Doctors
Dr. Tim Lyon
Tim is an experienced Gastroenterologist and the lead Doctor for Colonoscopy Clinic on the Sunshine Coast.
Tim attained his initial fellowship (FACRRM) as a Procedural Rural Generalist (Endoscopy/Surgery) and worked for many years in regional and rural Queensland. He has served as a Senior Medical Officer and Visiting Medical Officer at multiple outer metropolitan, rural and regional hospitals.
Tim holds Australian certification in gastroscopy and in colonoscopy. He consistently achieves high levels of adenoma detection and serrated lesion detection on quarterly Colonoscopy Clinic colonoscopy quality report cards.
Tim has clinical interests in high quality diagnostic and screening gastroscopy and colonoscopy, complex polypectomy (EMR) and therapeutic endoscopy, including dilation, luminal stenting, capsule endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy.
Tim takes extreme pride in his role as a doctor in delivering high quality and value-added care to help his patients. He is passionate about teaching, and Tim has directly up-skilled multiple senior medical officers in the practice of endoscopy within Queensland Health including consultant physicians, surgeons and rural generalists. Recently, Tim facilitated the Towards Excellence in Rural Endoscopy Course 2024 in Roma Queensland for senior rural endoscopists and surgeons.
Tim is active in quality improvement initiatives and has worked with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care on the formulation and recently the revision of the Australian Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard. He sits on multiple statewide gastroenterology clinical network forums relating to quality and innovation.
His life on the Sunshine Coast means Tim can enjoy spending time with his family and 2 dogs at Bokarina. A lover of travel, good food and wine, his hobbies include HIIT, swimming and cycling.