Dr Kristen Bechly

I am a gastroenterologist with special interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and hepatology. Having a broad exposure in my training years I am happy to care for patients with all gastroenterology and hepatology issues. If required, I can arrange admission to Cabrini Malvern, for inpatient management.

I graduated from medical school in 1996 at the University of Queensland, subsequently training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and various Queensland hospitals. Advanced training was undertaken in New Zealand from 2003 including three years in Christchurch Hospital with a prominent inflammatory bowel disease interest, as well as active training in motility disorders and general gastroenterology and hepatology training. The final year of my clinical training was spent in The New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit in 2007. During these years I undertook research on autoimmune hepatitis and was involved in several active trials within the hepatology unit both in viral hepatitis and transplant medicine. Returning to Australia in 2008, I have established practice at Waverley Endoscopy, Mount Waverley and Digestive Health in Dandenong.