Dr Sarah Thompson
Associate Professor Sarah Thompson
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon
MBBS, FRACP, PhD
Appointments are made once a referral is received.
Ph:
0407 795 545 (leave a message)
Fax:
(08) 8267 1671
Email:
admin.skt@agispecialists.com.au
Consults:
Eastwood Head Office
Practices:
Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
St Andrew's Hospital
Languages Spoken:
English
French
Scopes Performed
Oesophageal & Gastric Surgery
Laparoscopy
Endoscopy
Associate Professor Sarah Thompson (MBBS, FRACP, PhD) is an upper gastrointestinal surgeon at Adelaide Gastrointestinal Specialists. She undertook her surgical training in Calgary, Canada in 2004, before taking fellowship positions for Minimally Invasive Surgery in Portland, Oregon, USA and for Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery at Adelaide, South Australia.
In 2007, she became an Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. A year later, she became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In 2011, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree for her work focusing on better diagnostic and staging tools for patients suffering from oesophageal cancer. In 2013, she was awarded an Adjunct Associate Professor title by the University of South Australia, and an Associate Professor title by the University of Adelaide in 2014.
In 2019, Professor Thompson resigned from the Royal Adelaide Hospital to take up a part-time job on the Oesophago-Gastric Unit at Flinders Medical Centre with Professor David Watson, and Drs Tim Bright, Jon Shenfine, and Jacob Chisholm. She was also successful in achieving a part-time Balanced Academic post at Flinders University in July 2019. Professor Thompson is the Topic Coordinator for all 4th Year medical students at Flinders University, and conducts research in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, oesophageal motility disorders, and upper gastrointestinal cancer.
Of course, she is an active member of Adelaide Gastroenterology, where she specialises in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, large hiatus hernias, achalasia, biliary colic, and gastric and oesophageal cancers.