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Biography
Professor Rupert Leong is a Senior Staff Specialist gastroenterologist, Director of Endoscopy and Head of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Services at Concord Hospital, Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of Sydney and Macquarie University, Sydney Australia. He was formally the Director of Gastroenterology at Bankstown Hospital, Conjoint Professor of Medicine at UNSW and Career Development Fellow (level 2 clinical) of the NHMRC. Prof Leong has made a substantial contribution to research with over 210 high quality scientific journals publications. Amongst these are senior authorship of national and international consensus guidelines in both Australia and in Asia. He is section editor of the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and on the international editorial boards of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Prof Leong is an executive member of a number of government bodies including the Agency for Clinical Innovation of NSW Health nominated for expertise in IBD and the Cancer Council of Australia Working Party on the revision of the clinical practice guidelines for colonoscopy and colorectal cancer, leading the section on surveillance colonoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease. Professor Leong was awarded the American Gastroenterological Association Fellowship by invitation on the basis of research excellence in 2012. He is the founding director of IBD Sydney, IBD School and IBD Masterclass.
As a clinician, Prof Leong is widely recognized for his endoscopy skills especially on the role of advanced imaging techniques and colon cancer diagnostic strategies. His private consultation rooms are at Macquarie University Hospital (Suite 404, 2 Technology Place, Macquarie Uni 98123880) on George St near Town Hall Station (Specialist Medical Services, Level 11, 501 George St, Sydney 83781721). His global reputation has led to speaking engagements and live endoscopy demonstrations around the world including in USA, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Singapore among others. He is a principle supervisor to PhD, MPhil and Masters by Research students and has supervised international gastroenterology fellows from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Sweden, UK, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
External positions
Director of IBD School
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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STOPIt: Study of Tofacitinib for the treatment of chronic pouchitis (StopIt)
Leong, R., Chapman, N. & Chester, C.
12/05/22 → 11/05/27
Project: Research
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APOLLO-CD: A Phase 2a, Multi-Center, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of PRA023 in Subjects with Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease
Leong, R. & Chapman, N.
8/02/22 → 28/07/26
Project: Research
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PRELUDE Study: A Study to Assess the Genotype of Subjects with Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease
Leong, R. & Chapman, N.
19/01/22 → 17/01/25
Project: Research
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M14-533: A Phase 3 Multicenter, Long-Term Extension Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Upadacitinib (ABT-494) in Subjects with Ulcerative Colitis
Leong, R., Chapman, N., Parshionikar, A. & Rajasekharan Nair, A.
17/12/19 → 26/09/24
Project: Research
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Comparing persistence of new biologics to conventional anti-TNF alphas in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Yiu, T. H., Ko, Y., Pudipeddi, A., Natale, P. & Leong, R. W., 3 Oct 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 10, p. 1-5 5 p., e073071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Determining efficacy of dynamic multimedia bowel preparation instructions versus standard instructions on adenoma detection and patient reported measures (DIGICLEAN trial): a study protocol for a multicentre, colonoscopist-blinded, randomised controlled trial
Au, M., Low, P., Rennie, M., Mohseni, M., Song, Y., Kim, N., Baraty, B., Mitrev, N., He, E., Ho, V., Leong, R. & Kariyawasam, V., 21 Jul 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 7, p. 1-10 10 p., e073843.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Faecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent C. difficile infections: challenges and improvement opportunities for clinical practice and healthcare systems
Hocking, L., Ianiro, G., Leong, R. W., Iqbal, T., Kao, D., Cabling, M., Stockwell, S., Romanelli, R. J. & Marjanovic, S., Mar 2023, In: Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 57, 5, p. 549-564 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gastrointestinal: A discovery hard to swallow: an unusual case of esophageal obstruction
Chalasani, A., Chetwood, J. D., Leong, R. & Paramsothy, S., 7 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/opinion › peer-review
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IBD barriers across the continents: a continent-specific analysis – Australasia
Elford, A. T., Leong, R. W., Halmos, E. P., Morgan, M., Kilpatrick, K., Lewindon, P. J., Gearry, R. B. & Christensen, B., 1 Jan 2023, In: Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 16, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Trans-Tasman Lecturer of RACP and NZ Society of Gastroenterology
Leong, Rupert (Recipient), 1 Jan 2015
Prize: Honorary award
Press/Media
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Assisted reproduction awareness needed for IBD patients
27/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Professor Rupert Leong: patient preference should guide biologic choice
20/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment