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Dr Paul Froomes

Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist

Dr Paul R Froomes

BMedSci, MBBS, FRACP, MD

Dr Paul Froomes is a gastroenterologist board certified in colonoscopy, gastroscopy, general gastroenterology and hepatology. He studied medicine at Monash University and completed his specialist physician training with the Royal Australian College of Physicians at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne. He completed a post doctorate masters degree in liver disease at the University of Melbourne and has published many scientific research papers on cirrhosis and inflammatory bowel disease..

Dr Froomes has subsequently undergone further specialist endoscopy training in Sydney in advanced endoscopic techniques and additional specialist oesophageal physiology training in Adelaide. His areas of interest include liver disease, fatty liver, hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, reflux oesophagitis, swallowing disorders, colon cancer screening, hpylori, diverticulosis, peptic ulcer disease, Coeliac disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

Dr Froomes is practices at Coburg Endoscopy Centre, Northwest Endoscopy and Epworth Freemasons. He consults in his Moonee Ponds Consulting Rooms, and at Beingwell Healthcare, Prahran.

Dr Froomes is involved in hands on patient management in both public and private practice and participates in GP education programs and medical student teaching. He has been a college examiner in the past for the Royal Australian College of Physicians.

Dr Froomes has recently launched BestGut Medical (Galen Health). BestGut Medical currently teaches General Practitioner’s around Australia to use Dr Froomes’ Microbiome Treatment Program in treating patients with IBS symptoms. BestGut Medical also makes these remedies available to patients direct from the BestGut Medical website. Please visit www.bestgutmedical.com.au to find out about how you can get your IBS treated without the hassle of a consult or the cost of seeing a specialist.

Paul Froomes is also the author of four action adventure novels.

Publications

1. Froomes PRA, Wan AT, Harrison PM, Mclean AJ. Improved Assay Of Bismuth In Biological Samples By Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry With Hydride Generation. Clin Chem 34 (2) 88: 382-84 (1988)

2. Froomes PRA, Wan AT, Keech AC, McNeil JJ, Mclean AJ. Absorption And Elimination Of Bismuth From Oral Doses Of Tripotassium Dicitrato Bismuthate. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 37: 533-536 (1989)

 3. Mclean AJ, Drummer OH, Smith HJ, Froomes PRA, Mcneil JJ. Comparative Pharmacokinetics Of Enalopril And Lisinopril, Alone And With Hydralazine. J Human Hypertension 3: 147-151 (1989)

4. Froomes PRA, Whitty MR, Doolan LA. Iatrogenic Drug Induced Acute Renal Failure.  Med J Aust 159 (8): 568-9 (1992)

5. Froomes PRA, Stewart MR. Extrapyramidal Syndrome And Hepatotoxicity Following The Addition Of Carbamazepine To Sodium Valproate. Aust NZ J Med 24: 413-414 (1994)

6. Froomes PRA, Haddad J, Harding D. Coma, Myalgia And Hypoxia (Methadone Induced Rhabdomyolysis). Postgrad Med J  72: 131-2 (1996)

7. Zhuo JL, Froomes PRA, Casley D, Liu JJ, Murone C, Chai SY, Buxton B, Mendelsohn FAO. Perindopril Chronically Inhibits Angiotensin Converting Enzyme In Both The Endothelium And Adventitia Of The Internal Mammary Artery In Patients With Ischaemic Heart Disease. Circulation 96:174-182 (1997).

8. Davies AR, Froomes PRA, Bellomo R, Gutteridge GA, Nyalasi I, Walker R, Sewell RB.  Randomized Comparison Of Nasojejunal And Nasogastric Feeding In Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Med 30: 586-90 (2002).

9. Froomes PRA, Morgan DJ, Smallwood RA, Angus PW. Comparative effects of oxygen supplementation on theophylline and acetaminophen clearance in human cirrhosis. Gastroenterol 1999;116:915-20.

10. Choo EF, Angus PW, Froomes PRA, Morgan DJ. Comparative effects of hyperbaric hyperoxia on conjugative and oxidative elimination of drugs in the isolated perfused rat liver (I). Hepatology 2002 (submitted).

11. Choo EF, Angus PW, Froomes PRA, Morgan DJ. Comparative effects of hyperbaric hyperoxia on conjugative and oxidative elimination of drugs in the isolated perfused cirrhotic rat liver (II). Hepatology 2002 (submitted).

12. Froomes PR, Choo EF, Ghabrial H, Morgan DJ, Smallwood RA, Angus PW. The effect of oxygen supplementaion and hyperbaric oxygen on the ketone body ratio in cirrhosis. Digestion 2002 (in press).

 

13. Froomes PR, Choo EF, Ghabrial H, Morgan DJ, Smallwood RA, Angus PW. The effect of oxygen supplementaion and hyperbaric oxygen on the ketone body ratio in cirrhosis. Digestion 2002;66:257-61.

14. Froomes PR, Sachinidis J, Ghabrial H, Tochon-Danguy H, Scott A, Angus PW. A novel method for determining hepatic sinusoidal oxygen permeability in the isolated perfused rat liver using [15O]O2. Nuc Med Biol 2003;30:93-100.

15. Froomes PR, Ghabrial H, Morgan DJ, Smallwood RA, Angus PW. Assessment of Sinusoidal Permeability to 15Oxygen in Cirrhosis: Analysis By The Impulse Response Technique And The Axial Dispersion Model. Hepatology 2003 (submitted).

16. Froomes PR, Bassili RF, Mariani AF, Jackson B. Effect of infliximab on cost and inpatient stay in Crohn’s disease. J Gastro & Hepatol 2003 (submitted).

Abstracts

1. Mclean AJ, Froomes PRA, Mcneil JJ, Wan AT, Harrison PM. Bismuth Subcitrate Handling In Man. (Abstract) Clin Pharmacol Therap 43 (2): 186 (1988)

2. Mclean AJ, Froomes PRA, Wan AT. Biliary Handling Of Bismuth Subcitrate In Man. (Abstract) Clin Pharmacol Therap 44 (2): 150 (1989)

3. Davies AR, Froomes PRA, Bellomo R, Gutteridge GA, Nyalasi I, Walker R, Sewell RB.  A Comparison Of Nasojejunal And Nasogastric Methods Of Enteral Feeding In Critically Ill Patients. (Abstract) J Gastro Hepatology 11, Suppl., A77 (1996)

4. Froomes PRA, Sturrock S, Ireton HJC, Ellingson P, Xing PX, Crotty B. Colonic Mucins In Inflammatory Bowel Disease. (Abstract) J Gastro Hepatology 11, Suppl., A85 (1996)

5. Zhuo J, Froomes PRA, Casley D, Liu JJ, Murone C, Mendelsohn FAO. Perindopril Chronically Inhibits Angiotensin Converting Enzyme In Both Endothelium And Adventitia Of The Internal Mammary Artery In Humans. (Abstract) J Hypertension July (1996)

6. Froomes PRA, Choo EF, Hickey PL, Morgan DJ, Smallwood RA, Angus PW. Effect of oxygen supplementation on ketone body ratio in cirrhosis. (Abstract) J Gastroenterol & Hepatol (1989) 13 (Suppl) A136.

7. Froomes PRA, Moran DJ, Smallwood RC, Angus PW. Effect of oxygen supplementation on theophylline and Acetaminophen clearance in cirrhotic humans. (Abstract) J Gastroenterol & Hepatol (1989) 13 (Suppl) A137.

8. Froomes PRA, Sinusoidal Permeability of Oxygen is Impaired in the Isolated Perfused Cirrhotic Rat Liver