BDA Conversations partner webinar
Supported by PrecisionBiotics
Join us for a one-hour webinar which aims to support your clinical practice by answering the following questions:
- Why has irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) been reclassified as a disorder of gut-brain interaction?
- What management approaches are effective for physical and psychological IBS symptoms?
- How do you communicate this information to your patients?
Speaker Information
Dr O’Donovan graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1996 and subsequently obtained her MRCP (UK). She completed a research fellowship in the Royal Adelaide Hospital in South Australia and was conferred with a PhD in Medicine in 2005 from University College Cork. She was awarded an MA in Healthcare Management in 2006. She obtained her certificate of completion of Specialist training in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine in 2007. She is co-author of 27 peer reviewed papers and 4 book chapters. Her clinical interests are gastrointestinal functional disorders, inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer screening.
Lorraine Cooney is a specialist gastroenterology dietitian and works at the Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, where she runs the Gut Health Clinic. She has a special interest in the management of IBS and other disorders of gut-brain interaction. She is co-author of Gut Feeling, a Low FODMAP reference guide and recipe book. She guest lectures in IBS and IBD and is Chair of the Gastro Interest Group of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute.
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Dr Deirdre O’Donovan
