SA Group of Specialists - Calvary Adelaide Hospital

Dr. Bessell is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in General Surgery with a well established record of accomplishment in basic and clinical research, including a doctoral degree (MD) which was awarded by the University of Adelaide in May 1996 for his 3 years of full time study culminating in acceptance of his thesis “The Development, Validation and Analysis of New Endosurgical Procedures in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery”. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Surgery having graduated from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1987 with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), and was awarded the Ruth Heighway Prize for Obstetrics in 1985.

Dr Edwards graduated from Medicine at the University of Adelaide. He undertook Physician training at The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Advanced Training in Gastroenterology at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, followed by a fellowship at The Royal Free Hospital in London, UK, with a focus on the clinical management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. He qualified as a gastroenterologist and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2006, since which he has been working as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Flinders Medical Centre an in private practice.