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Background
Richard Fernandes is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease specialist at Mater Hospital Brisbane and the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. He is an active clinician researcher, including extensive involvement in numerous international clinical trials for IBD therapeutics. Supported by a scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Australia, Richard is currently completing a PhD in post-operative Crohn's disease, including investigating the role of the mucosa-associated microbiome and mesentery in disease recurrence, and evaluating monitoring strategies post-operatively. His other interests include endoscopic management of IBD strictures and intestinal ultrasound.
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2025
Journal Article
Point-of-care intestinal ultrasound impacts inflammatory bowel disease care and reduces the need for additional investigations
Tan, Wei-Lian, Khoo, Emi, Khaing, Myat-Myat, Barr, Emily, Fernandes, Richard G., Pham, Hai, An, Yoon-Kyo and Begun, Jakob (2025). Point-of-care intestinal ultrasound impacts inflammatory bowel disease care and reduces the need for additional investigations. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology jgh.70019. doi: 10.1111/jgh.70019
2025
Journal Article
Upadacitinib induction is effective and safe in ulcerative colitis patients including those with prior exposure to tofacitinib: a multicenter real-world cohort study
Gilmore, Robert, Fernandes, Richard, Hartley, Imogen, Arzivian, Arteen, Leong, Rupert, Andrew, Bridgette, Vasudevan, Abhinav, Greeve, Tessa, Moore, Gregory Thomas, Kim, Steven, Lightowler, Daniel, Singh, Abhey, Mahy, Gillian, Mithanthaya, Aditya, Venugopaul, Kannan, Han, Sangwoo, Bryant, Robert, West, Jack, Segal, Jonathan, Christensen, Britt, Corte, Crispin, Ding, Nik, An, Yoon-Kyo and Begun, Jakob (2025). Upadacitinib induction is effective and safe in ulcerative colitis patients including those with prior exposure to tofacitinib: a multicenter real-world cohort study. Intestinal Research, 23 (3), 347-357. doi: 10.5217/ir.2024.00127
2025
Conference Publication
Comparative Accuracy And Reliability Of Handheld Versus Cart-based Ultrasound In Assessing Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity
Khaing, Myat Myat, Fernandes, Richard G., An, Yoon-Kyo, Baraty, Brandon, Bryant, Robert V., Ghaly, Simon, Smith, Rebecca, Srinivasan, Ashish, Hay, Karen and Begun, Jakob (2025). Comparative Accuracy And Reliability Of Handheld Versus Cart-based Ultrasound In Assessing Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity. Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2025, San Diego, CA United States, 3-6 August 2025. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(25)03008-2
2025
Journal Article
The durability of anti-TNF therapy for Crohn’s Disease is higher in anti-TNF naïve patients and increases with proactive therapeutic drug monitoring
Gilmore, Robert, Fernandes, Richard, Schildkraut, Tamar, Joshi, Riddhi, Lin, Lyman, Vorgin, Sara, Etchegaray, Amirah, Shanmuga Anandan, Aathavan, Tambakis, George, Loebenstein, Moshe, An, Yoon-Kyo, Begun, Jakob and Wright, Emily K (2025). The durability of anti-TNF therapy for Crohn’s Disease is higher in anti-TNF naïve patients and increases with proactive therapeutic drug monitoring. Crohn's and Colitis 360, 7 (2) otaf028, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/crocol/otaf028
2025
Journal Article
Comparing long‐term infliximab persistence following a switch to a biosimilar in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: no cause for concern
Suo, Paulina, Srinivasan, Ashish, Thin, Lena, An, Yoon‐Kyo, Fernandes, Richard G., Ghaly, Simon, Jeffrey, Angus W., Menon, Shankar, Olsen, Nicholas, Skinner, Thomas, van Langenberg, Daniel R., Winston, James and Haifer, Craig (2025). Comparing long‐term infliximab persistence following a switch to a biosimilar in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: no cause for concern. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 40 (5), 1174-1181. doi: 10.1111/jgh.16916
2025
Conference Publication
Handheld ultrasound devices are an accurate alternative to cart-based ultrasound for IBD disease activity assessment
Fernandes, R., Swe, E., Khaing, M. M., Gilmore, R., Khoo, E., An, Y. K. and Begun, J. (2025). Handheld ultrasound devices are an accurate alternative to cart-based ultrasound for IBD disease activity assessment. 20th Congress of ECCO, Berlin, Germany, 19-22 February 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae190.1349
2025
Journal Article
Upadacitinib was administered as a sequential salvage therapy for acute severe ulcerative colitis: a case report
Huynh, David, Khaing, Myat Myat, Fernandes, Richard Gareth, Malloy, Reuben, Lin, Lei, Gilmore, Robert, Walker, Nicole, Khoo, Emi and Begun, Jakob (2025). Upadacitinib was administered as a sequential salvage therapy for acute severe ulcerative colitis: a case report. Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 19 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1159/000542711
2024
Conference Publication
Tofacitinib demonstrates preliminary efficacy in induction of remission in chronic pouchitis
Khoo, Emi, Amiss, Anna, Lindsay, Niamh, Fernandes, Richard, Gilmore, Robert, Ding, John Nik, Connor, Susan J., Bryant, Robert, White, Lauren, Mohsen, Waled, Leong, Rupert, Ardalan, Zaid, Croft, Anthony, De Cruz, Peter, Lynch, Kate, An, Yoon-Kyo, Holtmann, Gerald and Begun, Jakob (2024). Tofacitinib demonstrates preliminary efficacy in induction of remission in chronic pouchitis. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2024, Adelaide, SA Australia, 14-16 September 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2024
Conference Publication
Janus kinase inhibitors for the management of acute severe ulcerative colitis: An Australian multicentre study
Gilmore, Robert, Fernandes, Richard, Subhaharan, Deloshaan, Mohsen, Waled, Thin, Lena, Chin, Simone, Con, Danny, De Cruz, Peter, Demase, Kathryn, Sparrow, Miles P., Lucas, Sarah, Garg, Mayur, Bryant, Robert, Segal, Jonathan, Christensen, Britt, Begun, Jakob and An, Yoon-Kyo (2024). Janus kinase inhibitors for the management of acute severe ulcerative colitis: An Australian multicentre study. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2024, Adelaide, SA Australia, 14-16 September 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2024
Conference Publication
Efficacy of combination vedolizumab and upadacitinib treatment in refractory inflammatory bowel disease: a case series
Swe, Ei Phyu Phyu, Gilmore, Robert, Murali, Amrutha, Etchegaray, Amirah, Fernandes, Richard, An, Yoon-Kyo and Begun, Jakob (2024). Efficacy of combination vedolizumab and upadacitinib treatment in refractory inflammatory bowel disease: a case series. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2024, Adelaide, SA Australia, 14-16 September 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2024
Conference Publication
Post operative recurrence and surgical outcomes following Crohn's ileocolic resections in Australia (PORSCIA study)
Giddings, Hugh, Ng, Kheng-Seong, Solomon, Michael, Arzivian, Arteen, Haifer, Craig, Lin, Huiyu, Pappas, Christian, Clark, David, Deacon, Anthony, Radford-Smith, Graham, Ebrahimi, Nargus, Wu, Ann, Lewis, Mark, Lim, Roscoe, Zhang, Jennifer, Vasudevan, Abhinav, Demase, Kathryn, Karp, Jadon, Fernandes, Richard, An, Yoon-Kyo, Ng, Zi Qin, Mackenzie, Scott, Thin, Lena, Greeve, Tessa, Moore, Gregory, Ghaly, Simon and Australia And New Zealand Inflammatory Bowel Disease Consortium, Crohn’s Colitis Cure (CCCURE) (2024). Post operative recurrence and surgical outcomes following Crohn's ileocolic resections in Australia (PORSCIA study). Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2024, Adelaide, SA Australia, 14–16 September 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2024
Conference Publication
Upadacitinib was administered as a sequential salvage therapy for acute severe ulcerative colitis
Huynh, David, Khaing, Myat, Fernandes, Richard, Malloy, Reuben, Lin, Lei, Gilmore, Robert, Walker, Nicole, Khoo, Emi and Begun, Jakob (2024). Upadacitinib was administered as a sequential salvage therapy for acute severe ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2022, Sydney, NSW Australia, 9 - 11 September 2022. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/jgh.16702
2024
Conference Publication
A Cost-effective Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare Management Pathway Utilising Rapid Access Intestinal Ultrasound And Nurse-led Triage To Achieve Hospital Avoidance With High Patient Satisfaction
Fernandes, Richard G., Khoo, Emi, Harris, Heidi Jensen, Gilmore, Robert, Khaing, Myat Myat, Begun, Jakob and An, Yoon-Kyo (2024). A Cost-effective Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare Management Pathway Utilising Rapid Access Intestinal Ultrasound And Nurse-led Triage To Achieve Hospital Avoidance With High Patient Satisfaction. Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024, Chicago, IL United States, 18-21 May 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(24)01652-4
2024
Conference Publication
Upadacitinib is safe and effective in Ulcerative Colitis patients with prior exposure to Tofacitinib
Gilmore, R., Fernandes, R., Hartley, I., Arzivian, A., Leong, R., Andrew, B., Vasudevan, A., Greeve, T., Moore, G., Kim, S., Lightowler, D., Singh, A., Mahy, G., Mithanthaya, A., Venugpal, K., Han, S., Bryant, R., West, J., Segal, J., Christensen, B., Ding, N. J., An, Y. K. and Begun, J. (2024). Upadacitinib is safe and effective in Ulcerative Colitis patients with prior exposure to Tofacitinib. 19th Congress of ECCO, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-24 February 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad212.1194
2024
Conference Publication
Clinical Characteristics of Steroid-Dependent Ulcerative Colitis Patients after Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis Treatment in East Asia and Australia/New Zealand: AOCC and ANZIBDC collaboration study
Kim, D. H., Park, S. H., Kim, H. S., Kim, S. J., Kim, K. O., Lee, Y. J., Song, E. M., Kim, E. S., Lee, H. S., An, Y. K., Begun, J., Ruddick-Collins, L., Fernandes, R., Liu, J., Cao, Q., Kobayashi, T. and Wei, S. C. (2024). Clinical Characteristics of Steroid-Dependent Ulcerative Colitis Patients after Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis Treatment in East Asia and Australia/New Zealand: AOCC and ANZIBDC collaboration study. 19th Congress of ECCO, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-24 February 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad212.0555
2024
Conference Publication
Risk of Infection After Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis in East Asia and Australia/New Zealand: AOCC and ANZIBDC collaboration study
Kim, S. J., Kim, D. H., Park, S. H., Kim, K. O., Lee, Y. J., Song, E. M., Kim, E. S., Lee, H. S., An, Y. K., Begun, J., Ruddick-Collins, L., Fernandes, R., Liu, J., Cao, Q., Kobayashi, T. and Wei, S. C. (2024). Risk of Infection After Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis in East Asia and Australia/New Zealand: AOCC and ANZIBDC collaboration study. 19th Congress of ECCO, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-24 February 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad212.0892
2024
Conference Publication
A cost-effective Inflammatory Bowel Disease flare management pathway utilising rapid access intestinal ultrasound and nurse-led triage to achieve hospital avoidance with increased patient satisfaction
Fernandes, R., Khoo, E., Harris, H., Gilmore, R., Khaing, M., Begun, J., An, Y. K. and Mater IBD Research Group (2024). A cost-effective Inflammatory Bowel Disease flare management pathway utilising rapid access intestinal ultrasound and nurse-led triage to achieve hospital avoidance with increased patient satisfaction. 19th Congress of ECCO, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-24 February 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad212.0750
2023
Conference Publication
Durability of escalated anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in Crohn's disease is similar between TNF-naive and TNF-experienced patients and may be improved with proactive drug monitoring: An Australian multicenter experience
Gilmore, R., Fernandes, R., Schildkraut, T., Joshi, R., Lin, L., Etchegaray, A., Anandan, A. Shanmuga, Begun, J., An, Y-K and Wright, E. (2023). Durability of escalated anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in Crohn's disease is similar between TNF-naive and TNF-experienced patients and may be improved with proactive drug monitoring: An Australian multicenter experience. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2023, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-5 September 2023. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2023
Conference Publication
Australian multicenter real-world experience of upadacitinib induction therapy for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis
Gilmore, R., Fernandes, R., Hartley, I., Arzivian, A., Leong, R., Andrew, B., Vasudevan, A., Greeve, T., Moore, G., Kim, S., Lightowler, D., Singh, A., Mahy, G., Mithanthaya, A., Venugopal, K., Han, S., Bryant, R., Corte, C., Ding, J. N., An, Y-K and Begun, J. (2023). Australian multicenter real-world experience of upadacitinib induction therapy for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2023, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2—5 September 2023. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2023
Conference Publication
Real-world study finds similar effectiveness of biologics but higher durability of ustekinumab in patients with Crohn's disease: Preliminary results from the COMPARE-IT Crohn's disease study
Etchegaray, A., Fernandes, R., Anandan, A. Shanmuga, Selvanathan, P., Malloy, R., Gilmore, R., Pham, H., Begun, J. and An, Y-K (2023). Real-world study finds similar effectiveness of biologics but higher durability of ustekinumab in patients with Crohn's disease: Preliminary results from the COMPARE-IT Crohn's disease study. Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) 2023, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2—5 September 2023. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
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