Dr Poornima Varma

I am a gastroenterologist and trained interventional/advanced endoscopist. My clinical interests include pancreato-biliary and hepato-biliary disease, gastrointestinal malignancy, gastrointestinal bleeding and general gastroenterology. This also includes performing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, in particular gastroscopy, colonoscopy, advanced and large polypectomy through EMR, ERCP, EUS, oesophageal/gastric/duodenal stenting, capsule endoscopy and single/double balloon enteroscopy.

I have graduated from Monash University with Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and received my fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2016. After completing my training through Royal Melbourne and Monash Health, I completed two years of advanced fellowship in Interventional Endoscopy at Monash Health further upskilling in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Capsule Endoscopy.

I have also undertaken further training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney in therapeutic endoscopy, Single and Double Balloon-Assisted Enteroscopy and liver transplant ERCP. I am an avid researcher with multiple medical research interests and publications in the field. Attendance at conferences and endoscopy workshops domestically and internationally allow me to remain skilled and up-to-date with the advancements in my field.

I work at Austin Health and have private admitting rights at Cabrini Hospital in Malvern. Together with my colleagues we provide a 7 day a week inpatient gastroenterology service at Cabrini Malvern.