Dr Peter Wu MB.BS, PhD, FRACP
Director St George Swallow Centre and GI Motility Service, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St George Hospital
Senior Lecturer (Conjoint), University of NSW
Dr Peter Wu graduated in Medicine from the University of NSW in 2006 and completed his specialist training in adult gastroenterology at St George Hospital in 2014. He was awarded a PhD in 2018 for thesis where he investigated several novel diagnostic and therapeutic tools in the management of swallowing disorders. His research has attracted multiple local and regional competitive grants, and its results have been published in international high impact medical journals. The current focus of his research is on the impact of microbiome on dysphagia associated with head and neck cancer therapies.
In addition to general adult gastroenterology, Peter has a special interest in oesophageal disorders, including oesophageal dysmotility, gastro-oesophageal reflux, and eosinophilic oesophagitis. He serves as a consultant gastroenterologist in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St George Hospital, and oversees the day-to-day clinical operation of the Swallow Clinic and GI Motility Laboratory.
A/Prof Julia Maclean B.App.Sc. (Speech Path.), MSc(Med), PhD
Speech Pathologist and Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow
Associate Professor (Conjoint), University of NSW
Julia graduated from speech pathology at the University of Sydney in 1993. She has held the senior surgery/oncology speech pathology position at St George Hospital, Sydney, since 1997. She completed her Master of Science in Medicine in 1999 investigating the relationship of swallowing disorders during acute exacerbation of Chronic Airflow Limitation. In 2010, she was awarded her PhD, investigating the prevalence and nature of swallowing disorders following total laryngectomy surgery. Julia has a particular interest in voice restoration and swallowing following total laryngectomy surgery.
Dr Michal Szczesniak BMedSc, PhD
Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UNSW
Michal has begun his research career at St George Hospital in 2001 after graduating from biomedical science degree at Newcastle University. In 2008 he was awarded a PhD for thesis on oesophageal afferent pathways and their implications for oesophago-pharyngeal reflexes, regurgitation and symptom perception. In the course of this research he has gained extensive experience in videofluroscopic, manometric, pH and impedance studies in the pharyngo-oesophageal segment.
Mr Dheeraj Pandey B.Sc. Honours (Biochemistry and Genetics), MBiomedEng
Hospital Scientist and Research Assistant
Dheeraj completed a science degree with honours in Biochemistry and Genetics from Texas A&M University in College Station, US. and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He completed an undergraduate research scholar program during his senior year in college studying regulation of Neu5Ac (sialic acid) in drosophila. He worked as a research assistant after finishing his study and continued working on his project from scholar program. Two of the studies he was involved have since been published in scientific journals. Dheeraj joined the motility service in St George Hospital in Kogarah in 2017 as the clinical manometrist.
Affiliated Services
- Department of Head and Neck Surgery
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Department of Otolaryngology (ENT)
- Department of Radiation Oncology
- Department of Upper GI Surgery