Dr Mark Lust is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Endoscopist who combines public practice at St Vincent’s Hospital with private practice in East Melbourne, Werribee and Altona. Mark obtained his medical degree at Monash University, graduating with honours in 1998. He undertook specialist training in Gastroenterology at Box Hill, The Royal Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospitals and was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in 2005. Mark was awarded a PhD by the University of Melbourne in 2008 for his research in the field of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In 2009, he completed a Clinical Fellowship at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK, before returning to clinical practice in Melbourne.

Mark’s special interest lies in the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) but he maintains a broad range of interests in all other areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, including gastroscopy and colonoscopy, bowel cancer screening, iron deficiency anaemia, coeliac disease, reflux disease, functional bowel disorders and liver diseases.

Mark is a member of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia and Australian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Association. He regularly attends and speaks at local meetings as well as national and international conferences. He is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and maintains an interest in clinical research.