Professor David Wattchow

Clinical Director of General and Digestive Surgery. Senior Consultant in Surgery with 23 years experience as a staff surgeon at Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders Private Hospital. Clinical interest include all aspects of general and gastrointestinal surgery, with special interests in colorectal surgery, and endoscopy and colonoscopy. Involved in trauma care at FMC as trauma consultant, and surgical representative on the trauma committee. Established world-class anorectal investigation laboratory that incorporates combined manometry, ultrasound and nerve studies of the anal sphincter mechanism. Has supervised 7 successful higher degree students in close collaboration with Prof Simon Brookes, and more recently Assoc Professors Spencer and Dinning in Human Physiology.