Dr Jacob Chisholm (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Jacob Andrew Chisholm
- Qualifications
- MBBS Adelaide 1997
- FRACS 1998
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Bariatric (Obesity) Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
- Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery
Jacob Chisholm is an upper gastrointestinal and general surgeon with an interest in weight loss and metabolic surgery. Jacob received his undergraduate degree (MBBS) from the University of Adelaide, a postgraduate research degree (Masters of Surgery) from Flinders University and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He trained in surgery at the Royal Adelaide and Flinders Medical Centre before completing a bariatric fellowship in 2007. Jacob was appointed chief surgical resident at Flinders Medical Centre in 2008 and has been a consultant surgeon at that institution since 2010. Jacob joined the Adelaide Bariatric Centre in 2010.
Jacob has presented at both national and international obesity meetings in addition to authoring multiple publications in leading obesity journals including Obesity Surgery and Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. A particular interest is the deleterious impact of obesity on liver function and how obesity surgery can reverse these changes. Jacob is a member of professional upper gastrointestinal and obesity surgery bodies OSSANZ, IFSO and ANZGOSA.
Jacob continues to be involved in the provision of bariatric surgery in the public hospital setting as well. Jacob performed the first sleeve gastrectomy at Flinders Medical Centre in 2010.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Flinders Private Hospital
- Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Adelaide Bariatric Centre - Bedford Park
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
- Australia and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA)
- Australia and New Zealand Hepatic Pancreatic and Biliary Association (ANZHPBA)
- Medical Conditions
- Obesity
- Medical Interventions
- Obesity Surgery
- Gastric band
- Topics
- Obesity
Practice Locations
SA
- Adelaide Bariatric Centre - Bedford Park
- Address
- Flinders Private Hospital
Suite 502 Level 5
1 Flinders Drive
Bedford Park SA 5042
Australia
- Phone
- 08 8177 1503
- Fax
- 08 8177 1357
- FLINDERS PRIVATE HOSPITAL
- Address
- SUITE 502 1 FLINDERS DRIVE
BEDFORD PARK SA 5042
Australia
- Phone
- 08 8177 1503
