Dietitians
Dr Alice Day
Inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal nutrition & disordered eating
BSc (hons) Dietetics, APD, PhD
Alice is an Accredited Practising Dietitian who specialises in the dietary management of inflammatory bowel diseases and disorders of the gut-brain interaction. Alice is highly experienced in using therapeutic dietary strategies to improve gastrointestinal symptoms, restore microbial balance and gut health and to improve mental well-being in adolescents and adults. Alice is passionate about helping people to eat the right way for individual symptoms and supporting people to see how food can be enjoyed rather than feared.
Alice completed her training and worked in the United Kingdom before returning to Adelaide. Alice has worked across public and private hospitals predominantly in the clinical areas of gastroenterology, surgery, critical care and mental health nutrition. Alice completed her PhD in Diet and Inflammatory Bowel Disease and currently works as a post-doctoral researcher and clinical dietitian at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Alice is involved in multiple research projects including investigating diet as therapy for ulcerative colitis, exclusive enteral nutrition therapy for Crohn’s disease, redesigning diet-gastroenterology services and the use of diet and microbial manipulation strategies for inflammatory bowel diseases and other chronic diseases.
Alice’s main areas of dietary expertise:
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, stomas, pouches)
- Disorders of the gut-brain interaction and associated functional gastrointestinal problems (e.g. IBS, slow gut transit) that can be treated using diet and psychological therapies
- Complex gastrointestinal surgery, short gut syndrome, intestinal failure and malabsorption of nutrients
- Disordered eating, food anxiety, intrusive food thoughts, and disruptive eating practices including food avoidance and dietary restriction
Samantha Plush
Gastrointestinal nutrition, liver disease & oncology
BSc (hons), MND, APD
Samantha is an Accredited Practising Dietitian who specialises in functional gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, dietary management of liver diseases and nutrition support for people undergoing cancer treatments. She also has a particular interest in body composition assessment to inform individualised dietary prescriptions to improve health, muscle strength and overall well-being. Samantha sees adults, children and babies.
Samantha completed her training at Flinders University in Adelaide and started her career working in Orange, NSW within public hospitals and private clinics. Samantha has been practicing as an acute care dietitian since 2010 across the clinical areas of oncology, gastroenterology, renal and critical care nutrition and has experience working with adults, children and babies. Samantha is currently undertaking a PhD in functional gastrointestinal disorders and advanced dietary management, and leads the diet-first functional gastrointestinal dietary service The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide. Samantha also has a strong research interest advanced body composition assessment in people with gastrointestinal diseases.
Samantha’s main areas of dietary expertise:
- Disorders of the gut-brain interaction and associated functional gastrointestinal problems (e.g. IBS, slow gut transit and motility issues, altered bowel habits) that can be treated using diet and psychological therapies
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis
- Liver diseases (NASH, NAFLD, cirrhosis)
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, stomas)
Rachel Davis
Gastrointestinal nutrition, home enteral feeding & oncology
BND (hons), APD
Rachel is an Accredited Practising Dietitian who specialises in using diet therapy for functional gastrointestinal disorders and enteral tube feeding and oral nutrition support for people undergoing cancer treatment.
Rachel completed her training at Flinders University and was awarded first-class honours for her research examining habitual fibre intakes of people living with inflammatory bowel disease. Rachel works across both public and private health care settings and provides expert dietary advice in the specialty areas of gastroenterology, gastrointestinal surgery, oncology and home enteral tube feeding.
Rachel’s main areas of dietary expertise:
- Disorders of the gut-brain interaction and associated functional gastrointestinal problems (e.g. IBS, slow gut transit, constipation, diarrhoea) that can be treated using diet and psychological therapies
- Coeliac disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, stomas)
- Oncology (chemotherapy & radiation oncology)
- Tube feeding
Tennealle Scinto
Gastrointestinal nutrition & gastrointestinal surgery
BSc (hons) Nutrition & Dietetics, APD
Tennealle is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with specialist knowledge of gastrointestinal nutrition, nutrition therapy before and after gastrointestinal surgery and enteral tube feeding. Tennealle works with both adults and adolescent clients.
Tennealle completed an Honours degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Flinders University and since graduating in 2016 has worked full-time in Adelaide’s public hospitals system and as a private consulting dietitian in rural Victoria. Tennealle’s has worked for most of her career in the areas of gastroenterology, upper gastrointestinal and colorectal surgeries, critical care and oncology. Tennealle currently holds a surgical lead Dietitian position at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. She works closely with gastroenterologists and surgeons to deliver multidisciplinary care and evidenced-based nutritional education to patients. Tennealle is also passionate about nutrition research, currently investigating advanced anthropometric measures to identify muscle loss in rectal cancer patients prior to surgery. Tennealle has recently completed training in advanced nutrition assessment methods for people undergoing surgery.
Tennealle’s main areas of dietary expertise:
- Disorders of the gut-brain interaction and associated functional gastrointestinal problems (e.g. IBS, slow gut transit, constipation, diarrhoea) that can be treated using diet and psychological therapies
- Eosinophillic oesophagitis
- Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, pancreatic cancers & surgical procedures
- Nutritional optimisation before & after gastrointestinal surgery
- Intestinal failure / overactive & high output stomas
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, stomas)