Centre for Digestive Diseases

I had a colonoscopy this week and wish to pass on my appreciation of the friendly and efficient service I received from Reception staff, nursing staff and doctors.Procedures were fully explained by doctors and nurses and Reception staff were the same regarding protocols (including COVID) and expenses.I found all staff friendly, efficient and approachable.Although I only attend approximately 3 years, I find that I experience the above each time.

Professor Tom Borody is a knowledgeable and amazing Gastroenterologist with such a clear vision and approach to peoples health. He has pioneered many life saving therapies in his career and can be commended for his. His work is medically advanced and is decades ahead of other mainstream medicine. He reinforces the importance of Gut Microbiome its effect on your overall health.I am lucky and blessed to call this man my Gastro specialist! Keep up the amazing work!

The staff are very friendly and helpful and I honestly can't thank Dr Omar Shariha enough for resolving my ongoing gut issues. I have had ongoing gut issues for more than 2 decades which no Doctor has been able to successfully treat. I've also seen naturopaths and dietitians without any success or abatement of my symptoms. Dr Omar Sharaiha has been amazing, he quickly diagnosed my condition and successfully treated my dysbiosis with 2 rounds of antibiotics. My issues have now completely resolved, thank you!

I got a referral to this place not by my own choice but through my GP and god it is the worst place ever. You can hardly reach anyone through the phones, they sent you the forms and collect payment but you dont get any follow up or updates after a month about your appointment or your tests results. Is this how the private medical systems work in sydney? Its atrocious how they treat patients.

I've had Crohn's disease for 20 years now, seeing Dr. Borody at the CDD has unfortunately resulted in some of the worst periods that I have experienced in gut health. Nuking my gut microbiome with a variety of antibiotics while not informing or preparing me of the potentially disastrous side effects that were sure to exist in the short-medium term. Overall I found Dr. Borody dismissive of information I gave him about myself, disregarding it so he didn't have to change his treatment plan.

Dr Borody and his team treated me with courtesy and respect from day 1 of my initial enquiry to my discharge yesterday. Special mention to the lovely gentleman who greeted me at the door and made me feel welcome while ensuring strict procedures are followed due to COVID - keeping everyone safe. They handled the entire Covid-safe situation with utmost professionalism. The reception staff were very diligent in following me up prior to the appointment and onsite asking me several questions repeatedly to ensure all was accurate. Both Dr Borody and the Anaesthetist remembered me from 8 years prior and made me feel so comfortable before the procedures, even cracking jokes to help me relax. These small things make a huge difference! I am shocked to read some of the recent negative reviews - and I hope the centre will sort through these issues. Professor Dr Borody is known as one of the very best specialists in the country and works hard to take utmost care of his patients - he is genuinely interested in their welfare and extremely knowledgeable. Yes it is an extremely busy centre, but for good reason - you are in the best hands at CDD. Thank you for a positive experience, I will always recommend Dr Borody and his professional team and will continue to return for my routine checks.

This was my 4th visit at the CDD Clinic and I have been always impressed and very satisfied with the service.Professor Borody is an absolute Genius! We are actually blessed to have somebody like him in our beloved Australia!And the Anaesthesiologist Dr Sanaj Ramrakha is a virtuoso in his filed, when he touches you, finding your veins and doing his job you know that you are in the best care ever!They also have fantastic memory! Remembering all those patients, they are simply amazing:)Reading through other people’s feedback I was quite surprised there were negative comments and felt very sorry they had some bad experiences, although there was some common theme and staff in those complaints so I hope those issues were already addressed by the Clinic...I guess people may perceive as a problem (and from my own experience it was a bit too, some years back) would be a direct phone access to the Clinic, but I found I was always called back promptly, my emails were also responded to quickly.The CDD Staff are very polite and super professional! Not an issue here as long as you accept that on rare occasions there may not be able to respond to your call direct.On my last visit I was also very impressed with the COVID procedures, all was handled very professionally and swiftly - from my arrival to the dispatch. I met this lovely gentleman at the Entrance gate who greeted me, was very warm, polite and extremely helpful! And he made me feel welcome while ensuring all those strict procedures were followed due to COVID, to keeping use all safe. Then at the Reception they were extremely helpful to get my virtually last minute transfer o my medical tests to pass them on to Professor Borody to read before my procedures. All very impressive and pro!Didn’t even have time to read the news on my phone when I was called in! So the timing was exceptional too.Everything in my last visit was superb.Well, except maybe for one tiny thing. In the past there used to be those tasty sandwiches server at the very end, at the recovery time (when we are seated in those airline-type chairs), but those sandwiches were gone some time back and were now replaced with some pre-packaged crackers and cheese (tasty too). They also have this amazing tea, it was so good I asked for a refill! All the nurses are wonderful and caring, really, really lovely people, your heart can definitely tell!So I loved those sandwiches from the years back, so maybe you could please bring them back?:)But those are really no-issues (should not even mention those, but doing it for your 10/10 total patient experience).Professor Borody and his Team are the very best specialists in their filed and are working so hard for us all and our health! We should respect them for it and be grateful for their amazing work!I am highly recommending Professor Thomas Borody and his world class Team and CDD Clinic at Five Dock! You are in good hands there!God bless you and your Team Professor Borody!Kind regards – Paul

I just had a gastroscopy done and the experience couldn't have been better. Everybody from the reception all the way to the doctor leading the procedure were not only friendly but also communicated everything to me really well. Sarah (the nurse) was lovely and helpful and both the sedationist (Dr Sanjay Ramrakha) and the doctor leading the procedure (Dr Justine Mill) were also great.I was sedated pretty much straight away and woke up back in my room. As soon as I could get dressed someone was there to help me and guide me all the way to being discharged. It's been about 3h since the procedure and I feel great as if it never happened.I can definitely recommend them.

I rarely write reviews, but I had such a great experience that I was forced" to write one. Before booking my appointment I quickly checked the reviews for this clinic and I was seriously concerned about the service I was going to receive. Actually it crossed my mind to go to a different clinic