Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy, or CBT, is one of the few effective therapies for children with functional abdominal pain. But CBT sessions can be costly and difficult to access, particularly as multiple sessions are required.
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I am the only paediatric gastroenterologist in NSW outside Sydney and have a very busy clinical workload. Involvement in research allows me to try to answer some of the questions that frequently arise in clinical practice. I particularly enjoy research that has clear implications for changing the way we help children in the clinics or on the wards.
Changing clinical practice for the better, and improving outcomes for children with gastrointestinal and liver disease, are the ultimate goals of my research efforts.
Dr Nightingale is a paediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist employed as a Staff Specialist at John Hunter Children’s Hospital and Conjoint Lecturer in Paediatrics and Child Health in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle. He completed his subspeciality training at the Children’s Hospital Westmead before undertaking further training in hepatology and liver transplantation medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
He returned to Australia to establish the paediatric gastroenterology unit at JHCH in 2010. This is a busy, tertiary unit servicing approximately 20% of the paediatric population of NSW. Dr Nightingale is interested in research that will benefit local children and has a particular interest in eosinophilic oeosphagitis, childhood liver disease and functional gastrointestinal disorders.
We are fortunate to have close collaborations between clinicians in the Health Service and scientists at HMRI. I believe this collaborative research is the best way to make important and relevant discoveries that will positively impact the health of children both locally and globally.
Dr Scott Nightingale, Dr Milena Heinsch, Associate Professor Maria Kangas (Macquarie University), Professor Mike Jones (Macquarie University)
Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy, or CBT, is one of the few effective therapies for children with functional abdominal pain. But CBT sessions can be costly and difficult to access, particularly as multiple sessions are required.
more