Britt Christensen BSc, MBBS , FRACP, MPH

Dr Britt Christensen is a consultant gastroenterologist and endoscopist who combines public practice at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and private practice in East Melbourne. Although Britt maintains a special interest in the inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, she is highly experienced in investigating and managing all gastroenterological complaints, including irritable bowel syndrome, iron deficiency anaemia, gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel cancer screening, coeliac disease and liver disorders.

Britt studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne, graduating with honours in 2006 and has completed a Masters of Public Health at Monash University, for which she was awarded a Medal of Academic Excellence. After completing her gastroenterology training at St Vincent’s and Alfred Hospital, she was awarded the Joseph B. Kirsner fellowship and spent over two years undertaking advanced training in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at the prestigious University of Chicago Medicine, one of the largest and most prominent IBD centers in the world. Whilst there, she undertook research toward a PhD looking at histological outcomes and novel therapies in IBD.

She is currently completing her PhD and has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences and has been published widely. In addition, Britt is the author of several book chapters on IBD and is a reviewer for a number of the top journals in the field of Gastroenterology.