Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review New Zealand works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Professor Richard Gearry

Professor Richard Gearry

Richard Gearry is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch and a Consultant Gastroenterologist in the Department of Gastroenterology, Christchurch Hospital. Richard trained at Otago before working in Nelson and Christchurch. His PhD focussed on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Canterbury, New Zealand, before he undertook Fellowships at Box Hill Hospital in Melbourne and St Marks’ Hospital in London. He has clinical and research interests in luminal Gastroenterology, particularly IBD epidemiology, aetiology, biomarkers, therapeutics and clinical outcomes. He is a member of Asia Pacific and World Congress of Gastroenterology Consensus Groups for inflammatory bowel disease.

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