About Professor Thomas Borody

Professor Borody is most famous for his ground-breaking work developing the triple therapy cure for peptic ulcers in 19871, which has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and the Australian health system more than $10 billion in medical care and operations2.

Professor Borody founded the Centre for Digestive Diseases (CDD) in 1984 after a distinguished career with leading hospitals including St Vincent’s in Sydney and the Mayo Clinic in the USA.

He is a world-renowned leader in the clinical microbiota field dating back to 1988 when he started performing what is now called Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT).

Professor Borody holds over 180 patents in areas such as; treatment of Helicobacter pylori, Crohn’s disease, bowel lavage, IBS and FMT.

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT)

As a practicing clinician leading the CDD in Australia, Professor Borody has overseen over 14,000 FMTs, creating a wealth of proprietary clinical data and insights.

Inflammatory disease and infection

In addition, Professor Borody has established novel therapies in the gastrointestinal field, including areas such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI), parasite infestation, and resistant Helicobacter pylori 1.

Peer review

His knowledge and expertise are sought after by clinicians from around the world. He is a reviewer for leading medical journals including:

  • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
  • World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Editorial Board)
  • American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Digestive Diseases and Sciences
  • Journal of Endoscopy
  • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Journal of Digestive and Liver Diseases
  • Helicobacter

Biopharma founder

Professor Borody is also a scientific founder and scientific advisor to a number of biopharma companies.

References

1 Borody, T.J. (2016).  Development of novel therapies for gut dysbioses. Open Publications of UTS Scholars (OPUS). Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/52985

Link to thesis: https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/52985/6/01front.pdf

2 Eslick,G.D., Tilden, D., Arora, N., Torres, M. & Clancy, R.L. (2020). Clinical and economic impact of “triple therapy” for Helicobacter pylori eradication on peptic ulcer disease in Australia. Helicobacter, 25(6).  Doi: 10.1111/hel.12751

Link to article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hel.12751

  1. PUBLICATIONS

It just takes courage and takes, years and years of perseverance to change paradigms.

See all Professor Borody’s research papers and awards here ORCID ID

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