Dr. Ilmars Lidums, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Previous Roles

Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
1999 – 2013

Dawes Scholarship Research Fellow

Royal Adelaide Hospital
1995 – 1998
PhD Research: Pharmacological Control of the Lower Oesophageal Sphincter

Gastroenterology & Physician Training

Flinders Medical Centre
1989 – 1995

Intern

Royal Adelaide Hospital
1988

Research Grants & Awards

• MRFF National Critical Research Infrastructure Grant – $3M
  SCOPE: Digital solutions to optimise colonoscopy surveillance (2023–2027)
  Co-Investigator
• Given Imaging Capsule Endoscopy Research Grants – $18K + $9K
  Chief Investigator on projects investigating capsule endoscopy in coeliac disease (2005–2009)
• University of South Australia Industrial Linkage Project Grant – $10K
  Endoscopic capsule tracking system development (2005)
• Garnette Passe and Rodney Williams Foundation Grant – $29.4K
  Co-investigator on gastro-laryngeal reflux treatment study (2000–2003)
• AstraZeneca Young Investigator & Travel Awards (1999, 2001)
• Dawes Scholarship, Royal Adelaide Hospital (1995–1998)

Professional Memberships

• Fellow – Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
• Member – Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA)
• Member – Australian Medical Association (AMA)
• Secretary – Latvian Medical Association of Australia

Publications

• Chu, M., Shin, S., Lidums, I., Fon, J. 2021, Adherence to the bowel cancer screening guideline at a tertiary teaching hospital, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021; 36:168-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgh 15618
• Lidums, I. Writing With Light. Med J Aust 2020; 212:49.
• Wong, S., Lidums, I., Rosty, C., Ruszkiewicz, A., Parry, S., Win, A. K., … Young, J. P. (2017). Findings in young adults at colonoscopy from a hospital service database audit. BMC Gastroenterology, 17, 56. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-017-0612-y
• Nguyen Q, Toscano L, Lawrence M, Moore J, Holloway R, Batholomeusz D, Lidums I, Tam W, Roberts-Thomson I, Mahesh V, Debreccini T, Schoeman M. Patient-controlled analgesia with inhaled methoxyflurane versus endoscopist-provided sedation for colonoscopy: a randomised multicentre trial. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2013; 78: 892-901.
• Lidums I, Cummins AG, Teo E. The role of capsule endoscopy in suspected celiac disease patients with positive celiac serology. Dig Dis Sci 2011; 56:499-505.
• Lidums I, Teo E, Field J, Cummins AG, Capsule endoscopy: A valuable tool in the follow-up of people with celiac disease on a gluten-free diet. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 2011; 2: 1-5.
• Lidums I, Mechaber AJ. (2011) Celiac disease. In: Goldmann D, First Consult, Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc. (URL: http://www.firstconsult.com/das/pdxmd/body/0/0?type=med&eid=9-ul.0-_1_mt_1014763)
• Roberts-Thomson IC, Singh R, Teo E, Nguyen NQ, Lidums I. The future of endoscopy. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010; 25:1051-1057.
• Lidums I, Lehmann A, Checklin H, Dent J, Holloway R. Control of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations and gastroesophageal reflux by the GABA_B agonist baclofen in normal healthy human subjects. Gastroenterology 2000; 118: 7-13.
• Lidums I, Hebbard GS, Holloway RH. Effect of atropine on proximal gastric motor and sensory function in normal subjects. Gut 2000; 47: 30-36.
• Lidums I, Roberts-Thomson IC. Diffuse oesophageal spasm. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000; 15: 1341.
• Lidums I, Checklin H, Mittal RK, Holloway, RH. Effect of atropine on gastro-oesophageal reflux and transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Gut 1998; 43: 12-16.
• Lidums I, Holloway, R. Motility abnormalities in the columnar-lined esophagus. Gastroenterol Clin N Am 1997; 26: 519-531.
• Lidums I, Holloway, R. A GP’s guide to oesophageal motility disorders. Modern Medicine of Aust 1996; 39: 80-89.

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