 Refer a Patient
Specialist IBD nutrition care for children, adolescents and adults—via telehealth Australia-wide.
Nisha Thacker is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with over 14 years’ experience. She provides personalised IBD nutrition care that complements your patient’s medical treatment and clinical goals.
Who to refer
Patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis who need support with:
- Nutrition following diagnosis or during a flare
- Diet Induction Therapies: EEN, CDED with partial enteral nutrition, and food reintroduction
- Concerns regarding: Growth (in children), nutritional adequacy or suspected micronutrient deficiencies
- Restrictive eating and rebuilding dietary variety
- Maintaining nutritional wellbeing in remission
- Maintaining remission
How to refer
Email a referral or clinical summary to [email protected]. No specific referral form is required.
Priority appointments for dietary induction therapy: Every effort is made to see patients commencing EEN or CDED with partial enteral nutrition within 1–2 weeks of referral, supporting timely treatment initiation.
We contact your patient within 2 business days to arrange an appointment. You receive a written summary after the initial consultation, with further updates at review or if clinical concerns arise.
