Dr Shamilah Lachal

Appointments available, call: 03 9468 9700

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

• colonoscopy & gastroscopy

Dr Shamilah Lachal has been a gastroenterologist for 20 years. She graduated from Melbourne University with honours and became a fellow of the College of Physicians in 2001. She completed her basic physician training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital followed by advanced gastroenterology training at the Royal Melbourne and Western Hospital.

She went on to do research in the area of bowel cancer and was awarded a PhD in 2006. Since then she has worked in clinical practice at the Western Hospital and Northern Health, where she has had extensive experience in performing gastroscopy and colonoscopy as well as working in general gastroenterology and hepatology including viral hepatitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Dr Shamilah Lachal is a Staff Gastroenterologist at Northern Health and also has private rooms in Bundoora and Eltham. She is the mother of 3 children and believes strongly in the doctor patient partnership in achieving good health.

Expertise:

• Inflammatory bowel disease (Ulcerative Collitis/Crohn’s Disease)

• Irritable bowel syndrome

• Carbohydrate intolerance

• Coeliac disease

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

• Hepatitis B and C

• Alcohol related liver disease

• Community gastroenterology

• Hepatology