidence-based care for people with gastrointestinal conditions including Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis), coeliac disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux and IBS. She has a special interest in bowel cancer screening, detection and early treatment of polyps, and familiar and hereditary bowel cancer.

She provides endoscopy services including colonoscopy, gastroscopy and ERCP. She has expertise in bowel cancer screening, endoscopic resection of large colonic polyps, stricture dilatation, and stent placement.

Dr Braithwaite graduated from medical school in 2008 in Peru. Her gastroenterology training was undertaken in Spain, with subsequent interventional endoscopy fellowship years in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and The Alfred in Melbourne.