Clare E. Collins is a Gastroenterologist based in New Lambton Heights, Newcastle, NSW. She works with people who need help with gut health, digestion, and longer-term conditions that affect the digestive system and metabolism.
Most visits are about getting clear answers and a solid plan. This can include ongoing gut issues like colitis, trouble with the bowel, or concerns that need tests such as an endoscopy or colonoscopy. At times, people come with worries about colorectal polyps or a family history of colorectal cancer, where careful checks matter.
Clare also looks after health needs linked to body weight and blood sugar. Conditions like obesity, abdominal obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are part of the work. There’s also support for people around pregnancy, including gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, plus help for related nutrition concerns.
Nutrition is another key focus. Some patients need help when they’re dealing with malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia, folate deficiency, or issues that can follow surgery. Clare works with people who have had procedures such as a gastrectomy or a sleeve gastrectomy, and those who use a gastrostomy for feeding.
At times, gut symptoms also sit alongside other health problems. For example, high blood pressure and high cholesterol can come up in the same story as metabolic issues. People living with chronic pain may also seek care when digestive symptoms affect their day-to-day life.
Families may see Clare when children need digestive support too, including obesity in children and conditions like congenital hyperinsulinism. There are also cases involving viral gastroenteritis and other gut infections. In babies, her care can cover things like high blood pressure in infants and infant respiratory distress syndrome when digestive health is part of the broader picture.
Clare’s clinical approach is practical. She aims to explain what’s happening in plain language, then recommends the next steps based on the situation. The goal is usually the same: help people feel more in control, whether that’s through tests, treatment, or longer-term health planning.
Her training is in gastroenterology and digestive health, and her work is shaped by day-to-day clinical care of the conditions listed above.
