Welcome to Melbourne Gastroenterology Services

Melbourne Gastroenterology Services offers holistic, personalised professional medical care to all your digestive, gut related problems. 

One Centralized contact number (03)9978 7900
One Fax number for all referrals (03) 9978 7869 &
One Email address: reception@melbgastro.com.au

Dr Jonathan Tan offers consultations through Video Telehealth and Face to Face (F2F) sessions. Three F2F Locations include:

  1. EASTERN SUBURB of Balwyn North : 83 Doncaster Road Vic 3104, Next to Amcal Pharmacy/Fletchers

  2. CENTRAL MELBOURNE: Richmond: Epworth Centre :Suite 6.08 32 Erin St Vic 3121

  3. WESTERN SUBURB of Essendon : 163 Keilor Road

Endoscopy including open access are available at 8 various locations for your convenience: (see detailed address for locations further down ).

  1. Central Melbourne: Epworth Richmond

  2. Eastern Suburbs : Epworth Eastern Boxhill, Glen Iris Private, Knox Private

  3. Northern Suburbs: Victorian Day Procedure Centre (VDPC) Heidelberg

  4. Western Suburbs: Keilor Private, Hobsons Sydenham, Kyneton Hospital


Our principal practitioner, Dr Jonathan Tan, graduated from the University of Melbourne, completed his gastroenterology training in various tertiary Melbourne hospitals before pursuing his passion in Interventional Endoscopy at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne. At Alfred, he aid the completion of various clinical trials and presented his work at International landmark Gastroenterology conferences. Jonathan then embarked on a one-year overseas interventional endoscopy fellowship at the University of British Columbia further refining his skills in ERCP and EUS in a renowned liver transplant centre in Vancouver Canada.

Since returning, Jonathan holds a public appointment at Boxhill Hospital as one of the senior visiting medical staff. Jonathan sees patients with all forms of gut related problems with special interests in managing pancreas-biliary related diseases and colorectal cancer screening/prevention. He performs endoscopy procedures at various private hospitals in Eastern and Western parts of Melbourne including the largest private hospital in Victoria, Epworth Richmond to deliver excellent patient care. He attends Epworth’s weekly Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal meetings to discuss various clinical cases in a team approach with other esteemed colleagues to achieved the best possible outcome for all his patients. Good communication to various medical and allied health professions is a core value that Jonathan holds.

Dr Jonathan Tan offers consultations and procedures at various locations across Melbourne for patients’ convenience. Urgent appointments (both consultation and endoscopy) can be accommodated upon request by the referring practitioner. Apart from English, Jonathan converses in fluent Chinese/ Mandarin. In his free time, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his wife and three young children in exploring various nature walks and discovering good cafes around town. 

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Dr Jonathan Y.C. TAN

Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist
陈医生- 肠胃胰腺专科医生

What is Interventional Endoscopy? 

Interventional Endoscopy involves utility of the endoscope to help manage various gastrointestinal pancreatic-biliary related problems. This minimises the need for open/key hole surgery where possible and aids the diagnosis/management in various diseases for surgery. This encompasses various techniques including :

  • ERCP ie. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

  • EUS ie. Endoscopic Ultrasound to examine the bile duct and pancreas

  • EMR ie. Endoscopic mucosal resection for large colonic polyp removal

  • DBE ie. Double Balloon Enteroscopy to examine the small bowel

Services offered: 

  • Consultation

  • Gastroscopy

  • Colonoscopy

  • Interventional Endoscopy procedures ie. ERCP, EUS, EMR and DBE

Open access gastroscopy and colonoscopy ie. directly having the endoscopy procedures without the need for a prior consultation, is available to medically suitable patients upon request by your referring doctor.

  • No additional out of pocket charges ie. NO GAP are incurred for elective diagnostic endoscopy procedures scheduled during weekdays - for patients that have eligible hospital private health insurance with coverage to GAP COVER rates.

  • Please clarify with your health fund if you have the appropriate coverage under your policy- our friendly receptionist are able to provide you with relevant procedural item numbers to perform this check with your health fund.

  • Procedures performed out of hours as an Emergency will incur a small gap

  • Endoscopic mucosal removal (EMR) of a large colonic polyp that requires an extended amount of time, may incur a GAP fee of up to $500 as part of the Gap cover scheme. Alternatively, Dr Tan is able to perform such procedures without any Gap charges in a public hospital through the public hospital waiting list.

  • Patients without medicare coverage wanting to perform endoscopy procedures are able to do so at various convenient Epworth locations as self funded patients or through one’s private health insurance. Full payment will be collected PRIOR to procedure with a receipt provided to you post procedure to claim from your health fund.


Aged Care Pensioners have access to discounted consultation rates. 


Our friendly receptionists will be happy to speak to you on our centralised number 9978 7900 should you have any queries.  

Opening hours are Mondays to Fridays from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

All referrals can be forwarded via fax 03 9978 7869 or email reception@melbgastro.com.au

Consultation Locations

Endoscopy Locations

Central Melbourne

Eastern and Northern Suburbs

Western Suburbs

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