The Happy Bowel

Dr Michael Levitt MB BS, FRACS trained as a surgeon in Western Australia before pursuing subspecialty training in colorectal surgery at London's St Mark's and Royal Free hospitals. Since 1990 he has worked in as a specialist colorectal surgeon. He has a particular interest in the management of 'functional' bowel disorders - constipation, incontinence, and irritable bowel syndrome - and is well known for his approach to treating these conditions. He is a member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Chairman of the Tonkinson Colorectal Cancer Research Fund Advisory Committee, a Director of St. John of God Health Care, a member of the Medical Board of Western Australia, and Medical Director at Osborne Park Hospital.