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Biography
Prof Kostalas is a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist with subspecialty expertise in interventional endoscopy. He has resided in Port Macquarie since 2013. He holds a conjoint professorial appointment at the University of NSW and is completing his DPhil at the University of Oxford, where he is researching serrated polyps and serrated polyposis syndrome. He founded the Port Macquarie Gastroenterology Research Group in 2023 and...view more
Prof Kostalas is a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist with subspecialty expertise in interventional endoscopy. He has resided in Port Macquarie since 2013. He holds a conjoint professorial appointment at the University of NSW and is completing his DPhil at the University of Oxford, where he is researching serrated polyps and serrated polyposis syndrome. He founded the Port Macquarie Gastroenterology Research Group in 2023 and established the annual Port Macquarie ESD Course in collaboration with Japanese expert endoscopists.
My Qualifications
MB(Hons1), MM(Clin Epi), MSc(Oxon), MBiostatistics, GStat, FRACP
My Awards
UNSW Rural Clinical Campus (Port Macquarie) “Contribution towards teaching award” - 2025
Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Wiley Blackwell Publishing Award for “Clinical Excellence in Adult Medicine” - 2012
My Research Activities
I have clinical research interests in
1. Endoscopic resection of early gastrointestional neoplasia / Full thickness resection of gastrointestional tract lesions / Advanced interventional Endoscopy
2. Quality in Endoscopy
3. Serrated Polyps / Serrated Polyposis Syndrome (SPS)
Serrated polyps, their epidemiology, detection, optimal resection and risk prediction modelling for dysplastic SSLs forms a large part of my research focus.
Location
22/15 Chancellors Drive, Thrumster NSW 2444
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Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-8199