Professor Michael Bourke is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney and Director of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at Westmead Hospital. He is a widely respected expert in gastrointestinal endoscopy, and has contributed to the advancement of techniques in colonoscopy, ERCP, and endoscopic tissue resection. His work has helped shape clinical practice globally, particularly in the endoscopic management of complex mucosal neoplasia in the colon, oesophagus, duodenum, and papilla.
He has held national leadership roles in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy in Australia and helped establish a leading quaternary referral centre at Westmead. The centre manages Australia’s largest group of patients with Barrett’s dysplasia and early oesophageal cancer, as part of the Australian Barrett’s Cohort with Dysplasia and Early Cancer (ABCDE) study. Since 2015, he has led endoscopic treatment for patients with high-grade dysplasia and early oesophageal adenocarcinoma.
Professor Bourke was Co-editor of Endoscopy, the journal of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2011–2019). He co-founded the National Endoscopy Training Initiative (NETI) in 2007 and convenes the Sydney International Endoscopy Symposium (SIES), now in its 16th year with over 700 attendees.
He is senior author of more than 350 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in leading journals including Gastroenterology, Gut, AJG, GIE, and Endoscopy (Google Scholar: 17,093 citations, h-index 69, i10-index 208). His contributions have been recognised with awards including the GESA Outstanding Clinician Award (2012), BSG Christopher Williams Medal (2017), GESA Distinguished Research Award (2019), and ASGE Crystal Award (2022).