Specialists
Please click on the name of one of our specialists for further information.

Dr Peter Bampton MBBS MD FRACP
Senior Staff Specialist and Head of Endoscopy FMC
Special interests: luminal and procedural gastroenterology,
inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer screening and prevention
Chair of the Digestive Health Foundation and member of Council. Gastroenterology
Society of Australia
Member, National Executive, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Australia
Consults: FPH, Wakefield and Victor Harbor
Email: peter.bampton@flinders.edu.au
Web:
www.sgis.com.au/peterbampton
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Dr Dylan Bartholomeusz MD FRACP
Senior Gastroenterologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician RAH
Special interests: luminal gastroenterology, H pylori,
assessment of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease, bowel
transit disorders and diagnosis and staging of colonic cancer
Consults: Wakefield, RAH and Nuclear Medicine Jones
& Partners
Email: FBARTHOL@mail.rah.sa.gov.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/dylanbartholomeusz
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Mr Justin Bessell MBBS MD FRACS
General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Senior Consultant &
Senior Lecturer in Surgery (FMC)
Specialist in advanced laparoscopic surgery for oesophago-gastric
malignancy, achalasia, fundoplication, hernia repair and adjustable
gastric banding.
Interventional endoscopist especially endoscopic ultrasound and Barretts
oesophagus.
General surgical practice includes laparoscopic hernia repair and
banding of haemorrhoids
Consults: FPH, Wakefield and Kangaroo Island
Email: jbessell@gisurgery.net
Websites
: www.gisurgery.net
and www.adelaideobesitysurgery.com.au
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Mr Andrew Chew BM BS FRACS
General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
Staff Specialist RGH
Lecturer, Flinders University
Consults: FPH and RGH
Email: andrew.chew@rgh.sa.gov.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/andrewchew
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Dr Laurie Chitti MBBS FRACP
Staff Specialist FMC
General Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Endoscopic procedures
Special interests: Coeliac Disease and Inflammatory
Bowel Disease
Consults: Wakefield, FPH, Western Hospital and Wallaroo
Email: laurie.chitti@fmc.sa.gov.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/lauriechitti
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Dr Sam Edwards MBBS FRACP
Staff Specialist FMC
General Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
Special interests: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Consults: FPH and Noarlunga
Email: sedwards@adam.com.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/samedwards
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Mr Douglas Handley MBBS, FRACS
General Surgeon
Colorectal Surgery
Colonoscopy
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Consults: Senior Visiting Surgeon Repatriation Hospital
Web: www.sgis.com.au/handley
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Dr Marc LeMire BMBS PhD FRACP
Interests: General gastroenterology and hepatology,
upper and lower GI endoscopy
Consults: Wakefield Clinic and Central Districts
Private Hospital
Public appointments - RAH and Lyell McEwin
Email: mlemire@bigpond.net.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/marclemire
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Dr Alexander Rodgers MBBS FRACP
Staff Specialist
General Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
Special interest: Hepatology
Consults: Flinders Private Hospital, Wakefield and North
Eastern
Email:
alexanderrodgers@hotmail.com
Web: www.sgis.com.au/rodgers
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Dr Chris Rayner MBBS PhD FRACP
General gastroenterology endoscopy and colonoscopy
Special interests: Motility and functional disorders,
inflammatory bowel disease
Senior lecturer and Consultant Gastroenterologist at RAH
Consults: Wakefield and Broken Hill
Email: crayner@senet.com.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/chrisrayner
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Dr John Ring MBBS PhD FRACP
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, endoscopy and colonoscopy
Medical Head of Liver Transplantation at FMC
Staff specialist FMC
Senior Lecturer Flinders University
Consults: FPH, Wakefield and Mount Gambier
Email: john.ring@flinders.edu.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/johnring
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Dr Martin Tan MBBS(Hons) FRACP
Gastroenterologist (Staff Specialist FMC) and Nuclear Medicine Physician
(Jones & Partners)
General Gastroenterology, Upper Endoscopy, Colonoscopy
Special interests: luminal & procedural gastroenterology,
GI cancer diagnosis and staging,
gastric and bowel motility, H pylori
Consults: FPH
Email: martinkgtan@hotmail.com
Web: www.sgis.com.au/martintan
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Dr Michael Waters BMBS (hons) FRACP
Staff Specialist Lyell McEwin Health Service
General Physician
Special Interests: cardiovascular, renal, endocrine
and inpatient medicine
Consults: Consulting Wakefield and Central Districts
Email:
Web: www.sgis.com.au/waters
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Dr Alan Wigg MBBS FRACP PhD
Working as a consultant gastroenterologist at Flinders Medical Centre
and Repatriation General Hospital
General gastroenterology and hepatology and endoscopic procedures
Consults: FPH, Wakefield and Riverland
Email:
alanwigg@sgis.com.au
Web: www.sgis.com.au/alanwigg
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