Assoc Prof Sarah Thompson

Overview

A/Prof Sarah Thompson was appointed as an Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2007. She completed her surgical training in Calgary, Canada in 2004, and subsequently completed a Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., and an Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery fellowship in Adelaide, South Australia under the supervision of Professor Glyn Jamieson. She completed a PhD in 2011 evaluating better diagnostic and staging tools for oesophageal cancer through ongoing work with sentinel lymph nodes. She is regularly invited to speak at National and International Scientific Meetings, and she has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles. She leads the research team within the Professorial Oesophago-Gastric Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and has clinical interests in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and upper gastrointestinal cancer. In 2013, A/Prof Sarah Thompson began consulting at Adelaide Gastrointestinal Specialists on Tynte Street.