Dr. Ilmars Lidums, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Private consulting at

Endoscopic procedures at

Special interests

• Therapeutic Endoscopy
• Video Capsule Endoscopy
• Bowel cancer screening

Present Post

1999 -

• Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist
  Department of Gastroenterology
  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  Woodville Road, Woodville SA, 5011
  
  
• Senior Lecturer
  Department of Medicine
  The University of Adelaide

Posts Held Previously

1988

• Intern, Royal Adelaide Hospital

1989 - 1991

• Basic Physician Training, Flinders Medical Centre

1992 - 1994

• Registrar Advanced Training Gastroenterology, Flinders Medical Centre

1995 - 1998

• Dawes Scholarship Research Fellow
  Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine Royal Adelaide Hospital
  PhD Research Topic: "Pharmacological Control of the Lower Oesophageal Sphincter"

Professional Society/Association Memberships

• Secretary - Latvian Doctors’ Association of Australia
• Member - Gastroenterological Society of Australia
• Member - Australian Medical Association
• Member - Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Member - South Australian Endoscopic Research Interest Group

Presentations at International Scientific Meetings

May 1997

• American Gastroenterology Association Annual Scientific Meeting
  Effect of hyoscine butylbromide on gastroesophageal reflux and lower esophageal sphincter function in healthy volunteers

May 1999

• American Gastroenterology Association Annual Scientific Meeting
  The GABAB receptor agonist baclofen inhibits transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations and gastroesophageal reflux in normal human subjects
  
  
• Cholinergic control of proximal gastric motor function in normal subjects

May 2008

• American Gastroenterology Association Annual Scientific Meeting
  The role of wireless capsule endoscopy in suspected celiac disease patients with positive celiac antibodies

Presentations at National Scientific Meetings

Sep 1996

• Australian Gastroenterology Week, Adelaide
  Atropine inhibits gastro-oesophageal reflux in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Oct 1997

• Australian Gastroenterology Week, Brisbane
  Effect of hyoscine butylbromide on gastro-oesophageal reflux and lower oesophageal sphincter function in healthy volunteers

Oct 1998

• Australian Gastroenterology Week, Canberra
  Effect of atropine on proximal gastric function in normal subjects

Oct 1999

• Australian Gastroenterology Week, Brisbane
  The GABAB receptor agonist baclofen inhibits transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations and gastro-oesophageal reflux in normal human subjects

Oct 2009

• Australian Gastroenterology Week, Sydney
  The role of video capsule endoscopy in suspected celiac disease patients with positive celiac serology

Publications

• Lidums I, Cummins AG, Teo E. The role of capsule endoscopy endoscopy in suspected celiac disease patients with positive celiac serology. Dig Dis Sci 2011; 56:499-505
  
  
• Lidums I, Mechaber AJ. (2011) Celiac disease. In: Goldmann D, First Consult, Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc. (www.firstconsult.com)
  
  
• 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 GABAB 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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