Prof David Watson (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Prof David Ian Watson
- Qualifications
- MBBS Adelaide 1984
- FRACS 1992
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
- Links
- www.sagroup.net.au
Professor David Watson graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1984 and undertook training in General Surgery in South Australia, followed by Fellowships in Oesophago-Gastric Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, England. In 1994 he was appointed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital as Director of the Royal Adelaide Centre for Endoscopic Surgery, and as Consultant Surgeon to the Oesophago-Gastric Surgery Unit. In 2002 he was appointed Professor and Head of Surgery at Flinders University, and is a Senior Consultant Surgeon on the Oesophago-Gastric Surgery Unit at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. His achievements have been recognised by election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences. Professor Watson has clinical and research interests in the areas of oesophageal and gastric disease, including gastro-oesophageal reflux and cancer of the oesophagus and stomach. He has been active in development of laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, and has led many landmark trials pertinent to this area. He also leads a basic science research group which is investigating the development of oesophageal cancer. Professor Watson has published more than 380 research papers and book chapters, and is on the Editorial Boards of leading Australian and International medical journals. He was the founding President of the Australian and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA), and now serves as Secretary General for the Executive Committee of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE), and as a Council member for the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences. He offers Oesophageal and Gastric Surgery, General Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Endoscopy – Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Endoscopic Ultrasound.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Flinders Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- SA Group Of Specialists - Flinders Private
- SA Group Of Specialists - Tennyson Centre
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
- Australia and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA)
- Affiliated Universities
- Flinders University
- Topics
- Upper gastrointestinal surgery
Practice Locations
Adelaide
- SA Group of Specialists - Flinders Hospital
- Address
- Flinders Private Hospital
Suite 604 Level 6
1 Flinders Dr
Bedford Park SA 5042
Australia
- Phone
- 08 8276 9888
- Fax
- 08 8276 5800
- SA Group Of Specialists - Tennyson Centre
- Address
- Tennyson Centre
Suite 12 Level 1
520 South Road
Kurralta Park SA 5037
Australia
- Phone
- (08) 8292 2370
- Fax
- (08) 8292 2377
